Has anyone heard of mixing garlic powder&water to spray tomato plants with?to get off white bugs?does it work?

I water the tomato plants every am/pm,so the soil stays wet,is that a problem?WHAT are the little white bugs?

Has anyone heard of mixing garlic powder%26amp;water to spray tomato plants with?to get off white bugs?does it work?
If growing organic tomatoes you may want to read the label on the garlic powder bottle. If you can not recognize the ingredients on the label then it is a funny -garlic tasted-weird-chemical powder sold in supermarkets to poison us.........slowly.





I plant garlic %26amp; onions in my veggie garden. They both work great together, and If i happen to see any creatures that don't belong in my garden I then spray some dishwashing soap diluted in water on both top and bottom of the leaves.





When watering your tomatoes, always aim to the soil and not the leaves. Most bugs like to chew on moist leaves...caterpillars specially. Better to water the garden in the morning, right before sunrise.





Mulching with Organic Compost also help keep critters away from your veggie garden. See the video i made in utube to compost in as little as 14 days. Link below:
Reply:Yes the spray mixture will help and a hard spray of just water from the hose will knock them off too. The little white bugs you describe sound like white flies. The white flies larvae can do a lot of damage to tomato plants. Could also be aphids same technique to get rid of them they don't fly. Also use sticky plant hangers. These are yellow sticky cardboard hanging on plants trap the bugs. Or make your own use Vaseline and twist ties to tie on the branches.
Reply:Garlic, %26amp; hot pepper are great ingredients. Add this to some dish liquid and that will help it adhere to the leaves. Make sure you dilute the mixture before applying. Also, be careful; this is some potent stuff. Be sure you wash your hands. I've burned my face rather badly because I wiped my brow in the heat...ouch!
Reply:Yes. My father used to make a conconction of garlic and water (and I think he also used hot pepper) to keep bugs and what-not out of the garden. If the little white bugs are aphids, you might be rid of them by dowsing the plants with soapy water.
Reply:I got a good education on the garden from the books of Jerry Baker. He gave many such home grown solutions combined with a minimum of commercial bug killers. His books have an abundance of concoctions in the back. Do a Google search on him.
Reply:I agree with the last person... use red pepper in the mist, too. I would even sprinkle some into the soil and get it down in there so the insects won't bug it anymore, either.
Reply:two very good answers....garlic water also kills mosquitos....

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