RE: [CH] Companion planting to fight aphids

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Hi Chad

Put as much of the growing tip of the vine into the jar of mix
>as you can without breaking the main stem; leave overnight to saturate.
>The plant will then start to die back. Repeat the process on as many
>tendrils as you can and you can greatly weaken the vines.

I'll try that.  I have used roundup, which kills essentially everything it
touches, at concentrated levels spraying/pouring it on as much of the vine
as I could, but it didn't work.  Finding the growing tip is often
difficult, as it tends to be somewhere arround 120' in the air in some tree
or 1/2 way down the block on a power line, but soaking the ones I can find
may be just the ticket.  Come spring I'll have to try that.

Make it easier for yourself by cutting  the vines down to a manageable height and as soon as the new growth is long enough stick them into the jar. If you have the blessed stuff growing through bushes or other favourite plants,  cut off the vine just above the plant and subject the new growth to the immersion treatment. The younger the growth, the quicker it will take up the weedkiller..

Good Luck,
Gill


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