Re: seedling munchers
From: "Pamela West/ Woodside Gardens" <woodside@olympus.net>
I have had good luck with paraffin oil also, a common brand name is Sun Oil.
Works by smothering them, no problems with the plants and no phyto toxicity
like with Safers.
----- Original Message -----
From: virginia prins <inanda@bc.sympatico.ca>
To: <sibrob@onelist.com>
Cc: jbritton <jbritton@camosun.bc.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 12:03 AM
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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