On our website, hotpepperwax.com, we'd like to share "special recipe" pest control with other gardeners across the nation. If you have a natural (no chemicals, please) way you get rid of pests, let us know and we'll be glad to share it. After all, we're in the same business:  providing ways to garden in harmony with nature.

While you're at it, we'd also like to know if you've found any unique uses for Hot Pepper Wax. We've heard from people who swear by it for getting rid of tent caterpillars; others say they use it for spraying the perimeter of houses in the Spring when black ants are on the move.

Please write us at Hot Pepper Wax, 305 Third Street, Greenville, PA, 16125, or email us at kimt@hotpepperwax.com. We'd love to hear from you.  PLUS!!! If we use your letter on our website, we'll send you a coupon for $5.00 off your next bottle of any Hot Pepper Wax product.

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Hot Pepper Wax - naturally!

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Greenville, Pa : How did your vegetables, fruits and ornamental trees and shrubs grow? If little critters and soft-bodied insects nibbled through the lettuce and tomato patch, you probably did not use Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent and Hot Pepper Wax Animal Repellent.

Not to fear, you can arm yourself with Hot Pepper Wax concentrate and ready-to-use products before next growing season.

In just a few years, Hot Pepper Wax Inc., Greenville, Pa., has achieved growing success in marketing natural, non-toxic insect and animal repellents. The repellents keep whiteflies, spider mites and other soft bodied insects, rabbits and tree squirrels at bay.

What does Hot Pepper Wax do?

Hot Pepper Wax is a biodegradable, non-chemical repellent made of food-grade ingredients. Hot Pepper Wax, using a patented encapsulation, blends wax and cayenne pepper extract. The product coats plants with an invisible barrier against insect and animal pests. The hot pepper repels the pest; the wax keeps it on the plants for two weeks or more, rain or shine.

Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent is effective against whiteflies, spider mites, cabbage loopers and other soft-bodied insects. Hot Pepper Wax Animal Repellent keeps tree squirrels and rabbits at bay.

Zero-hour REI granted for Hot Pepper Wax

Federal regulators have granted a zero-hour restricted entry interval for commercial applications of Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent. The REI adjustment and a corresponding label change were approved by the Office of Pesticides, an extension of the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Instrumental in the re-designation was the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division. The agency reduced the REI of Hot Pepper Wax to give a more accurate picture of Hot Pepper Wax's safety-to-risk ratio.

Don't bring in pests or chemical pesticides

GREENVILLE, PA-It is time to take charge even before your favorite patio plants are taken inside for the coming frosty mornings, whether they are selections that summered on the deck or newly purchased flower and foliage varieties. And Hot Pepper Wax, which makes insect repellent from cayenne pepper, food-grade wax and other natural ingredients, can help you be in control of bugs that raid your houseplants.

Hot Pepper Wax, based in Greenville, PA, suggests you first monitor your local weather reports for upcoming frost, which could harm or even kill your tender houseplants. Al so, inspect your plants carefully before bringing them inside. Make sure to check the undersides of leaves where bugs may be hiding. Soft-bodied bugs, such as whiteflies and spider mites, may have taken up residence. One or two bugs may appear at first, and then all of a sudden, the plants are overrun.

One woman recently shared a story about moving her hibiscus from her patio into the house. The minute whiteflies, which resemble tiny flies, weren't apparent initially. However several days later, she discovered the pests had migrated to her favorite poinsettia. Whiteflies are usually discovered only when you disturb or move your plants.

Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent will help get the bugs off. We suggest you spray the natural repellent on every surface of the plant, even the undersides of the leaves. Our 12 oz Indoor Houseplant sprayer is designed to allow the user to spray with the bottle upside down.

Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent is available in 22-ounce Ready-To-Use and Concentrate. Or, spray on the heat with our 12-ounce Hot Pepper Wax Indoor Insect Repellent, available in your supermarket plant or floral section. The 12-ounce product is the same Insect Repellent our customers have been using successfully on outdoor flowers and plants. As with our other repellents, the Indoor Insect Repellent is made from cayenne pepper, food-grade wax and other natural ingredients.

Spray on the heat with Hot Pepper Wax, and get rid of the bugs.

Hot Pepper Wax offers 'TLC' for poinsettias

GREENVILLE, PA -Thanksgiving and Christmas may be the last thought on your mind in the fall. Giving a houseplant for a gift is always appreciated, but please make sure the plants you select are healthy and bug free. Poinsettias are one of the most popular flowers to give at Christmastime. They are available in colors ranging from pink, to red, to white and any combination of those hues, according to our on-staff gardeners.

A couple of insects to look out for are spider mites and whiteflies. Whiteflies look like tiny white flies that take to the air when plants are moved or disturbed. Spider mites may not be visible until you gently shake a leaf while holding a white piece of paper underneath. Spider mites resemble specs of dust that will move when touched. As the spider mites begin to multiply, slender strands of webbing (somewhat like spider web, only not as intricate) may appear between the leaves. Soon, the leaves will take on a bronzed color.

It is important to start spraying poinsettias with Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent before the first sign of whiteflies or spider mites. Prevention is easier than a cure.

Hot Pepper Wax Insect Repellent, available in a 22-ounce Ready-To-Use spray and our new 12-ounce spray for indoor plants, will help control those tiny pests. Our on-staff gardeners suggest you spray the entire plant, especially the undersides of the leaves, where the bugs can hide. Our 12 oz. Indoor bottle can be sprayed from an inverted position to make this task easier.

Make sure you don't over water your poinsettias. They like to be well-watered and then allowed to dry a bit, our Hot Pepper Wax on-staff gardeners said. Check the moisture level by using an inexpensive water meter.

Hot Pepper Wax, made from cayenne pepper, food-grade wax and other natural ingredients, has anti-transpirant properties; it helps protect against the stress caused by excess moisture loss. Sometimes moisture loss occurs indoors during the winter due to various types of home heating systems.

Hot Pepper Wax will control the bugs and give plants, such as poinsettias, a healthy appearance.