I have a friend who is becoming overcome with aphids. How can she fight them naturally?
It was my mission to find out... She is a new Mum, so I thought I would try and find something for her that was easily available, and probably at home...
Hot Pepper & Garlic Spray
3 Hot Peppers
3 Cloves of Garlic
3.5 L of Water
Mix all together, and spray on aphids...
or you can try the simple dishsoap method...
*make sure that there are no anti-bacterial chemicals in the dishsoap*
Dishsoap Spray
3 tablespoons of Dishsoap
Mixed with 3.5 L of water
- spray the plant (underside of leaves to get the buggers), leave for an hour, and then clean with fresh water
Other Tips...
~ put a YELLOW tray of water... they may drown themselves in it as they are attracted to the colour yellow
~ flatten tinfoil at the bottom of the plant to reflect light off the leaves, this can trick the aphids
~ spray them with water!
~ you can try picking them off
~ ladybugs are good, they hate aphids
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