Whenever possible choose a still day for spraying, so that the spray material may be directed where it is needed.

This prevents the spray from drifting in the wind and endangering other plants. Do not use oil spray on fruit trees at blossoming time. The spray might injure bees, bumblebees, or other insects pollinating the fruit. SPRAYS: Onions. Red spiders and various aphids, especially those attacking roses, are routed out by onion spray. Grind up onions in a food chopper or an electric blender, add an equal amount of water, strain mixture and use as a spray. Bury the mash in the flower bed or garden. Hot Peppers. Chop up hot pepper pods. Mix with an equal amount of water and a a little soap powder to make the materials stick. This makes an effective spray against ants, cabbage worms, spiders, caterpillars and tomato worms. Dry hot pepper which has been ground up and dusted on tomato plants, offers protection against many insects. Dry cayenne pepper sprinkled over plants wet with dew is good against caterpillars. Combinations. Use a combination of several materials as an all purpose spray. For instance, grind together three hot peppers, three large onions and a whole bulb of garlic (peeled and chopped). Cover the mash with water and allow to stand overnight. Strain the following day and add enough water to make a gallon of spray. Use on roses, azaleas, chrysanthemums, beans, and other crops three times daily if infestation is exceptionally heavy. Repeat after a rain. Bury mash under rose bushes. Rhubarb. Rhubarb leaves boiled in water and sprinkled on the soil before sowing wall flowers and other seeds, is a preventative against clubroot. It is also useful against greenfly and blackspot on roses. Tomato leaves. These have insecticidal value as they contain an alkaloid similar to digitalin and more active than nicotine. An alcoholic extract of this substance is very effective against aphids on roses, pears, beans and other plants. A spray of macerated tomato leaves soaked in water also frees rose bushes of aphids, and eggplant of caterpillars. Elderberry leaves. An infusion made by soaking elderberry leaves in warm water may be sprinkled over roses and other flowers for blight and also to control caterpillar damage. Soap. A simple soap spray is often effective against aphids, thrips, mites and other garden pests. Mix one to two teaspoons of Ivory Liquid, Shaklees Basic H, Tide or a small chunk of Fels Naptha with a gallon of warm water and apply with a plastic squeeze bottle. Be careful of beneficial insects such as ladybugs and mantises, since the soap my harm them also.