Guest guest Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Hello. I have just recently purchased some neem oil. Does anyone know how to use this? Do you use it full strength or do you mix with water and a bit of soap so it mixes? What is the ratio in the mix? Thank you for your help. Gloria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Lynn I have had great results with orange guard. Would like to figure a way to make my own. Hoping the grapefruit peppermint enzyme will be close. http://www.waystosaveenergy.net/General/what-is-garbage-enzyme/All-Pages.html > > > > I've become interested in products from the Neem tree. Its seems there is Neem leaf oil and Neem seed extract. Some tree. Its products are used for so many things like insecticide, shampoos for lice, insect repellent and other body care. I plan to read previous postings, but I wondered who out there has used it for what and gotten what kind of results? > > > > As soon as I can get some I am also going to experiment with Orange oil. Anyone used that? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 I have this spring bug arsenal waiting for the winters end. I have the enzyme to spray and watch the outside creatures, also the fels naptha, perhaps another great nontoxic alternative, outside even the beer and tobacco juice will be added. http://www.soapsgonebuy.com/category_s/8.htm Spring and Fall Lawn Tonic *1 cup of fels soap solution 1 flat beer, 4 ounces of liquid dish soap, household ammonia and a 20 gallon hose-end sprayer. (*Fels soap solution is made by shaving 1/2 bar of Fels Naptha Soap into a quart of very hot water to dissolve. Add 4 ounces of liquid dish soap as an emulsifier. You can store the solution until needed. Shake well before use.) Mix the 1 cup Fels solution, 1 can of beer in the sprayer. Fill the remainder of sprayer with ammonia. For spring and fall garden spraying, add 2 oz of molasses. Spray aphids with 3 tablespoons grated Fels Naptha Soap dissolved in 1 gallon of hot water. Mix well and let cool. Spray as needed. Insect Control: Prepare Fels Naptha Solution first. (Solution - shave 1 inch of Fels Naptha bar in a nylon stocking and place it into a gallon of boiling water along with 4 oz. liquid dish soap(Ivory). Store as needed and shake well before use. It will have a gel-like consistency.) Mix 1 cup of Fels Naptha Solution with 1 cup antiseptic mouthwash (mint flavored if nematodes are a problem) and 1 cup chewing tobacco juice. Spray with a 20-gal hose-end sprayer with a golf ball in it to keep mixture mixed. Follow-up with an application of Dursban or inon, if needed. For Black-spot fungus on roses: Make the Fels Naptha Solution by shaving 1 inch of Fels Naptha bar into a nylon stocking and placing it into a gallon of boiling water along with 4 ounce of liquid dish soap (Ivory). This will keep nicely and you can use it as needed. It will have a gel-like consistency so mix well before using. For the black-spot fungus, mix 1 tablespoon of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, 1 tablespoon of Fels naptha solution and 1 gallon of water. Spray as needed. IMPORTANT***** In recent years soap manufacturers have added degreasers and antibacterial ingredients to their products. These are VERY harmful to your plants and most likely will burn or kill them. When a home gardening technique calls for liquid dish soap be very careful that you use only Ivory or Fels Naptha Solution. You can also use the original liquid lemon type detergent which has no additives, just be careful that it does not contain a degreaser or is antibacterial. > > > > > > I've become interested in products from the Neem tree. Its seems there is Neem leaf oil and Neem seed extract. Some tree. Its products are used for so many things like insecticide, shampoos for lice, insect repellent and other body care. I plan to read previous postings, but I wondered who out there has used it for what and gotten what kind of results? > > > > > > As soon as I can get some I am also going to experiment with Orange oil. Anyone used that? > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Lynn Lots of foods have sulfur, fact is processing has taken alot of sulfur from our food naturally occurring. MSM comes from the ocean and is a prime source of bio-available sulfur. This type of sulfur is lost from our food because of storage, processing, drying, cooking and preserving. MSM is an important food (not a drug or medicine) and carries on many roles in the body, including the stimulation of the growth of healthy skin, hair and nails. http://www.thenutritionreporter.com/the_sulfur_solution.html http://www.ahealthylifechoice.com/msm.htm > > > > > > > > I've become interested in products from the Neem tree. Its seems there is Neem leaf oil and Neem seed extract. Some tree. Its products are used for so many things like insecticide, shampoos for lice, insect repellent and other body care. I plan to read previous postings, but I wondered who out there has used it for what and gotten what kind of results? > > > > > > > > As soon as I can get some I am also going to experiment with Orange oil. Anyone used that? > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 According to information from the... Material Safety Data Sheet (the MSDS ), Fels-Naphtha contains... Chemical CAS No / Unique ID Percent Stoddard solvent 008052-41-3 Fatty acids, C8-C18 and C18-unsaturated, sodium salts 067701-10-4 Hydrocarbons, terpene processing by-products Terpene processing by-products 068956-56-9 It's now owned by Dial Corporation, and you should be able to find more information on their website. http://www.dialcorp.com/index.cfm?page_id=1 , although they seem to treat this product as a poor relation. I know there's an MSDS available, for example, but couldn't get to it on Dial's MSDS link. Sources: http://hpd.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands & id=4002005 & query=Laun\ dry & searchas=type & prodcat=all > > > > > > > > > > I've become interested in products from the Neem tree. Its seems there is Neem leaf oil and Neem seed extract. Some tree. Its products are used for so many things like insecticide, shampoos for lice, insect repellent and other body care. I plan to read previous postings, but I wondered who out there has used it for what and gotten what kind of results? > > > > > > > > > > As soon as I can get some I am also going to experiment with Orange oil. Anyone used that? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Think it helped me get rid of them for 2 months, but I stopped and they returned. I was essentially coating myself with neem oil in the shower before bed every night. Would wash again in the morning, but it stays with you after being on that long. Like many of the effective tactics it took a few weeks of doing this every day to get results. The main problem with it is that it is gross to coat oneself because it smells like peanut butter and garlic mixed together. It's also chunky which is kinda gross, but tolerable. My problem was that I'm sure I reeked of peanut butter garlic all day at work. It would be very good for those who are self-employed, work from home, or otherwise work alone or don't have to be around people all the time. I'm now adding it to baths (among other things) and balms and hoping that it will still be effective in smaller/less concentrated/not as smelly doses. > > I've become interested in products from the Neem tree. Its seems there is Neem leaf oil and Neem seed extract. Some tree. Its products are used for so many things like insecticide, shampoos for lice, insect repellent and other body care. I plan to read previous postings, but I wondered who out there has used it for what and gotten what kind of results? > > As soon as I can get some I am also going to experiment with Orange oil. Anyone used that? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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