twisting, curled leaves, and bugs

[gothash]

got this problem only started today after a full night of pretty heavy rain, was lookin round on the net and some people reckon it could be a Mg def or a Zinc Def, is it possible after a long time of rain that it leaches these macro nutrients from the soil? And i have some sort of bugs eating my leaves, although it does not seem to be affecting the health of my plants, i want them to fuck off, heard that i can make an insecticide from household detergent, is this true. I live in a small town with no bunnings but a mitre 10 is there any commercial product that is cheap that would do the job?

[Frazz]

to discourage the bugs from eating your plants you can make the plant taste like shit for the bugs

like, make a brew from garlic cloves, hot chillies, pepper, a generous amount of tobacco and maybe one drop of dishwashing liquid added (optional) to break the surface tension

cook up ingredients on the stove with little water to make a concerntrate

strain thru an old stocking

dilute concerntrate and spray all over the plant including underside of leaves

 

now plant should taste like shit to the bug and maybe the nicotine even kills some bugs when they try eating plant

 

[gothash]

has anyone got any ideas what the leaf curling is all about,

 

thanks for the tip frazz, will try that for sure

[nitram]

HI guitash,

 

has anyone got any ideas what the leaf curling is all about,

 

After rain and no bright sun it looks like they have not unfolded ........ a good dose of sunshine should correct themselves

 

Nitty.

[gothash]

thanks nitram i am hoping this is all that is wrong, am just hoping the sun comes out soon otherwise its to the hardware shop for a tarp to string up the ground is saturated, just went down to do some bug research, and i have grasshoppers, little tiny brown ones, any other good commercial insecticides that are good for getting rid of these or should i try the sinky garlic chilli tobacco sludge that frazz suggested