Insect Killing Soap Concentrate

I really love this stuff. I had a severe case of aphids that spread rapidly. So much so, I was actually considering just tossing the infected plants which is not something iv ever done because my plants are like my babies. I didnt want to use any store bought pesticides because in the past, even with following the directions exactly, my plants always ended up getting chemical burns. I have two cats who love to nibble when im not around and a 3 year old who shares my loves for plants and is always helping to water and care for them. I needed something strong enough to take care of this problem but mild enough to cause no harm to my daughter, cats and the plants themselves. I did a ton of research and decided this was my best choice. Im soo pleased with how well this worked. The smell is strong but thats mother natures fault lol I just tried not to breath it in, I also wore gloves and sprayed them down away from where we hang out outside. Being its summer, I let them hang out outside for a few days under my table umbrella and would check on them daily. I would say 90% of the aphids were dead by day one and by day 3 any leftovers slowly died off as well. The plants didnt get any burns at all, in fact I feel like they all look healthier and stronger then before all this happened. I would 100% recommend this. I plan on doing this bi yearly to all my plants as a way to prevent infestations in the future. A couple complaints iv read were that the bottle you get is smaller then it looks in the pictures because it has a handle and most bottles with handles are meant for gallons, although I agree the pictures can give off that impression, its really not a problem considering one treatment doesn't require a lot of product, so I don't find that to even be a problem. In fact I like that its smaller because it was easier to pour and control plus storing it doesn't take a lot of space. Another complaint was that when it arrived it solidified, yes mine was this way as well, but I simply left it out in the sun while I set up my treatment area and got everything I needed together and by the time I was ready to use (about 30 minutes) it was melted enough that I was able to use it. By the time I put everything away it was completely melted. It sais in the directions that you can always heat up some water and let the bottle sit in the water for a bit (like heating up a bottle for a baby). Again not a big deal and for how well this product worked is certainly not going to stop me from purchasing again when I run out. In short, it was effective, easy to use and considering its natural and safe, its a no brainer.

I use this product primarily to keep aphids off my broccoli, cabbage, onions, kale, and plum tree. So far, I've had a lot of good success with it and it hasn't damaged my plants like some other products that I've used in the past. There's a couple of tricks to this product. First, most of the pests congregate on the bottom-side of leaves so you need to have a strategy to access and spray the bottom-side. Spraying the topside of the leaves is a waste of time and won't do anything for you. My method of getting to the underside of the leaves without being a contortionist is to use a pump sprayer that has a wand with an angled tip. Second, don't be cheap. Once you access the underside of the leaves, give them a good spray and make sure all critters are fully soaked. Ever notice how your hands feel dry if you wash them often with soap? That's exactly how this product works...it "dries out" the critters. That's why it's so important to make sure the critters are fully soaked. As an added bonus, I've realized that this product can also kill soft bodied caterpillars that also love to chew on most plant leaves. I've successfully used this product on my apple and cherry trees to get rid of caterpillars; the only trick is that you have to catch the critters in the act. That said, if you have a heavy caterpillar infestation, you're better off using BT instead of this product. Safer Brands offers a BT formula that I use and is very effective if you have lots of caterpillars around. Buying the concentrate is the way to go from a $$ perspective. It's not that hard to make a spray solution. I use 2-4 tbsp of the product in a 1 gallon pump bottle and then fill it up to the top with water. Shake well and you're ready to go. A funnel is not necessary but certainly makes it easier to fill the bottle without getting the concentrate or water everywhere. Depending on the level of infestation you have, you can adjust the concentration up or down by adding a few more or a few less tbsp of the concentrate. I recommend starting at a lower concentration (i.e. 2 tbsp/gallon of water) and working your way up based on an assessment of how effective the previous spraying was. Always spray in early morning or late afternoon when the temperatures are cool and the plants aren't getting direct sunlight. Otherwise, you risk burning the leaves. Now some final thoughts. If you find yourself using this product every week to keep critters under control, you should really examine your cultural practices. In a healthy garden, the plants should be able to ward off most infestations and there should always be predators (i.e. good bugs like spiders and lady beetles) roaming around that are munching on the bad bugs. I use this product no more than half a dozen times a season, when extraordinary circumstances (i.e. a heat wave) lead to an explosion of aphids and Mother Nature isn't able to keep up. Recent update: I had an ant infestation this year unlike anything I've seen before. There was a 200 feet trail of ants along my fence line and there were thousands of them going back and forth. Ants are known to shepherd aphids so getting rid of them was a priority. I used poison granules leftover from a previous application and all the ants did was shift their route by about a foot. I tried cinnamon. I tried corn meal. I tried boric acid. I tried vinegar. Nothing was working. I finally told my wife that I was going to pick up a can of Raid on the way home from work. But then I wondered if insecticidal soap would get rid of the ants since they don't have a shell and are considered a soft bodied insect. So I made a super concentrated solution (2 Tbsp w/32 oz water) and sprayed the ants along the path. To my amazement, the ants died on contact. This stuff worked as good as Raid!

