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

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

I wouldnt use any checmicals.....but with spraying them off with the garden 
hose, it will make a difference....it just takes patients, and you will need to 
do it more than once.

Also a mild soap solution {like dishwashing liquid deluted with water} in a 
spray bottel, and then wipe the leaves, so it doesnt go into the water will 
help as well....BUT I would first try using the garden hose.....non toxic to 
the fish and it will help.....

Good luck!

Trish


--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Larry Litten <LLITTEN@wecon.com> wrote:

> From: Larry Litten <LLITTEN@wecon.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Aphids are sucking the life out of the pond
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 11:25 PM
> Just a heads up.  Please DO NOT use Pyrethrins in your pond.
>  Although
> they are one of the safest insecticides for mammals they
> are highly
> toxic to fish and other aquatic life!
> http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/pyrethrins.pdf
> 
> I don't have a good answer for a control product but I
> think Trish is
> right, if you spray them off it could help.
> 
> Larry Litten
> Wilbur-Ellis Co.
> (206)310-5530
> llitten@wecon.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:44 PM
> To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Aphids are sucking the life out
> of the pond
> 
> Hi Clay,
> 
>  
> 
> I believe insecticides that use Pyrethrum, which is derived
> from
> Chrysanthemum flowers, would be non-toxic and would work on
> aphids.  I
> have
> used in with success on terrestrial plants.  You can find
> this at
> Lowes or
> Home Depot, here is a link to get you started.
> 
> http://homeharvest.com/insectsprayspyrethrinbased.htm'
> 
>  
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Roy
> 
>  
> 
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