I have always had great luck geting rid of aphids using ladybugs i bought, or just lemon dish soap in water n a spray bottle.. always works for me. Good Luck with your problem, hope I was helpful. Stephanie @ ravens gardens
It's really difficult to get the right balance, trying to be chemical free but when the aphids have taken over everything, my patience is starting to wane and I am tempted to go down the Chemical Warfare Road, however, I may have a solution, which may be a blessing for me and a pain for the Aphids. My next plan of attack is to bring home some of the coffee granules from the coffee perculator in work and then add that to the base of my plants, and then add coffee to my spray and douse the aphids with it. If I hear them asking for Latte or an Americano I will give up!!
If the aphids are so severe that one has to spray, I find that a teaspoon of Fairy liquid and a teaspoon of sunflower oil (as a sticker) in about a litre of water makes a good organic and harmless spray. Garlic spray also works - I used this on a sudden large infestation of black aphid on my runner beans this year.
Mmmmm. Not so sure of using rhubarb leaves this way. Just because they are natural doesn't mean they are safe. They contain oxalic acid. You would have to eat a LOT of leaves for it to kill you but making a decoction of them is making the poison more concentrated. Not surprised it kills the aphids and probably anything else good or bad that lands where you have sprayed. Personally I would not like to eat anything sprayed with this.
I used a diluted washing up liquid spray on my young apple tree leaves,but now they look like they have died.the trunk of the tree looks ok.is there anything I can do to save the tree?
I find using washing up liquid-the green type works. Dont use any of the lemon or other smell based versions. They would be more acidic and cause problems to the plant
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this is not a wind up,boil leaves leave to cool
add table spoon of sugar and dissolve shake well before use
it truly works
Mmmmm.
Not so sure of using rhubarb leaves this way. Just because they are natural doesn't mean they are safe. They contain oxalic acid. You would have to eat a LOT of leaves for it to kill you but making a decoction of them is making the poison more concentrated. Not surprised it kills the aphids and probably anything else good or bad that lands where you have sprayed. Personally I would not like to eat anything sprayed with this.