easy natural way to keep bugs off outdoors

I'm doing my first outdoor grow with 3 Northern Light autos and I'm getting quite a number of bugs... Most don't seem to be doing anything bad but I saw at least one aphid and have a couple of leaf wholes... Any non pesticide around the house type things I can spray on my plants to get rid of them? My wife uses a dishsoap water mix on her regular garden flowers and it seems to work well. Is it safe for cannabis?

Should be fine... You can get a small bottle of Safers Soap for cheap just to be on the safe side...

Final Phase said:

Should be fine... You can get a small bottle of Safers Soap for cheap just to be on the safe side...

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I'm not familiar with Safers but have some blue dawn and some environmentally responsible stuff from Costco. I live a 100 miles from anything so I'm kind of stuck with what I have on hand...

Jren437 said:

I'm not familiar with Safers but have some blue dawn and some environmentally responsible stuff from Costco. I live a 100 miles from anything so I'm kind of stuck with what I have on hand...

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Safer is an organic insecticidal soap you can get at garden centers. I use their BT Caterpillar Killer to keep bud worms away. Good stuff. The dish soap works fine though, so you're good. Mix it 50/50 with water and swirl it a bit rather than shake so you don't make foam, then spray it on and 30 minutes later rinse the plant with clean water. Just did this over the weekend to get rid of wooly aphids on a houseplant and it did the job with no problem.

Dishsoap n water works.
12 hot pepper, 2 whole garlic, rubbing alcohol plus a touch of veg oil works too. Mines so vile it's like pepper spray if it gets in your eyes, be warned lol

They don't work on the likes of slugs n caterpillars though. These critters do far more damage then aphids, so always check plants couple times a day if possible.

Some will rag the 'concoctions' and tell you to go buy some nasty ass chemical. Fuck that. The above natural ways work.

I use a habanero spray for deer and cinnamon, clove, lemon juice n Apple cider vinegar for bugs n mold.