What's an organic way of getting rid of aphids on tomato plants?
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Set up bird houses to encourage birds in helping you eliminate undesirable bugs. Encourage natural enemies of aphids like praying mantis& ladybirds to visit by planting fennel, dill, cilantro, caraway, angelica, tansy, & yarrow, cosmos (especially the white ones), coreopsis, and scented geraniums.
Knock aphids off by blasting with a strong spray of water. If this doesn't get rid of them, then use a weak soap & water spray. The recommended dilution rate is 1 oz. Ivory Dishwashing soap or baby shampoo to 1 gallon of water. You can add a tbsp of cooking oil when plants are dormant & in cooler weather. (Don't use in the heat of the day to prevent plant stress & burning).
A solution from http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/tips/... Blend together 1 garlic bulb, 1 small onion, 1 t cayenne pepper, 1 quart water. Steep one hour and add 1 T liquid hand soap
When attacking the problem, remember that even the "safest" organic solutions should not be used in full sun or high temperatures because that's when they can burn or stress plants.
Plant repellent plants like allium (chives, garlic, onions) as companion plants surrounding or bordering the plants which are susceptible to aphids.
A spray can also be made from Seaweed, which will repel both red spider mites and aphids. It will nourish your tomato plants, too.
lady bugs eat them
We used lady bugs but you can also spray soap on them.
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You could try Neem oil available here: http://richters.com/web_store/web_store.
Get a spray bottle and put some water in it. Put some dish soap in the water and shake it up – use a fairly high concentration of soap. Spray it on the insect and it will kill it. Use on aphids, wasps, box elder bugs and other undesirable insects. Put the bottle on stream and it is a great way to kill wasps on a wasp nest from afar away. Soak the inset and it will die thru suffocation. You will also have clean plants.
Squish them with your hand. It works for me---
try this mix in a spray bottle works great! apx 2 TBSP of oil,2TBSP of any dishsoap and fill bottle with water.Shake up and spray on the whole plant including undersides of leaves.
I thought e'one knew about ladybugs loving them for dinner
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