> Any suggestions for aphid control? As long as ants are under control, best way to get rid of aphids is 1) ladybugs, larvae and adults 2) lacewing larvae If ants cannot be controlled, physically removing the aphids often helps quite a lot when trying to clear up really awful infestations that for some reason you didn't notice until they'd already gotten so bad -- e.g. rub the aphids off with your hands or spray them off with the hose. Of course there are plenty of insecticide products available with varying degrees of toxicity. Insecticidal Soap is basically benign, and usually helps for a week or more. Pyrethrins and rotenone I suppose are up the next level of toxicity, but still pretty safe. And so forth... but I'm not really familiar with the variations of insecticides available beyond this -- since quite a while a combination of whatever beneficial insects are around along with emergency hose use has done pretty well for me, with very rare resort to insecticidal soap or pyrethrin.] --- Brent