Re: APHIDS :-(
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: APHIDS :-(
- From: G* S* <g*@loop.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 11:44:11 -0600 (MDT)
John I Jones wrote:
>
> Susan Trindle wrote:
> >
> > wolfer@midusa.net wrote:
> > >
> > > My sister's iris need help! She says they are covered with awful aphids.
> > > What do you suggest? I told her to try a spray bottle filled with soapy
> > > water.
> >
>
> Hmmmm. Somebody please jump in here and tell me if I am wrong, but...
>
> > Be sure to remind her to use SOAP, not detergent.
>
> If what you mean is a "dish soap" as opposed to "laundry detergent" I
> would agree. But, most dish soaps are detergents, and that is what you
> want. Specifically what I think you are after is a surface surfactant (a
> chemical that lowers the surface tension of water) so the aphids dry
> out.
I thought it was so that they drowned.
> Regular soap (like Ivory) doesn't have it.
Maybe it's in the other 56/100 %. ;-)
Well, actually, lowering surface tension is the main thing
soap does, so it should work fine (as detergent would).
Gerry, sad because yesterday was our first day since February
without Mesmerizer (my TDF iris) in bloom
--
gcsnyd@loop.com AIS Region 15
Warm, winterless Los Angeles
My work? Helping generate data for http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo
