I have some heirloom onion plants in the garden and the aphids have just about finished them off.
I haven't been sitting idly by watching this and I will share with you the homemade remedies that haven't worked and hopefully, lastly applied, the one that did work.
The first failed remedy was a mixture of molasses and milk, the second was Myers Dish Soap, the third (my usually tried and true) was a fifty-fifty mix of alcohol and water.
The plants are too small to blast the tiny pests off with a hose so I mixed up some Ivory liquid and water and just got finished spraying them. I'll check this evening a see if they are dead.
Incidentally, the hybrid onions planted side by side with these don't have a bug on them and are out-preforming them four to one.
I haven't been sitting idly by watching this and I will share with you the homemade remedies that haven't worked and hopefully, lastly applied, the one that did work.
The first failed remedy was a mixture of molasses and milk, the second was Myers Dish Soap, the third (my usually tried and true) was a fifty-fifty mix of alcohol and water.
The plants are too small to blast the tiny pests off with a hose so I mixed up some Ivory liquid and water and just got finished spraying them. I'll check this evening a see if they are dead.
Incidentally, the hybrid onions planted side by side with these don't have a bug on them and are out-preforming them four to one.