Sam wrote in :


do a search on Sevin dust. Now this may kill your ants and fishies,
but if you believe the posts, the aphids will party like it's 1999.

I am sorry, but I don't quite follow you here Salty (or maybe the joke
is on me!) How would I attract aphids by applying an insecticide to
the biotope? I don't follow the logic there. Also, I suspect that
Sevin dust will kill off all of the ants since its an *insect* killer
(though I couldn't verify that ants are one of the 60 insects that it
supposedly kills).

I was being wry. But if you read some of the previous posts, Sevin will
kill all sorts of insects except aphids. So if you are a results
oriented person, feel the ends justify the means or are just desperate
for aphids dump a load of Sevin on a plant, and wait for the plague. You
should know however that using Sevin in this manner - a manner
inconsistent with its labeling, is probably a felony punishable by
federal law etc etc.

Just grow a rose outside and dust it Sevin periodicly.

I was thinking about roses already. Any common strains (e.g.
available at HomeDepot) that are particularly susceptible to an aphid
infestation?

I don't know. Compared to some of the regulars in this group (hi
everybody), I couldn't garden my way out of a paper bag. Personally, I'd
go with the nasturtium recommendation. (It's the name of a common plant
not a obtuse botanical classification). My Latin dictionary gives the
meaning of nasturcium as 'garden cress'. There's no listing for
nasturtium, but my English dictionary says it's from the Latin word for
'cress'.

-- ST