I often get asked head about aphids .
interrogation like :
“ How do you kill aphids ? ”
“ Will aphids kill my plant ? ”
“ Are these things aphid ? ”
“ Do you have an organic aphid spray formula ? ”
Etc . etc . etc .
Since I just noticed one of my citrus trees was covered in aphids , I figured why not cover the bedrock on aphid and aphid control in a video ?
tally it out :
I got a newNikon Coolpix L830 cameraon Amazon last workweek so I ’m go to be make a lot more horticulture videos . It ’s HD , plus take great still shots for a non - SLR . My previous TV camera was the Nikon Coolpix 105 which also was my workhorse still photographic camera for the first two yr of this web log before we bribe a friend ’s usedCanon Rebelfor the still shots . That does a great job even though it ’s an older simulation .
Okay – back to aphids .
As you ’ll see in the video , I really do n’t vex too much about kill aphids anymore , though I used to make some constitutive aphid sprays on a regular basis . Here ’s an aphid spray formula if you ’re interested :
Dave’s Organic Aphid Spray Recipe
Materials :
2 - 3 garlic cloves2 - 3 hot peppersDish soapSpray bottleCoffee filterQuart shock or container
Gather together your garlic clove and hot capsicum pepper plant . I like really hot ones such as cayenne , Thai , ghost or habanero pepper .
Chop them up with the ail and put them in a quart jolt . Then rain cats and dogs a quart of boiling water over them .
Let extortionate overnight , then separate out the liquidity through a coffee filter into a sprayer bottle . Add two drib of dish soap to the mixture and shake it up .
Spray infested area daily .
The aphid hate the taste perception , the soap , the hot pepper and the Allium sativum so they ordinarily clear out quickly .
Alternately , you’re able to make a nicotine aphid sprayer with the unsubdivided recipe in my TV . If you do n’t have cigar butt available ( you poor non - smoker you ) , just buy a bundle of Topp or Bugler trilled tobacco and use that .
Generally , though … I disregard aphids and if they really beleaguer me I blast them with the hose . I ’m always cognisant of the fact that I may kill or drive off good ladybugs or other predatory animal with my crop-dusting . Unless it ’s a affair of liveliness and death for the flora , I ’m lax .
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