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By PeggyC
September 1, 2016

Do you really want bugs/visitors in your garden?

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Sep 2, 2016 6:05 AM CST

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Name: David
Lucketts, Va (Zone 7a)

The soap solution is only effective when sprayed directly on an insect, and it is just as effective on ladybugs, etc. as on aphids.

Earth is a galactic insane asylum where the inmates have been left in charge.

| @greenthumb99 | Post #1260438 (1)

Sep 3, 2016 9:07 AM CST

Name: Linda Williams
Medina Co., TX (Zone 8a)

But better than really harmful pesticides, at least.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. E. B.White
Integrity can never be taken. It can only be given, and I wasn't going to give it up to these people. Gary Mowad

| @LindaTX8 | Post #1261645 (2)

Last edited by LindaTX8 Sep 3, 2016 9:08 AM

Sep 3, 2016 10:23 AM CST

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Name: David
Lucketts, Va (Zone 7a)

True, no residual effect, and care can be take to just coat the aphids. Once dried it is non toxic.

Earth is a galactic insane asylum where the inmates have been left in charge.

| @greenthumb99 | Post #1261726 (3)

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