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Thread #146444   Message #3390919
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
16-Aug-12 - 11:04 AM
Thread Name: BS: Aphid control help
Subject: RE: BS: Aphid control help
Pyrethrum and permethrin are always a mistake. The idea that they "come from crysanthemums" as many of the labels state doesn't make them any less toxic - they are now synthetic and stronger and are a neurotoxin. In early days it was thought they were organic - but those days are long gone. If you need to use something like that just get rid of the plants and start over. Seriously.

Orange oil (delimonene) in water at 2 ounces per gallon will kill the bugs in the garden or on these plants. Spray from a pump sprayer. Add a little compost tea or molasses and you can make it a foliar feeding at the same time.

SRS