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

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

With the black aphids they are stronger and will be harder to spray off, you 
may have to hand pick them off.....

How are the Saras doing??

Trish


--- On Wed, 7/23/08, Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.com> wrote:

> From: Betty Goetz <haika@drizzle.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: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 9:55 AM
> > 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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