pests Aphid killing

So I found my overwintered plants which are already growing, covered in aphids. I ordered some Bonide fruit nut and orchard spray, but in the meantime wanted to do something. So I went to the stove with some garlic and about 10 dried Butch T halves and made a nice boiling tea, strained it, and put it in a sprayer 1 (qt). As soon as I sprayed them down (outside) they died at contact. Dont know what effect it will have on the eggs, but anything with legs is killed. Make sure to spray the entire plant, stems, underside of leaves and soil surface.

Chad

A mix of rubbing alcohol and water will do that, too, but doesn't get the eggs.

no soap in your solution?

No didnt use any soap, thought about it, but I wanted to see what these ingredients would do

chad s said:

So I found my overwintered plants which are already growing, covered in aphids. I ordered some Bonide fruit nut and orchard spray, but in the meantime wanted to do something. So I went to the stove with some garlic and about 10 dried Butch T halves and made a nice boiling tea, strained it, and put it in a sprayer 1 (qt). As soon as I sprayed them down (outside) they died at contact. Dont know what effect it will have on the eggs, but anything with legs is killed. Make sure to spray the entire plant, stems, underside of leaves and soil surface.

Chad

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g'day chad,

for me often what i see is over the top a bit dealing with aphids, here they are nearly always bought along by ants, they have symbiotic relationship, never almost has it been any other way, even if no ant activity is near the plant i reckon they still set the aphid farm up.

aphids too easy realy ants a bit harder, get rid of ants aphids and mealy bug will disappear, mealy bugs can be treated with home made white oil if they have infested the roots dump the plant but not into the compost.

aphids spray them off with a strong spray not jet of water, use a soapy spray if you want to. once an aphid is on the ground the ants can't help them. rose growers have a good barometer, if they observe the ants will take the aphids down the roots where they store them, then bring them back when rains storm is gone.

don't know if aphids really do that much damage realy they create sooty mould which even if on the fruit citrus here does not alter the flavour. looks terrible hey?

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len

had the same issue on the one surviving plant i had.
Mixed up some water, some of my dads lime based home made pepper sauce, and some dish soap. sprayed the entire plant and soil 2wice (couple days apart) and have not seen anything since.
Time will tell i guess.

gardenlen said:

g'day chad,

for me often what i see is over the top a bit dealing with aphids, here they are nearly always bought along by ants, they have symbiotic relationship, never almost has it been any other way, even if no ant activity is near the plant i reckon they still set the aphid farm up.

aphids too easy realy ants a bit harder, get rid of ants aphids and mealy bug will disappear, mealy bugs can be treated with home made white oil if they have infested the roots dump the plant but not into the compost.

aphids spray them off with a strong spray not jet of water, use a soapy spray if you want to. once an aphid is on the ground the ants can't help them. rose growers have a good barometer, if they observe the ants will take the aphids down the roots where they store them, then bring them back when rains storm is gone.

don't know if aphids really do that much damage realy they create sooty mould which even if on the fruit citrus here does not alter the flavour. looks terrible hey?

see remedies page our site

len

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Aphids do a ot of damage to chilli plants, they suck the sap out of the leaves until they yellow and drop off. Leave an aphid infestation on a chilli plant, all you'll have left is a stem.
Seen heaps of aphids on other plants (hibiscus, rose), and they don't kill those plants, but they do kill chilli plants. So a bigger deal than other types of plants.
You're right about ants and aphids, shame that WA has so many ants wherever there's a decent garden, so aphids will always exist over here.
My battle with aphids started today. Got some aphids in spring out the front (chillies and roses) so moved my potted chilli plants to the back. Perth weather is being stupid with rain and thunderstorms, so at 10pm moved my chillies from the back to outside the back door for a bit of shelter. 5 of the plants full of aphids (don't know if it was because of night time the aphids came out, or that area of the garden just got their ant colony up and running - ants everywhere here)
Trigger sprays at dawn, this is war!

Also really want to try the chinese yard long red noodle bean too, apparently that secretes a dew that ants love too, maybe they'll stop farming aphids if they get nectar from that plant instead?
I can't kill 'em all, so maybe just start a new fad for them. Just like I plant marigolds and nasturtiums. So some bugs are kept away, while others like snails, slugs and caterpillers like eating them instead of my chillies and tomatoes, because it's easier than trying to kill every caterpiller, snail and slug

I made up a garlic, oil, soap spray that seemed to work a bit. Apparently aphids don't like garlic, so I planted a bulb in with my Japlenos. It grew like a weed.. no aphids on that plant. I still have some on the others though but they seem to be more controlled now. I'm going to swap out the soil and wash down the plants (like I should have done before bringing them inside)and that should finish them off. Thyme supposedly works as well.