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How often to re-apply Neem oil? (slrpnk.net)
submitted 1 day ago by Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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I'm using Neem oil preventatively on everything. Only on my balcony, nothing gets into the environment.

In what intervals do I need to spray? Does it get washed away with every rainfall? What about sun exposure?

More often in lower concentrations?

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[โ€“] Jarme@jlai.lu 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I read your other comments, I understand why you are using it. Kudos for first trying to avoid pesticide, and then looking for the least harmful pesticide!

I tend to be a bit ideological at first sometimes with gardening, but at the end of the day you have to be pragmatic.

[โ€“] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 2 points 21 hours ago

I tend to be a bit ideological at first sometimes with gardening, but at the end of the day you have to be pragmatic.

Same. My plan is, once I have a real garden sometime in the distant future, to grow only organically with nature in mind. But right now, in that environment and conditions, it just doesn't work sadly. It really hurt seeing that last season :(