Aphids Taking Over Your Plants?
May 26, 2011
This is my week for garden tips and here is another simple but useful solution.
Again I found this tip in the "Fix it, Clean it, and Make it Last" book by the editors of FC&A Publishing. I had often heard that garlic is a good bug repellent but this books gives a formula for making a "terrible tea" that will repel those pesky aphids without dangerous chemicals.
"Mince two cloves of garlic and put in a jar with a pint of boiling water. After cooling, strain out the garlic and put the remaining liquid in a spray bottle. Spray new shoots and flower buds and protect them from aphid assaults."
I understand that spraying with the garden hose will also knock them off the plants, but keeping them away is the trick to beautiful blossoms.
This is my week for garden tips and here is another simple but useful solution.
Again I found this tip in the "Fix it, Clean it, and Make it Last" book by the editors of FC&A Publishing. I had often heard that garlic is a good bug repellent but this books gives a formula for making a "terrible tea" that will repel those pesky aphids without dangerous chemicals.
"Mince two cloves of garlic and put in a jar with a pint of boiling water. After cooling, strain out the garlic and put the remaining liquid in a spray bottle. Spray new shoots and flower buds and protect them from aphid assaults."
I understand that spraying with the garden hose will also knock them off the plants, but keeping them away is the trick to beautiful blossoms.
posted by shirley harry at 8:14 AM
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