Safer Brand Neem Oil Concentrate - Insecticide, Miticide, Fungicide for Plants - Kills Insects and Mites, Controls Fungal Disease - OMRI Listed for Organic Use - 5182-6, 16 oz Bottle Concentrate

This stuff smells awful to me but it made a big difference in the amount of fungus gnats I had in my planters. I sprayed all my plants with this, but I also added some of it to the soil since my fungus gnats were getting out of hand. I rarely even see a fungus gnat now. This paired with one of those sticky yellow traps and you should see noticeable difference.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: I use it on my bushes and it works great

Works well for driving off insects. Use it only late in the day, because this stuff is toxic to bees when they are active. Apply late afternoon and overnight the spray dries on the leaves. there is no direct moist / fresh contact with the bees, and they can carry on business as usual. My squash leaves have been pretty clear of powdery mildew so far. Read all the directions carefully.

In my garden, I use neem oil, diatomaceous earth, and Christmas bells on strings (they ward off the biggest variety of sized animals, unless it's raining). Take note, my mother has had separate incidents of inhaling neem spray, and separately an incident with the DE. So, keep in mind that even though you are using food grade products in your garden, most of them will make a bit of a cloud of mist or powder. Just make sure the wind is blowing away from you and these are perfectly safe products. I use DE the most in dry seasons, but once there is a series of rain, then I have to switch to neem which weakens after the rain but doesn't go away entirely unless it rains very hard. One other consideration is the strength at which you mix your neem. To make a stout batch, do not add more neem but in fact add less water. The reason is that if you coat your plant entirely with a thick layer of neem, regardless of the plant, the sun will rise and it will heat up that oil and things will not go well for all the leafs; some will wilt just at the tip but most will brown entirely, if you overdo it. You may just have to do that to see and learn though. If you make it with a lot of water and just a little neem, you can also have issue because a lot of people discourage misting and also watering at night. You basically want a tablespoon or 2-3 teaspoons and just a cup or two of water in the sprayer. It is not super specific, but it's just a matter of not putting too much water or neem. It takes a little practice, because being as gentle as it is means you have to stay on it and spray again. This is why I suggest you also get the DE, because in dry heat you may not want to spray a wet spray like this very often. Sometimes you can get by with just spraying your mulch area (you use mulch, right?).

For a couple years, my shrubs have been eaten nearly to death by spider mites. I tried a couple natural insecticides from my local home improvement store with little effect. Thought I would try this before I threw in the towel. After just one generous application, my shrubs have rebounded after a few weeks. They've gotten all their flowers back and are as healthy as the day I put them in the ground. Impressive product.

I think this may be a good product, but there is absolutely a learning curve in learning to mix tge simution for all different kinds of plants and pests. Start more diluted and work up to what people recommend fir beetles or your leaves may all turn Brian.

Keeps the bugs away from my garden and outdoor plants. All natural. Don't use pesticides.

A spray bottle with NEEM mix accompanied my morning strolls through the gardens for about 6 weeks while the Lantern Fly nymphs (black with white dots) were appearing in my wild roses. A few minutes hunting and spraying did the trick. It's quite a game, since they hop sideways to another branch or skitter around the far side of the stems. Hopping, they are caught in the overspray, hiding leads to more hunting. They don't die immediately, it can take a few minutes for the oil's affect. Eventually you'll see those that fall onto a clear surface lying in classic 'dead bug' posture, on their backs with legs up in the air. It definitely works, in all that time I only ever saw two stage two nymph (red with spots) and have yet to see flying adults. NEEM works on stage two as well. I tried it on Japanese Beetles, not sure it worked because they just fall off the leaf if disturbed at all and disappear into the 'jungle.' Although daily searches did find fewer and fewer beetles. I'll try it on my bay tree, which comes inside for the winter, and usually gets scale once indoors.