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| "R M. Watkin" wrote:
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| "Omelet" wrote in message
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| "Patsy Brown" wrote:
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| I remember reading some method to control Aphids. What should I use
on
| my
| Roses?
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| Thanks
| Pat
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| If you cannot afford to purchase a couple of pints of ladybird
beetles,
| my mother used to make a strong tobacco tea out of a pack of
ciggy's...
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| Hi All,
| The only trouble with tobacco tea is that it kills the good insects as
well
| as the bad. Plus the fact is is bad for your health that is why it fell
into
| dissuse in the last century. Hope this helps you.
|
| Richard M. Watkin.
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| Note, please, that I prefer ladybird beetles...
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| It's what I use here now as I CAN afford them.
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| I have a plentiful population of the larvae every spring.
| The only aphids I have gather on the muscadine grapes, and those (the
| grape leaves) are so prolific, it causes the plants no harm.
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| Speaking of which, companion planting is also a good alternative.

Is there someplace special you get your ladybird beetles? I've googled but
not gotten very far. Thanks.

Kimberly

Sorry. Most sites refer to them as ladybugs. :-)

Try this search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oogle+Searc h

Many gardening catalogues sell those, and other beneficials.
I finally got rid of all the scale on my cactus and the vast majority of
mealy bugs using Lacewing larvae from a batch of eggs I bought at a
nursery in Austin.

Beneficial nematodes have also been a godsend.

I need to re-do them this year as the fire ants are once more becoming a
problem.
--
Peace, Om

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