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Chilli and garlic sprayThis useful spray does not harm people or predators but targetsmost pests.• Grind up five red chillies and five cloves of garlic.• Put in a container and pour over half a litre of boiling water. Leaveto soak overnight.• Add a teaspoon of dishwasher or washing powder or green soap.Spray affected parts of plant.Pawpaw leaf sprayTargets: aphids, bugs, caterpillars, cutworm, root-knot nematodes,termites, fungal and bacterial diseases.• Add 1kg finely shredded leaves to 1 litre of water, shake well.• Sieve. Add 4 litres of water, 2 teaspoons of paraffin and about20g soap. Spray or water into the soil for cutworm.• Extract the juice from immature pawpaw fruit to control termites.Lantana spray• Crush 1 handful of leaves in 1 litre of water.• Add a little soap, spray affected plants.• You can also burn lantana branches and dust the ash over beetlesand leaf miner.Castor plant leaf sprayTargets: Aphids, leaf cutting insects, caterpillars, cutworm, mites,stinkbugs, termites, nematodes, fleas, lice, moles, fungi,anthracnose, brown patch, damping off, root rot.• Soak green seeds and leaves in water for 24 hours, filter andspray.• Dry green seeds and leaves and grind for dusting powder.• For cutworm place 4 cups of crushed, shelled seeds in 2litres water. Boil for 10 minutes; add 2 teaspoons of paraffinand some soap. Dilute to 10 litres and water directly onto the soil.• Put green seeds into mole holes or rat nests as a repellent.• Dig seeds or leaves into the soil to kill fungal diseases.• Mulch with branches and leaves to repel termites.67