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red currant bush
I have this beautiful red currant bush in my backyard, last year it was over taken by ants bringing aphids. They almost wiped out my bush. I had other things on my mind at the time, but this year I don't want the same thing to happen.
How do I get rid of the aphids?
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I found these recipes from this site...
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I am pretty sure I read somewhere that you can use mild dish soap and water and spray that on the garden plants....actually here is a good link that will give you some info..
http://www.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-aphids.htm
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It's true!!! We do think alike! That's the same site I use, too.
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If you ever have trouble with slugs on your hostas place beer in a cap/lid and place it under the hostas and the slugs go for the beer!
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Thanks! I was hosing it down regularly, but they are pesky little things. And the ants seem to have a never ending supply of them to carry. It was surprising how fast they cleaned off the bush. I had leaves one day......and barely any the next.
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Winston I did that,as I have several Hostas,it took a lot of my precious beerbut it works,not too attractive in your garden though,but neither is what slugs leave behind.
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Back in the good ole days, Diazinon was the one thing I used but is no longer available. If you want to try a commercial product rather than homemade remedies, I use this stuff called Ambush made by Willson. It can be sprayed on ornamentals, fruits and vegetable and I use it regularly for controlling aphids.
As far as slugs in the hosta's, I bumped into my neighbor the other day and he mentioned about putting onion bulbs all around the hosta's to keep slugs away. Not only do they keep the slugs away he said, the onions can be plucked and eaten when they've grown.
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dawn dish soap and water in a spray bottle with a shot of vodka works for me....
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is the vodka the aphids to help wash down the leaves, or for you having to put up with the little ?
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