You will encounter attacking your snake plant bugs with toxin-laden industrial bug sprays, which will kill most of them.
You should ask yourself: Do you really want to expose your family, pets and self to chemicals that you don’t fully understand and that didn’t have your health in mind when they were designed?
You can make a wide variety of natural pest remedies yourself much more easily and for much less money in this chapter.
Some of them have the same level of effectiveness as their commercial counterparts.
Neem Oil
When you start to get serious about growing house plants, you will hear about this again and again.
The Azadirachta indica oil is manufactured from seeds of the tree from southeast Asia, which has demonstrated effectiveness against fungal diseases and pests.
Use it once a week to prevent bugs from growing on your Snake Plant as well as get rid of those that have already established themselves. It can be wiped on with a soft cloth.
It is best applied in the evening when the leaves are less likely to burn. Use only in indirect light.
Garlic
It appears that garlic has many more uses than we know. As a pest deterrent, this is no exception.
Using this plant as a spray is as easy as crushing it, mixing it with water, and spraying it.
There are two options available to you. A mild mixture can be used to deter pests, but you can also make it stronger to use against pests already present.
A weaker version contains six crushed cloves and one gallon of water, but a stronger version contains two cloves and a cup of water.
Garlic should be soaked in water overnight, filtered, and then used as a spray.
It is highly recommended to use this remedy outdoors due to the noxious odor.
Herbal Water
There are so many different products available under the term herbal water.
In addition to their savory properties, many of the houseplant pest-killing herbs growing in your garden are also edible.
All of the following herbs can be mixed with water and filtered to create a natural pest repellent spray: rosemary, sage, lavender, thyme, basil, and mint.
Boil the leaves before steeping them for twelve hours to get the most benefits out of them.
Quantities should not be taken too seriously. You can make the desired result with a few handfuls of herbs infused in water.
This is a great option because it is not as noxious as garlic and can be used indoors, but they don’t have the same power.
In its place, use a few drops of essential oil mixed with a bit of water if you don’t have access to herbs.
Chili Peppers
The fact that sucking bugs and leaf-eating bugs are not favored by chili peppers should not come as a surprise.
You can soak crushed chili or chili powder overnight, then filter and spray it on your plants.
It will stick to leaves better if you add a few drops of liquid soap or cooking oil to the solution.
Wash your hands well after using this mix, and do not get this mixture in your eyes.
Pyrethrin
Instead of making your own pesticide, consider using a spray based on pyrethrin.
Furthermore, it is a contact insecticide as well as being toxic to all of the pests we have examined.
You shouldn’t use it on your skin or around pets or aquariums.
Diatomaceous Earth
The Wave of Popularity appears to be riding on this product at the moment.
Phytoplankton fossils are mined from the sea and crushed into powder.
Pesticides typically act as toxin or deterrents rather than physical barriers. An 8-gallon water container is mixed with 14 tablespoons of the powder. Now that you have sprayed the snake plant leaves, you can water them.
The dust it leaves behind will repel pests. My personal opinion is that this product fails to live up to the hype.
Vegetable Soap
The treatment I use most often is this one. Olive oil is a primary ingredient in soap I use, but there are many other options. It is sprayed or wiped down weekly on my house plants after mixing it with water.
Besides keeping the leaves beautiful, it also repels pests. During the weekly treatment, any remaining on the leaves will also be removed.