--part1_bc.59bfe6d.265f03af_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_bc.59bfe6d.265f03af_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <Fiskenh@aol.com> From: Fiskenh@aol.com Full-name: Fiskenh Message-ID: <a4.4c683a0.265d97d7@aol.com> Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 16:38:47 EDT Subject: Re: Subject: [CH] whitefly problems To: owner-chile-heads-digest@globalgarden.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 32 Simon Briggs <briggs@clara.co.uk> said << Try growing marigolds near the plants - that'll stop all aphids attacking them. Or spray your chile plants with really weak soapy water - that works a treat. >> I am growing French Marigolds (Tagetes) round my tomato plants (San Marzano and Tigerella) for that purpose - I just popped some seeds in once I'd potted the plants up. I have also heard that crushing up a garlic clove in a spray-bottle of water, and then spraying this on your plants, will keep aphids away (cats too!). I use my dish-washing water on my garden (reluctant to try on my tomatoes and chile plants!) and don't get alot of bother from aphids. I am a newbie Chile-head - I have five plants, four of which I've grown from seed (don't know what they are yet as they came from a "Caribbean blend") and one which came from a garden centre labelled as Hot Chile Pepper (the picture is long and red!). A few years ago I had some Birds Eye chile plants grown from seed, but this year I decided to go chile-mad - I've found so much helpful stuff on here, I'm really grateful! Helen Norfolk, UK Fiskenh@aol.com --part1_bc.59bfe6d.265f03af_boundary--