Critter Repellant ~ Hot Stuff

Hot Stuff



1 gallon milk jug
1tbsp antibacterial dish detergent
The hottest peppers you can find or grow Habaneros, cayennes, thai, ghost
3 cloves garlic
10 cloves whole
one egg shell

put all ingredients into jug
let it sit in the sun for about a week, out door if weather is warm, in a sunny window indoors if not.
You can brew it on your stovetop, but that is not reccommended.
This is a concentrated potent mix, I suggest using it full strength for the first applications, then you can cut 50/50 with water in later applications.
It is safe to use on everything edible and ornamental
Should repel Deer, Rabbits, Squirrels, some insects as well
If you have sensitive skin use gloves, the capsicum won't hurt the plants but may irritate your skin.
DO NOT put hands near eyes or sensitiveparts when handling hot peppers.
I suggest using gloves for this practice, especially with the hottest peppers.

Hot pepper, Garlic, and Clove are the active deterents, the soap makes it stick and the egg shell even gives your plant a slight foilage feed. Capiscium has not been proven to harm plants no matter how hot the pepper. I do suggest spraying in an upward style from underneath the leaf for a longer lasting effect. I am tying to formulate something using essential oils instead for a longer lasting application.

For squirells in bird feeders, add cayenne powder, birds do not have taste buds and it doesn't affect them.
I also liberally sprinkle Cayenne where I do not want cats, they only visit once after getting it on their paws.

Complete caging is truly the only defense for cats in pots, I placed chicken wire caging over the soil and the darned devils got on top and pooed through the mesh...EWWWW!!! Especially for food gardening in containers.