What is the soap and water ratio for aphids

[Sam]

I would like to use soap and water to protect the plants against aphids. What is the recommended ratio. I was planning to use Palmolive dish detergent.

Thanks...

[Omelet]

Mom used tobacco tea, 4 cigarettes per pint of water.

I used ladybugs with better ongoing success. :-) I have larvae every year now since introducing a couple of hundred of them to the yard about 4 years ago.

[len gardener]

about dishwater strength will do sam,

do you ahve ants as well?

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:45:23 -0700 (PDT), Sam wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

-- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand."

[Sam]

[suemack]

According to a friend that uses same method 1/10 - good luck! (I hav used this myself

-- suemack

[tuckermor]

You can also buy Safer's Insecticidal Soap, if you don't want to figure out the ratio and mix your own (too much soap may harm your plants). A soap spray will kill the aphids, but it wont prevent them from appearing on your plants.

[R M. Watkin]

Hi All,

It is not a good idea to use the above, as it is a broad spectrum insectiside and will kill the good as well as the bad. Hope this helps you.

Richard M. Watkin.

[len gardener]

g'day sam,

ants can'often bring aphids, scale and mealy bugs onto any of your plants so you need to move the ants on if you can find their mest site, there are some ideas on our remedies page.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:14:19 -0700 (PDT), Sam wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

-- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand."

[Omelet]

Beneficial Nematodes.

[Sam]

I used the 1 to 10 ratio suggested by the previous poster...It killed all my plants! They all dried up overnight. So, I'm going out to buy new ones. :(

[Omelet]

Condolences...

Mom always used Tobacco tea for aphids. Soak 1 cigarette in a pint of water.

Or do what I did and import a batch of ladybugs. ;-) I have a regular population of larvae now ever year that totally controls aphids.