“What other herbs are best moved indoors for the winter?”
What do you have to work with?
Pete/Oshkala:
“I have an abundance of Ghost and Carolina Reaper Super Hot peppers. Can I make a liquid spray to repel animals and/or insects with them?”
Suggestions? Or is using those super-hot peppers just dangerous to all involved? ;)
“What do you have to work with?”
Pretty much everything.
I planted over fifty different herbs and they all flourished. I’m good on the perennials like mints, and the tender annuals like basil. The tender perennials are the one’s I am searching for.
This year I made some hot pepper sauce with my allepo peppers, but I have never made any for insects and animals!
A search of: “Making hot pepper spray to repeal animals” brings up a number of entries for DIY Videos.
Perhaps Oshk has some suggestions?
Diana, you previously posted an article about Rosemary and how to water it! (Spray the leaves, let it fall on the potting medium!) If you have a sunny south window bring the rosemary and thyme in, maybe Sage as well. If you have a shorter managable type of basil like Yevani or Globe basil consider bringing that in that in too!
If you can, avoid using regular garden soil. Something like HP Pro mix is good! I think plastic pots are better holding moisture and make certain you have deep enough pot trays in case of overwatering. Purchase “Mosquito Bits” and Use them regularly in your pots to kill or control Fungus Gnats. (BT Isrealiensis kills mosquitos and fungus gnats/fruit flys!)
(Search Summit-Chemical-Co-MOSQUITO-BITS)
“The Mosquito Bits are now labeled to control Fungus Gnats in plant beds or pots! Utilizing a similar mode of action for control of mosquito larvae, the Bits, either sprinkled on the soils surface or mixed with potting soil prior to planting will kill fungus gnat larvae with the same safety and target specific control offered for mosquito larvae. “
Diana...do you have any fertilization suggestions for these?