g'day martin,

any water containing any sort of soap/detergent would probably do the
same and the same result of dislodging the aphids can be had from a
strong sray of water from the garden hose.

for me aphids seem to get more attention that what they are worth, yes
they make the flowers look not so nice but i could say so!!

anyway over here very commonly aphids are associated with ants so no
matter what you do to treat the aphids they will keep reapearing if
you don't get rid of the ants.

if you have lady birds then try to let them get a control and not to
upset the balance, remember though if you want a benificial insect to
manage a pest then they will never eat the pest out as they to need to
thrive to live to eat another day.

On 15 Apr 2007 08:30:38 -0700, "Martin Pentreath"
wrote:

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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

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