Captain Jack's Deadbug Brew, 32 oz Concentrate Outdoor Insecticide and Mite Killer for Organic Gardening, 2 lbs

I am experienced enough to know that I should never bring new plants in amongst my established plants until after I have quarantined them. I forgot that rule a few months ago and brought home several rosebushes from Sam's that were infected with thrips. The thrips spread to all of my other roses. I fought for weeks spraying regular first with Pyrethrin, and then with insecticidal soap. Using those every 5 days for a couple of months did not get rid of the thrips, but they hurt my roses. Finally, I tried the Dead Bug Brew with spinosad which I had hoped to avoid because bugs can and do develop resistance to it if you use it too often. NEVER use this more than 6 times in any growing season from Spring all the way through to Winter. Anyway, I used this twice. The first time I did it correctly, and immediately after I sprayed the roses, it rained like mad. So much for that treatment. Once the rain moved out of the area, I sprayed again, but this time I used less of the Brew than I was supposed to use. I only used 50% of the recommended amount. I figured I wasted another treatment. However, to my surprise, after the second application, the thrips were gone! In future, I will use Dead Bug Brew over Pyrethrin and insecticidal soap. I should mention I have used Neem Oil in the past, but I will never use it again. It comes with too many problems. It can seriously damage your plants in sunlight. Plus, it really smells awful. I do not recommend it. I doubt my rosebushes will return to full vigour until next Spring/Summer. The Pyrethin and insecticidal soap treatments for two months were just too harsh on them. Wish I had used Dead Bug Brew first.

Stopped the mite problem I had without harming the plant whatsoever. and prevented other bugs, insects, worms, ants, even catapillers. Doesn't seem to have any effect on grasshoppers, moths, certain spiders though.

I had Bag Worms on about 20 Arborvitae trees that were about 7 foot tall. Luckily we caught it at the early stages and the had only damaged a small area of one of the trees. I hand picked all of the larger pods but there were too many of the smaller ones to pull the all. I ordered a 32 oz bottles of Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew and treated all of the trees and within a week all of the feeding bag worms that I left on the trees were dead. I ordered two more bottles to retreat in about 10 days. I used a Ortho hose end sprayer to apply the product and was amazed on how good it worked. I highly recommend Captain Jack’s Deadbug Brew.

Got rid of my cucumber beetles after a few days. These a good number of YouTube videos on how to mix up a clay spray. That worked really well. Lost one star because of the possible harm to bees and other pollinators. Otherwise a good insecticide in my experience.

Wow,this really kills the bugs. I sprayed my yard and bushes for chiggers (spider mites) and applied 2xs, 3 days apart. Worked very well but I noticed fewer pollinators this year in the garden so I will use it more sparingly & only on the worst insect problems like chiggers & ticks.

I absolutely love this product. It’s become my go-to treatment for dealing with pests on my plants, and it’s consistently given me great results, when used with a 360 sprayer! It’s easy to apply, and after using it as directed, I noticed a significant improvement in my plants with fewer pest problems. It’s been an important part of keeping my indoor garden healthy.

I noticed leaf miners on on an semi-dwarf orange tree and a crepe myrtle. One application of the Deadbug Brew was enough to completely resolve the problem. Eight days later new leaves are 100% clean. Fortunately it was detected early.

I thought my plants were doomed! Thrips were spreading to every plant in my garden, but the onions! There was no way I was going to chop and trash that many so I bought Deadbug Brew. It took a few weeks and several applications, but all the new leaves look thrip free! Its now been 6 weeks since new healthy leaves started growing and I'd say 90-95% of my plants look free of it. Pic of my poor Marigolds pre-spray.