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Aphids Aphids everywhere

ispookie666 · 2023-06-05 19:46:01

A few of my roses are covered in aphids, and I have been spraying them with the low-pressure sprayer (a few drops of dish soap and water). The soap is effective, but I do not like what else might be there in the dish soap. Is that a more gentle or safer soap which can be used for this? I have tried neem oil; they are not…

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CapricornLass Posts: 794 Forumite

12 June 2023 at 3:41PM

Try growing some plants that will attract the hoverflies and wasps in, too. Things like fennel, angelica or even letting a carrot or parsnip run to flower. Just cut the heads off once they have flowered, or you will find seedlings everywhere!

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