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Re: [GSAS-Member] Aphids are sucking the life out of the pond



I might be a little late on this, and possibly giving some bad advice,  
but if you dilute some really hot sauce (the kind of stuff you get at  
specialty stores) in a little water and spray it on the leaves of the  
plants, the aphids will probably leave it alone.  It worked for deer  
and my mom's neighbor and when I was younger, it kept our horses from  
chewing on the sides of their stalls.  Of course I may be advocating  
seasoning the salad for your aphids, but if the water jet doesn't  
work, this might be at least worth a try.  Of course try not to get  
too much into the water.  Luckily, Capsaicin is an oil based compound  
afaik, so it should hang out towards the top of the pond.

Laurel

On Jul 23, 2008, at 6:44 AM, Seattle_Aquarist wrote:

> Larry,
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> Thank you for correcting my error!  I was wrong and you are absolutely
> correct.  Pyrethrum is indeed toxic to fish as well as small animals.
> Hopefully nobody followed my suggestion.  I checked out the Material  
> Safety
> Data Sheet (MSDS) for Pyrethrum (concentrate) at
> http://www.southernag.com/PDF%20Files/ms1040.pdf and it definitely  
> states
> that it is "toxic to fish, birds, and wildlife".
>
> A water spray sounds like a good idea to me too!
>
> Roy
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