Re: [CH] Garlic Cures Aphid Problem in 2 Days
Love2Troll (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 10:26:21 -0600
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From: Mike Benson
To: Chile-Heads
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 11:57 PM
Subject: [CH] Garlic Cures Aphid Problem in 2 Days
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> This is about the time of year when the chile plants I'm over wintering
start to get infested with aphids. So far I haven't done anything except
spray the foliage once with pyrethrum. In past years I've used pyrethrum
and soap sprays with little success.
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The only "safe" spray that I have found to work is Schultz Garden Safe Houseplant & Garden Insect Spray. It's just .01% pyrethrins & 1% canola oil. Kills on contact and kills the eggs too. It must be the canola oil that makes it work when other pyrethrin alone sprays fail. I promise you that this stuff works on my indoor overwintering plants. Only drawback is that I can only find it in 24oz spray bottles at Wally*World. Wish that I could find it in a concentration so could use it on my outside garden with a tank sprayer.
Good luck with the garlic cure!
John