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You have to knock them off with a stream of water harder than a mist, but not 
too hard as to harm the plant. Spraying them off kills them, and gives your 
plants the time they need to get big and strong and develop their own defense 
mechanisms. But you'll have to do spray them off pretty regularly. Just check 
them and spray them off twice a week, making sure to check the new growth at 
the center of the plant as these young leaves are aphids biggest target.
Good luck and have fun.
Gavin
www.plantingjustice.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: Amy Little <amylittle@hvc.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:07:48 
To: permaculture<permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] aphids in greenhouse

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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