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What to do with aphids ?

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  • alexwildliferescuealexwildliferescue Posts: 79
    Some friend have suggested washing up liquid diluted down into a bottle spray. Anyone herd this solution ? 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You only need a tiny drop of it in a bottle, but water alone is just as good.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    your forum name suggests an interest in wildlife?


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2022
    As has been said, use just a jet of water from a hose, then you won’t harm the good guys. Even soap and washing up liquid can harm ladybird larvae 🐞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • alexwildliferescuealexwildliferescue Posts: 79
    I’m a veterinary nurse who deals with wildlife care 
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    This has long confused me. If greenfly are swished off a plant with a jet of water, what stops them climbing or flying back to where they were? 
    Rutland, England
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If you do it thoroughly enough, many get squished. Most get too damaged to survive it.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • young codgeryoung codger Posts: 543
    alexwildliferescue said:
    I’m a veterinary nurse who deals with wildlife care 
    Which type of wildlife do you care for?
  • alexwildliferescuealexwildliferescue Posts: 79
    Badger, foxes etc. Used to do full time but got very expensive and exhausting during the summer months. 
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