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[Basil] Chilli [Ocimum basilicum] Capsicum sp.
Peppers act as contact/stomach poison and it will kill smaller pests as well as repelling larger ones. To kill or deter ants mix equal parts borax and powdered chilli – spread in their path Group chilli on plants wet with dew will deter caterpillars a and grasshoppers, also temporary deterrent for rabbit and possum Useful against aphids, ants and caterpillars but it will burn very young plants so use carefully.
Insect Repelling Plants | Herbology
In pots and window boxes against Flies Companion for cabbage, tomato and beans –downy mildew. Basil oil on skin against mozzies Made into spray – aphids, woolly aphids, flies, fruit flies, leaf miners, mozzies, scale, spider mites, thrips, whitefly. Also caterpillars, earwigs, millipedes, pear and cherry slug, pumpkin and other beetles, slaters, spiders and weevils.