Re: Insecticide
- Subject: Re: Insecticide
- From: s*@comcast.net
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:07:06 +0000
If you have ants, I will bet you have aphids also. They eat the sticky stuff the aphids leave behind. Spray the under side of your pumpkin leaves with 2 table spoons joy dishwashing soap to 1gallon of water. This kills the aphids no problem. I have been useing it on my pumpkin plants for years now.
Gary Faulk
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From: Kathie Morgan <fishrap@earthlink.net>
> Hi Guys!
>
> Along the same lines, we have ants. Not an army of them, just a small
> but steady flow. We cannot find a commercial product that purports to
> be effective against ants and yet won't harm the plants/soil.
>
> What do you all use?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kathie in Santa Rosa, home of the Barenchi 954
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Alan Eaton wrote:
>
> > Hello Steve J.--I find that Sevin controls nearly all insects in my
> > garden
> > and I have used it for years,lightly as needed.
> >
> > The exception is earwigs,we have a high population this year and
> > they seem
> > to just laugh at Sevin and chew even more holes.
> >
> > What can you suggest I look for in a garden center to control
> > earwigs??
> >
> > Thanks in advance--Al Eaton
> >
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