RE: [CH] Aphids

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> Help!  I brought in my tobasco plant so it would finish up the peppers
> it finally started producing before the cold weather got here, and now I
> have aphids on it.  What can I do to kill the little buggers that won't
> involve chemical pesticides?
>
> Michael
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Try 1/2 to 1 tbsp if cheap liquid dishsoap in a gal of water,
> Spray plants
> and allow to dry,  then ~~ a lesson I learned the hard way~~  Rinse the
> plants off,  to get the soap off~~
>
> Soap  DO NOT use antibacterial or concentrated  (right Riley)
>

Right!  And DO NOT USE DETERGENT!  It has to be soap!  LB's suggestion to
wash it off in 30 min is excellent!  Good advice!  The stuff kills only on
contact and it doesn't do a bit of good if it isn't sprayed on the bug.

> If you give up on the soap,  and try a pesticide make damn sure
> it is listed
> or housplants or inside use.
>

I've seen an insecticidal soap mixed with pyrethins which is probably one of
the less offensive insecticides.  It is "organic", which doesn't mean a damn
thing as far as safety goes.  Stay away from Rotenone, also organic, if you
don't want Parkinson's disease.

Riley

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