Hey guys,
Following on from yesterday’s post where I showed you how to create your own insecticide to get rid of aphids, I’d like to share with you this cool video I found on YouTube in which gardener, Jerry Greenfield (yes that is his real name) demonstrates the technique.
As well as the bug spray technique, he also shows another aphid removal technique, which involves blasting the aphids off of plants using the water pressure from a hose.
Jerry has a knack for explaining things in a fun an entertaining way and I’d recommend checking out more of his videos.
TECHNIQUE 1
Now, if the bureaucrats in your neck of the woods haven’t messed up your water pressure, we got a fun way to help get rid of the aphids – it’s kind of like playing a game.What you do is blast them. You get your hose, get your nozzle and just fire.
[Jerry shoots water on the leaves of his plants to knock the aphids off]
This not only gets the aphids wet, but it pees them off.
TECHNIQUE 2
Now, another way to get rid of your aphids is by using dish washing liquid and water in a spray bottle.The aphids are sift-bodied critters, so what the soap does is that it covers them and dries them out. And they don’t like that much more than they like the whole spraying with water business.
[Jerry squirts a little dish detergent into a spray bottle filled with water]
So, just a little bit. You don’t have to use this fancy organic soap – any dish washing liquid will do.
We’re gonna shake this all up here and then hope the spray nozzle works.
[Jerry sprays the plants with the solution]
If your gonna use your soap and water mixture, you want to make sure you do that on a cloudy day,like today, or early in the morning because you don’t want to fry your plants.
This is Jerry Greenfield. We’ll see you next time on Survival Garden. Take care now.
Hope you enjoyed the vid.
Until next time,
John
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