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Organic insecticides: Vitax organic 2 in 1 or Pest off

mapcr77
mapcr77 Posts: 668 Forumite
Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
From what I've read, Vitax is plant and fish extracts, while Pest off is just plant extracts (starch based apparently).

Both are quite pricey and not available anywhere around, so will have to order online and splash the extra delivery costs, so I want to buy the most convenient one.

I want to use them against aphids. Any ideas and suggestions?

Thanks a lot!

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  • GreenPete
    GreenPete Posts: 25 Forumite
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    If you're just after killing aphids soapy water is very cheep and affective.

    Pete
  • Lord_Gardener
    Lord_Gardener Posts: 2,971 Forumite
    GreenPete wrote: »
    If you're just after killing aphids soapy water is very cheep and affective.

    Pete

    I agree, do this regularly for my clients - e.g. a cheap 13p bottle of washing up liquid from Lidl and a cheap manual pumping sprayer does the trick!

    This sort of thing!

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  • serena
    serena Posts: 2,387 Forumite
    I don't use anything at all, and find I have very little trouble. The blue tits, ladybirds and lacewings clear them all. If there is an infestation of blackfly, which they don't seem to like as much, then I either blast them off with the hose very quickly, or squash with fingers.
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