Re: seedling munchers
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- Subject: Re: [sibrob] seedling munchers
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- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 17:40:19 -0800
From: "Harold Peters" <harold@directcon.net>
An effective contact killer of aphids is insecticidal soap. The registered
insecticide is a potassium salt of a fatty acid (soap). Should have
virtually no toxicity to anything but aphids and similar insects. "Safer" is
a national brand name for this product. They are rather expensive on a
larger scale but maybe tolerable for seedlings. I purchased 2 gallons of
concentrated insecticidal soap when the aphids started getting out of
control last spring. However the weather changed and eliminated the aphid
problem before I had to spray.
I have seen "home" recipes involving dishwashing detergent with a variety of
additives. I doubt the effectiveness of these and the experts I was
listening to on the gardening show were not kind to the home recipes as it
is the wrong type of soap.
Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden,
El Dorado Hills, CA USDA zone 9
harold@directcon.net http://www.beautiful-view-iris.com
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From: virginia prins <inanda@bc.sympatico.ca>
To: sibrob@onelist.com <sibrob@onelist.com>
Cc: jbritton <jbritton@camosun.bc.ca>
Date: Saturday, November 20, 1999 1:25 PM
Subject: [sibrob] seedling munchers
>From: virginia prins <inanda@bc.sympatico.ca>
>
>Hi all, - and Jim don't leave,
>
>Todays prob. is green aphids on my seedlings. Both sibs and lilies.
>Seedlings are tiny, 3 -4 inches high, most three or four leaves. At the
>mo am cleaning each seedling daily by hand but this is silly. Can't go
>on doing this. Oh yes, and those @#$#%$^ gnatstoo. Seedlings are in a
>cold greenhouse. Temp drops to around 3C at night. So ... what do I
>do. Think the seedlings are too small to survive outside for the
>winter. I have gravel on top of the pots and water from the bottom.
>Solutions please.
>Ginny in Victoria BC
>
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