RECIPE #32 PEST DETERRENT WITH VITAMINS         
Categories: Garden, Pests                                   
                                                           
  Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison by      
  entomologist Dale Norris have shown certain pests are     
  repelled when plants sprayed with a vitamin solution.     
  Specifically vitamins C and E were sprayed with           
  microscopic dosages on soybean plants and then offered    
  to cabbage loopers. The loppers shunned the sprayed       
  plants and opted for unsprayed plants. According to       
  Norris the vitamins will work on houseplants,             
  cantaloupes, tomatoes, geraniums, cabbage,                
  cauliflower, sweet corn and broccoli. There are no        
  products available on the market yet. But you could       
  try brushing a 500 milligram vitamin c tablet and         
  dissolve it in five gallons of water to test the          
  theory out yourself.