Re: [CH] APHIDS: Best way to kill them?
Rosemary Basil (rosemarybasil@yahoo.com)
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 11:43:03 -0800 (PST)
Hey Ray, get some Ladybugs! You can buy them from most
catalogs now and they're worth it. They consume
something like a billion aphids a day.
Also check your area for ants. Those little buggers
farm aphids as pets (called cows)cos they like their
sweet honeydew. They even have a special room for them
in their ant farm! They haul em around- I saw ants with
aphids on their backs climbing up to the top of my 10
foot rubber tree! Gives new meaning to Sinatra's song
"High Hopes" (the one bout ants moving rubber tree
plants.) lol
I hate aphids and am always haulin my plants in the
shower in spring til the ladybugs arrive and it gets
too hot for em. Another advantage to pots, maybe...but
NO FUN!
Oh I also make a potion I call my "Voodoo Garden
Blessing Mist" that I spray them with. Basically
cayenne, garlic, dish soap. Alot of bad bugs hate it,
the cool ones are chileheads and stick around. :)
grow in peace,
Rose
New Orleans, zone 9
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