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

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.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.

I agree with Trish and I do spray off my water lily pads every afternoon
when I'm out watering anyway. I've found that having some whiteclouds in
the pond helps as well as they tend to be faster at eating the aphids
floating on the water. By the time the goldfish get around to it, the
aphids have climbed back onto vegetation. I am starting to see a few black
aphids on my waterlilies as of this week. Not many....so hopefully the
spray treatment will help keep them under control.

Betty Goetz

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