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Old 28-04-2008, 08:10 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default What is the soap and water ratio for aphids

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Sam wrote:

I would like to use soap and water to protect the plants against
aphids. What is the recommended ratio. I was planning to use
Palmolive dish detergent.

Thanks...


Mom used tobacco tea, 4 cigarettes per pint of water.

I used ladybugs with better ongoing success. :-)
I have larvae every year now since introducing a couple of hundred of
them to the yard about 4 years ago.
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