Guest guest Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 a little dish soap and water in spray bottle works great for me Paula ...... in Michigan Last year I had such terrible troubles with aphids around my garden, it seemed that nothing worked to rid us of these pests! I had overwintered my pond plants in the garage - now that they are getting some nice spring growth, I am noticing the aphids are covering the plants! Any advice would be greatly appreciated... Thanks in advance, Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Hi, I think I must know a different kind of Rapeseed oil because the one available here in Europe is food grade and considered better than Olive Oil by some. They grow huge fields of it with lovely yellow flowers and in the last few years cold pressed small producer rapeseed oil has become all the rage in the fancy restaurants. Eva , Cyn <cynconn wrote: > > Apologies in advance if I am plagiarizing anyone, I tend to save just > snippits of posts. > Rapeseed oil is poisonous to living things and is an excellent insect > repellent. I have been using it (in very diluted form, as per instructions) > to kill the aphids on my roses for the last two years. It works very well; > it suffocates them. Ask for it at your nursery. Rape is an oil that is used > as a lubricant, fuel, soap and synthetic rubber base and as a illuminate for > color pages in magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2010 Report Share Posted May 1, 2010 " Eva " <aoifeniaodhagain wrote: " ... I think I must know a different kind of Rapeseed oil because the one available here in Europe is food grade and considered better than Olive Oil by some. " Yes, Canola oil is a trademarked name for a certain variety of rapeseed oil, and US grocery stores are filled with the stuff in the vegetable oil section. Maybe it's a different variety of rapeseed oil? Rachel in AZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I wanted to thank all of you who replied to my post about aphids, so far I have had great success with dishsoap - I will try some of the other ideas if I notice they come back! Thanks again for taking the time to respond! Tammy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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