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Gardening

mopinko

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5. stop the ants.

Reply to Aerows (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 12:20 PM

Apr 2016

ants enable aphids. a nice coating of diatomaceous earth all around the plants, and anywhere you see ants usually does the trick. retreat if it gets wet.

get some yellow sticky cards, too. they wont wipe them out, but they do let you know if/when you have won.

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Trouble with Aphids, the red ones [View all] Aerows Apr 2016 OP

Scorched earth... northernsouthern Apr 2016 #1

I had heard taht if you take dead aphid bodies and garlic and a little oil and run hollysmom Apr 2016 #2

Garlic sounds plausible. Aerows Apr 2016 #3

Another question Aerows Apr 2016 #4

stop the ants. mopinko Apr 2016 #5

Are they doing real damage? Curmudgeoness Apr 2016 #6