Which home remedies for pests are over-hyped and not worth it?

Being honest helps you save money and the crop. Things that genuinely have some use, neem oil and neem extract for sucking pests, chilli garlic and soap sprays for light soft pest attacks, sticky traps for monitoring, fruit fly and pheromone traps, and fermented brews like dashparni ark as repellents. Things that are over hyped, plain water sprays, very dilute single ingredient mixes, magic one drop cures sold by agents, and the belief that any home remedy will stop a heavy borer, hopper or virus outbreak. Cow urine and buttermilk based sprays can give minor effects but are often promoted far beyond what they deliver. The honest rule is that organic and home methods work best as prevention and on light to moderate attacks, applied early, repeated regularly, and combined with traps, resistant varieties, crop rotation and field hygiene. Once a pest crosses the economic threshold, you need a proper recommended biopesticide and sometimes, as a last resort, a label dose of a recommended chemical. Do not let a heavy attack ruin the crop while testing weak remedies. When in doubt, take a sample to your KVK.