go to hd and get some organicide. fish oil, sesame oil and a harder. works great! totally organic! been using it for years.

I used organicide recently on my hibiscus and now they have a serious case of leaf burn. I don't think I should have used it with this heat.

use it late in the day, gives the oil a chance to dry.

I'll try that...

When I had a grasshopper problem, I used a home-made recipe I found online of 25% apple cider vinegar, 25% dish soap, a drop of oil, and 50% water and it FRIED my plants! Don't use that!

Use Garlic water, it didn't burn any leaves on my plants. Spray it in the morning and before the evening i.e. twice daily for good results.

Izhar

Hi Izhar, did you make the garlic water or is this something you can buy? If you made it, how do you do it?

Hi Sharon,

I learned this stuff from a local newspaper, here is the recipe (I quote as it was):

"Take a quarter kilogram of whole, unpeeled garlic and separate one liter of water, bring to the boil, simmer for about 15 minutes, remove from the stove and leave to stand for approximately 12 hours.
Then strain it through fine muslin cloth and spray on pests. The same garlic can be re-boiled two or three times before losing its potency. Proportionally increase the amount of garlic and water for larger batches.
This spray is completely safe for both indoor and outdoor use and should be applied 2-3 times a week until the problem is resolved. This spray washes off in wet weather so donÂt use it during periods of extreme humidity."

Izhar

Thanks Izhar, I am willing to try just about anything. Now the humidity is high here so I may have to wait on this too. Darn, it seems everything that will work, won't work right now due to the heat and/or humidity.

I've used neem oil spray with success.

Sometime a good hard spray of water from the garden hose will wash them off. Depending on how many, with a damp towel you can wipe them off as well. :o)