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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap
insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
something is attracting the aphids. you might want to put some tanglefoot around the
truck to trap the ants bringing in the aphids after you blow them off the tree with the insecticide soap. webs suggest mites. Ingrid "lbbs" wrote: My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
what about putting some oil at the base of the truck? will that trap them?
What is tanglefoot, something like a stick fly trap? wrote in message ... something is attracting the aphids. you might want to put some tanglefoot around the truck to trap the ants bringing in the aphids after you blow them off the tree with the insecticide soap. webs suggest mites. Ingrid "lbbs" wrote: My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
"lbbs" wrote in message
... My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? The webs suggest spider mites. You can get rid of both aphids and spider mites by using nothing but a reasonably sharp blast of water on the underside of the leaves of the entire tree with no insecticidal soap added. Do it two or three times a couple days apart. I use this method to control aphids on okra, which reacts badly to insecticidal soap. If they show up again, I repeat the process. It's easy and it's cheap. John |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
Tanglefoot is like really sticky axel grease. You paint it on the tree truck,
down near the ground, and bugs can't climb up the trunk. They get caught in the tanglefoot. Jan In article , "lbbs" wrote: what about putting some oil at the base of the truck? will that trap them? What is tanglefoot, something like a stick fly trap? wrote in message ... something is attracting the aphids. you might want to put some tanglefoot around the truck to trap the ants bringing in the aphids after you blow them off the tree with the insecticide soap. webs suggest mites. Ingrid "lbbs" wrote: My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap
insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? For the aphids you might want to try lady beetles. Wait until evening, even better if the leaves are wet, then let the lady beetles out all over the tree. They'll clean it up of aphids in no time flat -- I've let a few batches out in our garden here and although we get aphids from time to time, they never seem to last very long. The webs and sticky leaves may indicate another problem however -- aphids leave neither in their wake. This makes me wonder -- are you certain you actually have aphids? As someone else mentioned, these are symptoms of spider mites. Some spider mites look a bit close to aphids and depending on your familiarity with aphids you might mistaken them. I just did a quick Yahoo search on "plum tree spider mites" and it came up with a number of decent links. One, from the Utah State University, has a couple of good pics as well. The site is at http://extension.usu.edu/publica/gardpubs/orchard/6.pdf if you'd like to view it. I'm sure you'll find similar information elsewhere. Hope this helps! James |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
Try www.GardensAlive.com because they have something called Pyola. I
like it for all sorts of pests in my container garden (I don't get very many beneficial bugs here). But remember, it will kill beneficials as well. What you need to do is buy some ladybugs and lacewings and let them loose in your tree. They will take care of the aphids for ya. Carla "lbbs" wrote in message ... My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
(Carla) writes:
Try www.GardensAlive.com because they have something called Pyola. I like it for all sorts of pests in my container garden (I don't get "lbbs" wrote in message ... My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? Aphids on roses and lemons congregate at the new tips. I spray those ends of the branches with a 1:3 mix of methylated spirits and water. The aphids die instantly and within minutes the spray has evaporated. Methylated spirits (aka denatured alcohol) is about 98% ethyl alcohol. -- John Savage (news reply email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
"John Savage" wrote in message
om... (Carla) writes: Try www.GardensAlive.com because they have something called Pyola. I like it for all sorts of pests in my container garden (I don't get "lbbs" wrote in message ... My plum tree is infested with aphids I sprayed it really good with a soap insecticide but did not help. I far as I can tell it's aphids (small green bugs). The tree has lots of sticky leaves and some webs on the leaves. What else can I try? Aphids on roses and lemons congregate at the new tips. I spray those ends of the branches with a 1:3 mix of methylated spirits and water. The aphids die instantly and within minutes the spray has evaporated. Methylated spirits (aka denatured alcohol) is about 98% ethyl alcohol. -- John Savage (news reply email invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup) You don't have to spent your money on alcohol. I control aphids on my okra with a sharp spray of water. It isn't quite as satisfying as frying their miserable, little hides, but it's cheaper. G John |
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What kind of soap can I use on Aphids?
hi guys,
Did you ever think about "diatamatious earth"? The Diatoms are little critters that have some wickedly sharp little shells that lacerate the bodies of the organisms that are infecting your garden. And through the little holes in there bodies (and some I guess swallow it--and cut up there guts) they loose moisture and shrivel up and die. the diatoms are often used to control weevils in stored grains and things (you can eat them along with the grain). I WOULD be careful though. they are made mainly of calcium, and if you suck them into your lungs, they might be there for a while. I'm going to look it up on google, but if you go that way, make sure to wear a dust mask and keep it out of your lungs. also, I seem to remember some recommendations about Murray's oil soap? Or maybe just some simple lye soap without any perfumes and coloring and crap like that? just a couple thoughts, the coffee hasn't kicked in yet this morning. john |
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