RECIPE #60 SPRAYS FROM TOMATO LEAVES            
Categories: Garden, Bugs, How to make, Repellents           

                                                            
           ORGANIC GARDENING MAGAZINE                            
           MAY\JUNE ISSUE 1993                              
                                                            
  Tomato sprays made from the leaves of everybody's         
  favorite crop have long been touted to control a          
  variety of pests. The sprays do attract the predatory     
  insects that prey on corn earworms and aphids.            
  Researches at the University of California at Davis       
  found tomato leaves are not popular with cutworms and     
  armyworms. It seems the compounds contained in the        
  leaves deprive these pests of essential nutrients,        
  thus starving them to death. JUST DON'T use tomato        
  leaf sprays on other nightshade family crops like         
  peppers, potatoes and eggplant or you may spread          
  diseases. To make your own spray, finely chop 1 cup of    
  tomato leaves, then soak them overnight in 2 cups of      
  water. Strain and add 2 more cups of water to the         
  strained liquid, then spray.                              
                                                            
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