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RE: dish soap for aphids

A University of California recommendation is:  Two or three tablespoons
liquid detergent per gallon of water will kill on contact aphid or most any
insect. There is no residual is the problem. Maybe for a little while but
not long. The trick is to keep checking as aphid return quickly. Did you
know aphid are born pregnant
L

At 09:15 PM 6/24/98 +0100, you wrote:
>On Wed 24 Jun, muller@cs.bc.edu wrote:
>
>> Hmm, I missed this thread. I seem to have aphids (sp?) all
>> over my tomoto plants.
>Which type of aphids?
>> Is it true that I can spray them with
>> soapy water to rid them of this pest?
>NOT Detergent!
>> If so, what kind of 
>> soap (Ivory?) and, I grow mustard greens between my tomoto
>> plants, will this ruin my mustard greens?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bob
>>
>Have a look at
>http://www.ex.ac.uk/~gjlramel/aphids.html
>for a general survey.
>The simplest thing to try is a forceful spray of water, aided by a bit
>of finger rubbing, repeated as necessary.
>After that there is a recipe using rhubarb leaves.
>Ask again if you need the recipe, it isn't mine originally.
>-- 
>Allan Day  Hereford HR2 7AU allan@crwys.demon.co.uk
>
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