Re: Aphids

I should have read the next message before sending my response. What I was
talking about in my previous letter was insecticidal soap.

At 12:35 PM 5/7/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>Valerie Lowery@ZEON
>05/07/98 12:35 PM
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>I've got a lot of aphids in my garden this year, probably due to an extra
>mild winter.  I've got green ones on just about everything, but little
>white ones (could be something else) on my lilies and iris.  The problem
>I'm having is that it has been raining off and on for so long I haven't had
>the chance to spray anything for fear it would wash off.  The good news is
>that when it rains, the aphids hide; however, they come right back out when
>it stops.
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>Two questions:  what are the little white bugs (they look like aphids, but
>are more slender like little grains of rice)?  What can I do to eradicate
>both of these pests that is effective despite all of the rain?  I would use
>Sevin, but would probably spend a great deal of time reapplying it!
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>Much thanks in advance!
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>Val in KY
>zone 6a
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