Smell: heavy soap. I'm good with it. Mixing: takes very little. I'm good with it. But I had a very difficult time keeping it off my skin. It worked on gnats but they returned with a vengeance. I believe it works but I treated on Fri, didn't return til Mon, saw a big difference so I used twice what was called for - mistake. I may have killed 2 of my 20 plants, so I stopped treating for fear of killing more, and gnats tripled. I think I did some thing wrong, and I believe this product works but I goofed. I removed 1 star because I thot it was pre-mixed & was in a spray bottle, and for Me mixing is difficult.

Great product it worked for the fungus gnats I had on my house plants and didn’t harm the plants.

I inherited an Indian silk tree from a coworker that was laid off but left his tree at work. He had left a pot outside with soil in it during the last year. He noticed that the tree started to grow in it so he brought it to work to give the office a little green color. I moved the tree into my office after he left. After about 3 months I noticed that my grapefruit trees (sitting next to it) were losing leaves all of a sudden. The Indian silk tree stopped growing and started to lose leaves too. I checked a lot of things. Definitely was not overwatering it. I tried to add sulfur to help the PH level go down as it was very high. Things were not working like they should have. I finally checked the soil and saw a lot of little (half the size of a grain of sand) white bugs in the soil. I remember it had been outside and therefore it probably had all sorts of bad stuff in the soil. They were only visible when I dug into the soil an inch or two and mixed it. I had these before and they killed a hibiscus tree that I had. They did not spin webs on the leaves so I knew they weren't spider mites. I decided to try this insecticide since it didn't look as harmful as most insecticides and it said it could kill mites (not specifically soil mites but just mites). I added the recommended dose to 3 cups of water and poured it onto the soil and only the soil in both tree pots (1 1/2 cups each). They are both in 10 inch pots and they are only a year old. It's been two weeks and the Indian silk tree is growing again and not losing leaves. The grapefruit tree isn't dying anymore either. The grapefruit tree did end up losing all of its leaves before I decided to try the soap but it looks much healthier. The soil in the Indian silk tree pot doesn't smell like a dead animal when I water it now too. It used to smell horrible when I watered it before. I'll probably get some bad feedback for not following directions but I don't care. This worked for the soil infestation in two different pots and I'm happy. I grew the grapefruit trees from seed and the Indian silk tree is very hard to grow too. I really did not want to lose them. Glad this worked for me. I'm sure it works as well on other pests. It does list a lot of them that it works on. I'm looking forward to the next growing season to use this on my garden. I'm sure it will work well on the aphid problem I have.

Works ok and not a horrible chemical.

Works for aphids on pepper plants. Did not hurt my pepper plants make sure you mix correctly. I did 32OZ of water and 0.6oz of concentrate for my pepper plants.

This product works, got rid of the white fly on my gardenias

Work great

Works

works perfect,but you could use any dishwasher soap 3 ml per litre of water.Unless your not consuming the produce.