Comments on: Neem oil – a gardener’s best friend

By: Red Spider on Cucumbers - Page 2 - Gardener's Corner - the only Gardening forum you will ever need

Sun, 15 May 2011 08:52:13 +0000

[...] Here's some information on neem oil and a recipe for a spray. Neem oil – a gardener’s best friend | No Ordinary Homestead [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 19:49:20 +0000

Interesting. Never heard that neem could even be EPA approved. Since I live in Germany that’s never a topic that has come up. To be honest, we’ve sprayed organic neem from a regular essential oils company and never had any problems. What are the health risks of neem if it’s not EPA certified?

By: Adam teaser - Neem oil expert

Adam teaser - Neem oil expert — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:33:02 +0000

Thanks to the author for the article! While using neem oil for controlling pests, the product needs a certification from Environmental Protection Agency, US. This certification proves that the product is safe spraying over the plants. Note: Check before buying.

By: What are those nastly little black things? | No Ordinary Homestead

What are those nastly little black things? | No Ordinary Homestead — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:14:18 +0000

[...] off the rose bush and drowned them in the water. And tomorrow I will start spraying the plants with neem oil once a week in an attempt to get a grip on bad bugs [...]

By: Pest Control in the Organic Garden : Eat. Drink. Better.

Pest Control in the Organic Garden : Eat. Drink. Better. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:06:53 +0000

[...] as it can repel and control many pests as well as fungal diseases and powdery mildew. You can make a spray from neem oil and dish soap to spray on the leaves of plants up to the day of harvest. Spraying strongly scented and spicy oils [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:05:02 +0000

We’re going to start her with a bath with neem oil added to her normal pet shampoo and then will spray her down. Strangely enough the ticks seem to have dropped off for a while here – or maybe they’re just hiding in places on here that we don’t see or feel that often! Typically neem is not the strongest thing you can use to get rid of ticks but if you do happen to have one on your dog, you can dab tea tree oil on the tick and it will usually die and fall off. Yep, more great tips coming soon!!

By: Trisha

Trisha — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:47:51 +0000

Great information- I can’t wait to read about how it works on Ayla- we’re looking into natural stuff to combat ticks on our two dogs.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:16:36 +0000

Tiffany – thanks for the information. I’ll go and have a look over at 3..2..1..

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:09:48 +0000

Thanks for this interesting post, Tiffany! I’ve honestly never heard of it before but it sounds pretty good, especially as I’m always afraid of using common pesticides.

Where did you get the oil from?

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:03:56 +0000

Janet – we noticed results after the first spraying although we still have to tame the slugs! It did keep a few at bay I think but it’s been raining off and on the past week and it seems that every time we spray everything, it starts to rain.

Hi Anna! With kids around it’s always nice to know they can’t be harmed from what you’re spraying. I ordered a huge thing of it on ebay – the seller “fair-natur” had the best price on it at the time. Make sure it’s 100% neem oil & cold pressed to get the best results.