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aphids on yuccas
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Posted by shandi QLD Aust (My Page) on Wed, Jun 30, 04 at 7:09
Hi,
I have aphids on small yucca plants, any help would be appreciated. Has anyone used white oil on yuccas. |
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RE: aphids on yuccas
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I have used all the Metho tratments and so forth and have now given up on them.
I use David Grey's Systemic granules on the soil and that gets the little devils when they eat the plant, stops them at the roots as well.
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RE: aphids on yuccas
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| I have the most discusting home remedy for aphids on all plants but it really does work every time. If you know someone who smokes cigarettes, ask them to collect all the buts and put them into a 150gm container with a lid (eg coffee jar). Once it is full, empty it into an old 2lt ice-cream container or any other container you wouldnt mind throwing out. Fill the container with water and a little squirt of dishwashing liquid. Let this sit for a half hour or so. Strain the liquid out through a piece of cloth into a spray bottle. The nicotine in the "cigarette soup" is poisonous. Keep it away from children, pets etc and make sure you wear gloves when mixing. The nicotine is poisonous to aphids and any other sap sucking pests. It also gets absorbed into the plant and so continues working for quite some time after. Nicotine has been used for centuries in the control of pests, and hasnt damaged my plants in any way. Please do not take up smoking yourself just to kill the aphids. |
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