RE: [CH] Garlic Cures Aphid Problem in 2 Days

RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Fri, 10 Jan 2003 14:51:41 -0800 (PST) 

I've been making my own garlic spray for at least 8
years now and it seems to work on the aphids in my
garden. It seems that about 2 weeks after I transplant
my plants into the patch, I get a small amount of
aphids. I immediately spray them with my garlic spray
(3 cloves garlic, cut in half, in a bottle of water
left to sit for a few days and then decantered into a
spray bottle) and after a few days of spraying and
hand picking the eggs off the plants, I have none for
the rest of the summer. Seems to work for me.

RisaG
--- Ces <ces@preferred.com> wrote:
> Please let us know if the garlic "cure" works. I
> have problems with aphids
> on overwintering plants also and lost several last
> year. Did it say how much
> of the finished solution to give each plant?.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf
> Of Mike Benson
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 12:58 AM
> To: Chile-Heads
> Subject: [CH] Garlic Cures Aphid Problem in 2 Days
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> The next time I water I'm going to try using garlic.
>  I read about this in
> the summer 2002 issue of The Chile Pepper Institute
> Newsletter.  According
> to the newsletter, there is a book titled
> "Common-Sense Pest Control" by
> Olkowski and Daar, that suggests using an aqueous
> solution of garlic powder.
> One teaspoon of garlic powder per 3 cups of water
> was poured into the soil
> (not on the foliage) and the aphid problem was cured
> in tow days.  They also
> note that this will kill beneficial insects like
> ladybugs as well.
> 
> If this works, I'm going to try putting garlic
> powder in my seed starting
> mix as well.
> 
> If it doesn't work, the only hope will be the Elohim
> aliens.  Since they
> created aphids and all other life on Earth, I'm sure
> they could help us with
> controlling aphids.  All we need to do is build an
> embassy for them as
> described by the Raelian Revolution, and they surely
> would come.
> 


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