How do you kill the bugs on your plant?

Directing a stream of hose water and spraying insecticidal soap are ways to get rid of white bugs on plants. The answer assumes that the white bugs are aphids, cottony scale, mealy bugs, or white-flies. The insecticidal soap may be home-made or store-bought, with the former involving 1 tablespoon of dish detergent (supplemented by cayenne pepper, japapeno juice, rubbing alcohol, or tabasco sauce) in 1 pint of room-temperature water.