"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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My bro in law gave me a whole mess of water lettuce today. I was in a
hurry
and dumped it all in, and then I notice they were all COVERED in aphids.


Holy Cow! This is what destroyed ALL my water lettuce. Get rid of it all.
Hosing it off will not get all the aphids -- many will simply fly off and
return WITH ALL THEIR FRIENDS. My fish were totally disinterested in eating
them, and they couldn't have begun to keep up. Toss 'em all and hope they
leave your lilies alone!!!

NJ...shocked in zone 5b