about 4 parts water to 1 part dish soap - shake up & spray them thar critters Sharen Rund Bloechl Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems Sunnyvale Data Center sharen.rund_bloechl@lmco.com Phone: 408-756-5432 [or] Fax: 408-756-0912 srund@svl.ems.lmco.com LMnet: 8-326-5432 Pager: 408-539-5146 web: http://webpager.lmms.lmco.com/perl/mtrocall.cgi > [or] Operator Assist: 1-800-725-5079, pin 408-539-5146 > > > > > > ---------- > From: Greg Jensen[SMTP:gjensen@amrion.com] > Reply To: Greg Jensen > Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 1998 7:25 AM > To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com > Subject: [CH] Soap & Water Question > > A simple question for all of you CH's. I've got some garden salsa > peppers with a pretty heavy infestation of aphids. I've tried spraying > them with a commercial spray with limited success. It kills them off the > day you spray them but the next day, more arrive. I don't like spraying > the plants daily with this insecticide so I'm going to start spraying > with soap & water daily instead. If anyone can tell me the optimal > mixture to use I would appreciate it. Having never used the soap/water > trick before I'm not sure how many parts soap/water to use. > > Thanks for answering the obviously novice question! > > Greg >