DIY pesticide for tomato plant
by Celia
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I have Aphids on my tomatoes and need to kill them. I don't want to use lots of chemicals. Is there a home remedy?
5 answers
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I use a spray bottle with dawn liquid soap and use the mist..it works great:)
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Sheila owen
on Jun 18, 2013
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mix dish soap & water. Spray on plants.
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Joni Yuhas Fecher
on Jun 18, 2013
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I would agree that dish washing liquid, mixed in water, would be the ideal solution.
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Valerie
on Jun 19, 2013
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It is far better to use a commercial-but-organic insecticidal soap than a home brew. Commercial products are tested for their safe use on plants and the the soap in dish soap is actually too strong for many plants, stripping essential oils from the leaves.
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Douglas Hunt
on Jun 19, 2013
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Thank you all for the responses. I actually got desperate enough to spray it with an ECO-Smart flying bug spray I already had access to. It looks like it helped. I've used the diluted dish soap spray on roses for spider mites before but didn't know it would work on aphids. I will keep this in mind if I see them again.
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Celia
on Jun 19, 2013
Sheila owen
on Jun 18, 2013
Joni Yuhas Fecher
on Jun 18, 2013
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