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Re: Aphid advice (was Re: bark mulch)

I try to find the ants that are herding the aphids and I dig up their
house so they have to spend time rebuilding and can no longer herd
aphids so the benificials eat the aphids. You have to stop the ants.

On
Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Laura Jay wrote:

> I have found aphids can be controlled quite well with two things:  a soap
> spray (such as Safer's Soap), and yellow sticky traps.
>
> Yellow sticky traps are merely yellow plastic cards coated with a sticky
> substance. Insects are attracted to the color, land on it, then get stuck to
> the surface. You can make your own with yellow plastic drinking cups, coated
> with a thin layer of petroleum jelly ("Vaseline"). Set the cups amongst the
> plants at about same height as foliage (I set the cups upside-down over top
> of stakes). Vaseline (or even clean motor oil) will work as a coating, but
> Tanglefoot (a coating specifically designed for stick-um type traps) works
> much better. You can also cut yellow plastic picnic plates into squares,
> coat them, then set among plants.
>
> Had aphids all over roses last spring. I sprayed once with soap, then set
> traps out. Never saw aphids again.
>
> You can also try regular dish soap, 1-2  tsp per gallon, instead of an
> insecticidal soap spray.
>
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