BASIL
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Asparagus, Green Beans, Broccoli, Potatoes, Tomatoes
2. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
3. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray garden area to control flies.
CARROT SEED
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Lettuce
CEDARWOOD
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control aphids, moths, plant lice, roaches, slugs, snails, and weevils.
CELERY SEED
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Leeks
CHAMOMILE
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Onion
CINNAMON BARK
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray weeds. Do not allow the spray to reach garden plants to avoid damage to the plants.
2. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control roaches.
CLARY SAGE
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Cabbage
CLOVE
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control flies.
EUCALYPTUS
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control flies and roaches.
FENNEL
1. Attracts butterflies to your garden
GERANIUM
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Peas
HELICHRYSUM
1. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
2. Attracts butterflies to your garden
HYSSOP
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Grapes, Leeks
2. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control aphids, moths, and slugs.
LAVENDER
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Apples, Grapes, Green Beans
2. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
3. Attracts butterflies to your garden
4. Mix 2-3 drops of oil into the soil surrounding plants and small areas of compost materials. In the spring, mulch all plants with the compost to encourage growth.
5. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control chiggers, fleas, flies, mosquitoes, moths, spiders, and ticks.
LEMON
1. Add a few drops to water in a glass** spray bottle and spray plants to control spiders.
LEMONGRASS
1. Add a few drops to water in a glass** spray bottle and spray plants to control beetles, chiggers, fleas, mosquitos, and ticks.
MARJORAM
1. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
ORANGE
1. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
2. Add a few drops to water in a glass** spray bottle and spray plants to control ants, aphids, fleas, plant lice, and spiders.
PATCHOULI
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control gnats, slugs, snails, weevils, and wooly aphids.
PEPPERMINT
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Cabbage
2. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control ants, aphids, beetles, caterpillars, fleas, flies, moths, plant lice, and spiders.
PINE
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray garden area to control aphids, slugs, snails, weevils, and wooly aphids.
ROSEMARY
1. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
2. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control cabbage caterpillars, fleas, flies, and mosquitoes.
SAGE
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Carrots, Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Potatoes
2. Attracts bees to pollinate your plants
3. Attracts butterflies to your garden
4. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control chiggers, cutworms, and ticks.
SANDALWOOD
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control weevils.
SPEARMINT
1. Add a few drops to water and liquid soap in a spray bottle and spray plants to control ants, aphids, caterpillars, moths, gnats, black flea beetles, and plant lice.
TEA TREE
1. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray plants to control ticks.
THYME
1. Benefits Health of Plant as a Companion* Oil: Broccoli, Cabbage
2. Add a few drops to water in a spray bottle and spray garden area to control beetles, cabbage flies, chiggers, cutworms, roaches, and ticks.
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* Mix 6 drops of the Companion oil(s) listed for your plant to 2 gallons of warm water and let it cool. Then, fill a watering container ½ way with the mixture and top off with cold water. Stir this new mixture and water your plant as usual.
** Citrus oils will eat away at plastic! Some additional ways in which you can apply oils to your plants for the purpose of bug deterrent such as:
– Sprays: Mix 4-8 drops of oil per gallon of water (make sure to use a glass container for citrus oils)
– Add 1 drop of oil to a strip of cloth and hang from a branch, using multiple strips to cover desired area
– Add 4 drops of oil to a cotton ball and place in small cartons (e.g., yogurt containers). Bury these in the ground, keeping the top level with the soil.
– Soak a string in a solution of water and a few drops of oil then string between plants to deter flying insects
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