[Devin33]

Originally Posted by jcj77d

how old is the plant, & only use pesticides as a last resort. to keep animals away, just piss around the area, they will smell "human" & wont come around. if your that worried about pest, try a natural pesticide from halved garlic cloves and onion skins mixed in a blender with 2 cups water. Set the solution on a shelf overnight, then strain it and add it to 1 1/2 gallons of water to use as an insecticide, or
Any liquid dishwashing soap will work. Simply mix a couple of teaspoons to a gallon of water and hose the little bastar ...I mean, buggers. I use a 1 gallon weed sprayer to hose them, but any type of trigger bottle will work. Say an empty Windex bottle, for example.
(The squeamish may want to skip this part.) The soapy water doesn’t kill bugs instantly. It actually suffocates them, so it might not LOOK like it’s working, but don’t worry, after a minute or two they’ll stop moving. I usually do a couple passes of the infested area too, as the soap only kills what it can reach.
Although I use this technique primarily on box elder bugs–which have an annoying habit of flying at you instead of away from you, invariably getting stuck in your hair–I’ve noticed it works on other pesties too. Primarily lethargic fliers, like box elder bugs, and creepy crawlies, like ants and such. Plus, when you’re done spraying, your yard won’t smell like a toxic waste dump

haha thanks, i think ill just pee around the area haha, my plant is around 3 weeks old and that is why im so concerned, it doesnt even have full leaves yet and its only like 5 inches tall so how can i make it grow faster?