European Pine Sawfly
I usually just watch this community and pick up advices on gardening along the way. However, just today, I had my first major gardening problem for spring. I found my dwarf mugo pine tree infested with little green worm-like pests with large, black heads. I never saw them before and neither has my mom. A quick help from Google told me that they were European Pine sawflies.My mom, who is very big on organic gardening, whipped out her book of natural pest remedies and started concocting something. And they worked. I watched the sawflies start wriggling and then just stop moving.
She put 1 medium onion, 1 whole garlic bulb, shredded tobacco leaves, 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon hot pepper powder, and 1 tablespoon of dish soap into the food processor until they are pasty in consistency. She put them in a container and added 1 more cup warm water. She let it soak for an hour, strained it, and put in in a bottle spray. As soon as her concoction touched the sawflies. They started wriggling and after a few seconds, they appeared dead. We're not sure if they were really dead of just temporarily paralyzed. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
She put 1 medium onion, 1 whole garlic bulb, shredded tobacco leaves, 1 cup water, 1 tablespoon hot pepper powder, and 1 tablespoon of dish soap into the food processor until they are pasty in consistency. She put them in a container and added 1 more cup warm water. She let it soak for an hour, strained it, and put in in a bottle spray. As soon as her concoction touched the sawflies. They started wriggling and after a few seconds, they appeared dead. We're not sure if they were really dead of just temporarily paralyzed. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.