Recipe for Insecticidal Soap Garden Spray!

Recipe for Insecticidal Soap Garden Spray!
Preface:
Insecticidal Soap Garden Spray is easy to make and effectively kills plant pests without toxic chemical pesticides. Insecticidal Soap Garden Spray quickly kills ants, aphids, mealybugs, scale, whiteflies, and more. The spray is safe for use on edible plants, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and herbs. It may be used on indoor or outdoor plants. It is safe to use around children and pets and is 100% biodegradable. The only ingredients are water and natural soap.
Use unscented natural soap, such as Pallas Athene Soap's Pure Soap, which is available in the Handmade Natural Soap store. Natural soap contains only saponified olive and vegetable oils. Cleansing bars, detergent bars, and facial bars often contain harsh chemicals, artificial colorants, and synthetic fragrances. Only use natural soap to make Insecticidal Soap Garden Spray!
Supplies Required:

1 tablespoon grated Pure Soap
16 ounces filtered or distilled water (room temperature)
method of grating soap (such as a food processor, food chopper, cheese grater, or potato peeler)
knife
measuring cup
measuring spoon (tablespoon)
24-ounce drinking glass or container
mixing spoon that will reach to the bottom of the drinking glass or container
small strainer
funnel
24-ounce spray bottle
Step 1: Grate 1 Tablespoon of Soap.
To attain 1 tablespoon of grated soap, either use a cheese grater to grate the soap in the same manner used to grate cheese (cheese grater is the preferred method) -OR- use a potato peeler to peel shaved curls of soap from the edges of the bar -OR- use a knife to cut a 1-inch cube from the bar and place the cube into a food processor or electric food chopper. If using a food processor or electric food chopper, regularly pause the machine and check the motor temperature to avoid overheating the electric motor.
Step 2: Dissolve the Soap into 16 Ounces of Water.
Use a measuring cup to measure 16 ounces of room-temperature filtered or distilled water. Pour the 16 ounces of water into a drinking glass or container. Use a measuring spoon to measure one level tablespoon of grated soap. Add the tablespoon of soap to the 16 ounces of warm water. Stir with a spoon every 10 or 15 minutes until the soap is gepletely dissolved, which may take up to an hour. If soap solution is in a drinking glass, do not allow anyone to mistakenly drink the soapy water.
Step 3: Strain the Soapy Water into a Spray Bottle.
Open the spray bottle by removing the nozzle. Place a funnel into the bottle opening. Stir the container of soapy water. Use one hand to hold a strainer over the funnel and the other hand to slowly pour the soapy water so the soapy water runs through the strainer, through the funnel, and into the spray bottle. The strainer is needed to remove any un-dissolved pieces of soap and any foreign particles that may clog the sprayer. Replace the spray nozzle. Store spray bottle of Insecticidal Garden Spray solution away from heat and light.
Directions for Use of Insecticidal Soap Garden Spray:
First, remove dead leaves and dead foliage from plants and ground (bugs often hide under dead leaves). Next, shake bottle to mix separated solution. Then, thoroughly saturate plant with insecticidal soap spray (include tops/bottoms of leaves, stalks, and ground area around trunk). Soap spray will kill insects on contact, including ants, aphids, mealybugs, scale, whiteflies, and other pests. Wait 24 hours and examine plant for re-infestation. Re-spray specific areas or entire plant daily, for as many as five days, if needed. Soap spray is also detrimental to beneficial insects (such as bees, beetles, ladybugs, and spiders), so please use responsibly! Solution will last at least three months when stored away from heat and light.
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