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[Amy Little <amylittle@hvc.rr.com>]

No ants, and I tried the spray, but they are in the soil.
Would there be a problem with soapy water getting into the roots?

At 03:00 PM 3/23/2010, you wrote:
> Amy,
>
> Try spraying them off with a misting hose nozzle sprayer. If they
> return, spray them with 2 drops of mild soap per quart of water to
> desiccate them. Usually they are placed there by ants as livestock, so
> stop the ants from entering the greenhouse.
> .
> Kevin Topek
> www.permaculturedesign.net
>
>
>
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Amy Little wrote:
>
> > Yikes, aphids on my beautiful pepper starts. I can't squish them all.
> > Any advice?
> >
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