Bonide Captain Jack's Neem Max, 16 oz Concentrated Cold Pressed Neem Oil, Multi-Purpose Insecticide, Fungicide, Miticide, and Nematicide for Organic Gardening

I had bought a gardenia that was shipped to me. It arrived with some sort of small bugs that were putting pin holes in the leaves. I bought this to kill whatever it was and it worked on the unknown pin hole bug. 😆 Having burnt plants before I mixed and applied it on a cloudy day and kept the plant in a shaded area to be on the safe side. The plant is doing well and thriving! I did not notice a particularly strong scent. There was no leakage, and I've relied on Captain Jack products before. I can't remember the dosage but I mixed it in a quart sized sprayer and feel the product is a good value..because it's a consistent product and I've used CJs before. Tried and true. I didn't want to take a chance on an unknown.

Just what I needed to battle pesky mealybugs on my indoor birds of paradise. This was way more cost effective than buying the individual bottles and I love that this uses less waste in packaging. A little goes a long way and this bottle will last for many manyyyyy applications. 🪴

I've been using this product for many years now. One bottle has lasted me a very long time. And whenever I need to use it to take away the bugs, it's like 2 times I'll use it on the plants. 2 waterings and then the bugs are gone. It works really, really good. I have never had it hurt any of my plants. I've used it on delicate plants and it has worked well. I just put it in the soil when I water. The soil really well and then I put the product on top. After I've watered it, I don't spray the leaves with it or anything like that. How about it kills the bugs in the soil? And yeah, it works good. I would recommend this to anyone.

Good product, not an immediate fix though. I had an aphid problem ( not quite an infestation, but definitely on its way to causing major damage to my seedlings) that was causing an ant problem because of the sticky residue that the aphids leave behind. I diluted the product as directed on the bottle. The first morning I sprayed my plants, underside and tops of leaves. By the next morning, I had more leaf damage from the aphids... Even though the product stated to wait a few days in between applications, I used again the next morning. Still had aphid residue/presence of bugs. So for the third application (4 days after initial application) I added a little bit of liquid castile soap, BOOM, the problem was gone by that evening. I washed off the mixture with my water hose and made sure that I wiped away any leftover bug residue in case the stronger mixture was too strong, to avoid leaf damage. Separate issue with a different colored aphid, the green ones, on my sugar snap peas. They were attacking all new growth. I used the instructions on bottle, but added a half teaspoon extra and the problem was gone the next day. I probably should have waited a couple of hours then washed away the mixture because all of the new growth was somewhat wilted/damaged. But this was completely my own wrong doing! Sugar snap pease are pretty delicate, especially the new growth. But they continued to grow and the damage was minimal. Good product, worked fast. Id recommend doing your own due diligence and just play around with measurements on the dilution of this product if it doesn't seem to work after the first couple of applications. Try it out on a very small section of plant that won't be too harmful if damage is done.

This oil is the best for killing bugs on my plants. And it acts like a fertilizer. My plants love it.

This stuff WORKS. I’ve used it for a few years now and the plants grow strong without any fertilizer burn.

I don't know what my pumpkins were sick with. Tried an app to tell me what was wrong and it said it was a water which was almost impossible for that to be the issue. Ordered this because it was a 4-1 product. Well, not sure which one of the four issues it was, but it fixed the problem. Pumpkins leaf's did die, the ones that were already looking bad, but the plant sprang back to life with new and huge lush leaf's like a pumpkin should be. Sprayed one week, noticed a difference in a few days. Sprayed the next week, plants were substantially better. Waited a couple weeks, sprayed again and the plants are beautiful now. I did use a whole gallon of mixed spray for three plants cause I wanted to nip the problem in the you know what and this certainly did that. Thanks so much for a great product. Only bad thing, holy Moses it doesn't smell the best, but whatever if it works!

The product is not of poor quality; rather, it simply does not provide a reasonable amount. It is priced at $10 and can produce 10 gallons at the weakest mixture. However, if used at full strength, it only yields about 3 gallons, which is not particularly cost effective. I do like the product. However, when compared to other bottles of pure neem oil, I could have easily made my own by adding some soap and obtained well over 20 times the amount for the same price. Neem oil is not a one time use spray solution. For best results, it is necessary to apply it at least three times, targeting every stage of the pests life cycle (eggs, larvae, adults) in order to truly reap the benefits. If you only have a few plants, it is not a bad option. However, if you are applying it to a garden to combat a rapidly multiplying pest like aphids, you will quickly run out. The low cost of the raw materials yet high cost of application for this alone is the reason why this product has received the rating it has. In conclusion, it is safe to say while the product fully works as intended it is not competitively priced compared to other available options. Given this, and the need to reapply frequently, I have a hard time recommending this particular product unless your needs are very minimal.