AutumnRhea@aol.com wrote: > > Help!!! I need to find someway to get rid of aphids on my new pepper > plants!!! I know about buying insecticidal soaps...... anyone have any > homemade recipes that work!? After two years of disaster in my greenhouse in which thousands of raspberry MP microcuttings died in spite of very costly items such as Talstar which gave some relief I now use soap at nil cost. Wash a bar of Ivory or other soap in water in 1/2 gal of water (I use a gallon icecream bucket) until the water is somewhat cloudy. takes 10 seconds or so. Add a few drops of your favorite liquid shortening such as any kind of Crisco. Now wet the plants. For small plants in pots I just invert them in the soapy/oily water. Does not harm plants. I leave them i the water for afew seconds to minutes. Remember aphids can be low on plant and not wetted and reinfect plant. One good treatment will eliminated aphids and mites. -- Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist. mailto:indbio@disknet.com Location: Palmyra IN USA; 36 kilometers west of Louisville, Kentucky http://www.disknet.com/indiana_biolab/pk.htm