Hi there,
Was wondering if anyone knew any earth-friendly ways to get rid of (what i think are) aphids on a couple of my potted plants. Can't remember what the plants are called, but the bugs seem to only like them......the haven't touched my coleus. Any suggestions?
2007-11-01 09:24:17 · 7 answers · asked by fiofunk 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
I have plenty of ideas.
Wash the plants in warm soap and water.
Spray the plants with cooking oil, or orange oil..
Buy a fungus called B. Bassiannia in the garden shop, it eats aphids.
Go on line, get out the credit card, and type in beneficial insects.
or I.P.M. for gardens.
These key words should take you to sites that sell good bugs that eat bad bugs!!!
One thing to note....If you hear the word wasp, or see a picture of a aphid eating wasp. Never are they any bigger than a tiny brown ant, and they do NOT sting!!!!!!!!!!
2007-11-01 13:24:39 · answer #1 · answered by bugsie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use a solution of washing up liquid, (just a drop) in a spray bottle with water and spray the whole plant.
The plant does not seem to mind but the soapy solution suffocates the aphids and they die.
2007-11-02 01:21:17 · answer #2 · answered by webby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can put some lady bugs on them. I think you can probably buy them at a garden store, although I am not sure if lady bugs go into hybernation or something in the winter. But I know that they eat aphids.
2007-11-01 09:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by moon&stars 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can buy ladybugs at most gardening stores, and I have found that this works well. However, you may not want them in the house...
I've had gnat infestations in my plants before. One of which we saved by repotting it outside and leaving it out for about a day afterwards, but the other plant just didn't make it - i didn't want all of those yucky bugs inside....
2007-11-01 09:39:03 · answer #4 · answered by RIK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any living plant needs to be tended if put in a pot. In a pot the roots cannot seek out moisture and nutrients like they can in the ground. I suggest that if you don't want to be bothered then use artificial plants. What's the sense of even having plants on your patio if you never look at them?
2016-04-01 23:09:31 · answer #5 · answered by Erica 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
take them outside and spray them off with the hose for starters... then use the soapy spray... give it 20-30 minutes to work and then rinse the soap off and the dead bugs with it.... watch the plant to see when the new ones hatch out, about three or four days later... do it again.... might need it one more time, too.... hint.. you must get the soapy stuff ON THE BUG for it to kill ..... it doesn't work if you just spray the leaves....
2007-11-01 09:36:24 · answer #6 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try a mixture of dish soap and water and put in a spray bottle and spray.. 1 tbsp of soap to 1 cup water..
2007-11-01 09:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by Denali 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