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  • From: Lucy Goodman <goodows AT infinet.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Aphids (was Heirlooms/Desperate help)
  • Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:24:25 -0400

One way I deal with aphids is to hang humming bird feeders around the garden area. Hummers love aphids and will clean up a crop in a couple of days. Granted, in NE Ohio you are about a week or two away from the hummers coming back.

On the soap issue do what Phil sez and use 1TBL soap per quart of water (and make sure the water is soft water or the soap will curdle and be useless). The soap will not only wash off the oil off the plants but should do a number on the aphids as well.

Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH
http://boulerbelt.blogspot.com






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