Recipes for Homemade Fertilizer, Pesticide, and Deer Repellant

At one of our Habitat Stewards Workshops, a few of the participants shared these recipes for home-made fertilizer, pesticide, and deer repellant. Since we get many questions about how to make these yourself, we decided to post these suggestions on the website. But, we have to tell you, SCWF hasn't tried any of these recipes, and we can't guarantee that they work.  But, it may be worth a try!!

(Mostly) Organic Fertilizer:

1 can regular beer (not Lite)
1 can regular Coke (not diet)
1 cup liquid dish soap
1 cup ammonia
1 cup liquid fertilizer

Mix the above ingredients together, and take 2 oz. of that mixture and pour it into 2 gallons of water. Mix well and use a pump sprayer to spray your plants -- give them a bath, spray leaves, the ground near the base, etc.

Organic Pesticide:

1 bag of chewing tobacco
1 nylon stocking

Put the tobacco in the stocking, and tie the end closed. Put the stocking in one gallon of water, and let it sit overnight. This will create a "tea".  In the morning, remove the stocking from your tea, then add:

1 cup liquid dish soap
1 cup human urine

Mix well and use a pump sprayer to spray your plants � give them a bath, spray leaves, the ground near the base, etc.

Deer Repellant: (to keep the deer away from your plants)

Add to a gallon jug with a screw top:
1/2 cup milk
1 T. vegetable oil
1 T. liquid dish soap
3 cloves garlic, no skins

Fill the rest of the jug with water. Let it sit for 2 days. Mix well and use a pump sprayer to spray your plants every evening to start with. Once the deer have not been around for awhile, you can go to every 2 days, then 3, etc.