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Old 08-06-2003, 07:56 PM
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Default Aphid in greenhouse solutions?

in article , Pat Meadows at
wrote on 6/8/03 5:05 AM:

On Sun, 08 Jun 2003 05:30:32 GMT,
(Jan
Flora) wrote:


I've never had aphid in a greenhouse (touch wood) so don't know what it
takes to clean them out. She bought some lady bugs, but I don't know if
that'll handle the problem without human intervention...

Suggestions?


I'd try yellow 'sticky traps' - see:

http://www.gardensalive.com/item_dis...uctNumber=8127

They're expensive, but reusable if you buy the 'Tanglefoot'
(the sticky stuff).

Pat

I was planning to do that. You have given me the final incentive to do so. I
amusing traps for white flies and what appear to be regular fruit flies.

Bill