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Posted by Claude on October 1, 2007, 8:39 am
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> You should be so lucky. They attack me as well as the roses.
> Found by googling>>> found this
> http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1796237.htm
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> Here are some simple organic tips for dealing with a wide range of pest
> problems in the garden:
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> # Thrips are hard to control, although the onset of hot dry weather also
> reduces their numbers considerably. Glue spray will work, as will garlic
> spray: for every 100g of chopped garlic, soak in 2 tablespoons of mineral
> oil overnight or longer, then add insecticidal soap, available from good
> garden centres dissolved in 600mls of water. Before spraying dilute by up
> to ten times in volume.
>
> # Fruit fly and codling moth can both be effectively controlled by
> rigorously collecting any fallen fruit and sealing it in heavy duty black
> plastic to kill the larvae Chooks will eat any fruit....
> and do the same job and lay eggs.
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> # Spray tiny green aphids with a strong blast of water or squash them on
> the stem. If the infestation worsens, try glue spray, which clogs them up
> and kills them effectively. Mix one cup of white flour with one cup of
> boiling water and dilute with around 4 cups of cold water. Spray heavily,
> repeating every week or so, and remember to clean your nozzles and bottles
> to stop them clogging up too. Aphids are cyclical and their first flush
> disappears before Christmas in most seasons.
>
>
> # Aphids produce a sticky substance called honeydew which attracts small
> ants and helps spread the aphids and their eggs. Grease bands around the
> base of affected trees can help prevent their spread.
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> # Scale has a number of different manifestations and colours including
> white waxy clusters, red scale on citrus and black scale on evergreens,
> but all form clusters on the stems of plants and suck out the cells
> beneath. Ants spread scale, so control them, and brush the infestations
> off with your hands, nails or a wire brush.
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>
> # Slaters and earwigs enjoy hiding in dark corners, so trap them at their
> own game with crumpled newspaper in plastic pots. Grease bands will stop
> earwigs climbing rose bushes to eat the buds, and they're also reputed to
> flock to saucers of oil, in which they drown.
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> Claude wrote:
>> Can anyone help? This is the first year I've put in roses and have become
>> obsessed with them. All my good work seems to be being undone by massive
>> numbers of thrips! I've tried white oil, but the plants didn't look so
>> happy afterwards (and it didn't annhilate them as I had hoped). It was
>> suggested to me that I should just squash them with my fingers but that'd
>> have me working day and night to get them all. Any suggestions out there?
>> I'm despairing as I see my new rose buds eaten into by these predators!!
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