omg.....i just went out to water my only rose bush.....it was loaded with aphids....tiny, tiny white ones!!! if anyone is on here now ....please help.....i've heard you can mix a solution of dish soap and water and spray, is this true???? i've been looking at them everyday and just thought the white was part of the bud.......ugh!!!!!!!!
i'll be here......hoping someone responds!
thank you, Linda

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I Love You Laura!!!! Thanks for responding so fast!!! the site was helpful, looks like i'll have to buy some icky chemical stuff!! but for now it said i could try to wash them away with the hose...or pick them...ewwwwww.....to many to do that!

thanks so much....will let ya know how it goes,
Linda

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learn from others mistakes....you can't live long enough to make them all yourself

chemicals or lady bugs....or else pick them off. Pretty much the choices. Here we had such a mild winter that the aphids are devouring roses in huge herds! The lady bugs are going to get big!

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GO DAWGS!

Bess to the rescue!!!!

So glad you were here. I don't know anything about aphids but I will. JV is sending me my very first rose.

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For anyone who is interested and doesn't know about it; there is a site which sells completely organic products to do just about anything you need to do in the garden. From fertilizing to treating unwanted pests... Here's the link: http://www.gardensalive.com/Default.asp?bhcd2=1115760250

Hope this helps!

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*pssst* I've spent a small fortune at that site so far this spring..lol. I didn't want to be unprepared, as I found out last year, I was overrun & had nothing & had to resort to running to the local store & getting nasty icky chemicals. Ok, so I'm still not completely organic, but gosh, I don't like the idea of using all those chemicals. Oy.

I just whipped up a batch of Pyola Oil to spray all my trees, which have been hit with aphids, sawflies, and something else I think as well.. just not sure what yet.

Meg

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My family, garden, and a bunch of misc. photos!

You know, I have no idea if this helps and remember I am a BEGINNER, but when I had a problem with my gardenia having bugs, being that they are so finicky, I asked the gardener at our local green house and told me to buy this Spray, which turned out to be 4 different oils. I sprayed the gardenia completely and its soil and put a garbage bag over it for 24 hours, and then sprayed it off. I guess the oil is a safe to the plant and it suffocates the aphids. REMEMBER I am a beginner and that could have been strictly for Gardenia's! But I don't see why it wouldn't work for other plants.

Good Luck!!!

Ninni