I need help with two plant problems ...
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Luis on Jul 06, 2013I found this a while back and it work if they are aphids: Mix together a few tbsps of hot pepper sauce--whatever you have in the refrigerator will do--with a few drops of biodegradable dish soap in a quart of water. If you don't have hot pepper sauce at home, purchase some at the store. Don't worry about buying the most expensive one or the hottest one, if it's made of peppers, it will work. Let the solution that you have created sit over night. Using a cheap, plastic spray bottle, which can be purchased at most discount stores, spray the solution onto the area where the aphids are infecting the plant. The capsaicin (the same thing that is used to relieve muscle pain in humans) in the peppers, which is the ingredient that causes the heat, will annoy the aphids and cause them to leave. Not only will the capsaicin annoy the pests, but the dish washing soap will dissolve the outer shells of the aphids, usually causing them to die.Helpful Reply
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Nadine Ferrier Schnettler on Jul 06, 2013Thanks Luis! Looking at the picture you attached, I don't think I'm dealing with aphids. My little critters are dark red. But, I already have everything you suggested to use so I'm going to give it a try and see if it works with whatever these are. thanks again!Helpful Reply
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Caley's Culinaries on Jul 06, 2013Aphids come in a lot of colors! Almost anything will kill them. They just reproduce so crazy fast! Your Lillie of the Valley looks like it has a fungus.Helpful Reply
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Luis on Jul 06, 2013Nadine as Caleys mentioned they do come in many colors, here is and orange-red oneHelpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Jul 07, 2013The only disease I know of that would be reason to remove Lily of the Valley would be Southern Blight, and it does not look like your plants have that.Helpful Reply
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Nadine Ferrier Schnettler on Jul 07, 2013Thanks Douglas and Caley's Culinaries! I'm going to visit my local farmers' seed and nursery and bring in a leaf and see what they suggest to treat them. I mixed up my hot sauce spray yesterday, Luis, and I'm going out to spray the aphids now ... thanks again!Helpful Reply
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Rosemary N on Jul 08, 2013Make a mild ( 1 tbsp or less) solution of dish soap & H2O (1 gal.) & spray over your plants - even on the undersides of the leaves. This will kill the aphids.Helpful Reply
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Lisa Case on Jul 08, 2013Order some lady bugs off line, takes a couple days. Natural they eat up the aphids and its quick!Helpful Reply
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