Recipe for Getting Rid of Bugs on Flowers With Ivory Soap

Bugs, including aphids, mealybugs, caterpillars, whiteflies and spider mites, cause harm to the colorful and fragrant flowers found in your garden. Fortunately, these bugs have soft bodies that can be penetrated with an insecticidal soap. You can make insecticidal soaps at home as long as you use a pure soap, such as liquid Ivory soap. The soap will kill the bugs without causing any harm to the precious flowers on your property.

Things You'll Need

• 1 tbsp. liquid Ivory soap
• Empty spray bottle
• 1 qrt. warm water

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Squeeze 1 tbsp. of liquid Ivory soap into a clean, empty spray bottle.

   • 2

     Add 1 qrt. of water to the Ivory soap in the spray bottle.

   • 3

     Shake the two ingredients together to combine them, and begin spraying the bugs and flowers that are infested.

   • 4

     Repeat this procedure once per week until you no longer spot bugs infesting your flowers.