Like most gardeners I detest aphids. These squishy, sap-sucking little bugs attack plants such as roses, hibiscus, peach and cherry trees and are known to spread plant diseases. They breed in enormous numbers as soon as the weather begins to warm up.
There are a number of different ways to get rid of aphids:
- Let natural predators such as ladybirds, hoverflies, lace wings and small birds, do the work for you
- Use commercial remedies such as Neem oil or Pyrethrum spray
- Make your own spray such as garlic spray or white oil
- Squash them or hose them off
(Image is courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid)
2 comments:
Much as I adore ladybugs there just aren't enough of them around right when you need them!
I hope you win the aphid war.
You can plant chives near the roses, too--that is supposed to keep the aphids away. I did that this spring; haven't seen any aphids yet. Of course it did nothing for the Japanese beetles.
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