Found red aphids on my tomato plants!

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Quyen Orange, CA(Zone 10b) Jul 12, 2010

I knocked most of them off with water but they came back the next day. A fellow gardener recommended "Organocide" spray. Has anyone here used this before? Does it work? Is it safe?

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stephanietx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 12, 2010

I just spray with water and Murphy Oil Soap mixture. We put it in a big sprayer bottle with Bt, compost tea, and liquid seaweed or fish emulsion.

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behillman Plantersville, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 12, 2010

Stephanietx, : Do you spray compost tea on your vegetables throughout the season? Also, do you spray only the leaves.?

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stephanietx Fort Worth, TX(Zone 8a) Jul 12, 2010

I just spray. LOL It's too hard to get just the leaves, so I spray everywhere. I only do the Bt on the maters, peppers, and anything in the brassica family for the hornworms and the cabbage worms. Everything else just gets a dash of soap, some compost tea, and fish emulsion.

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HoneybeeNC Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 13, 2010

Quyen - I don't spray anything, but from what I have read, soap will kill aphids. You do have to coat the entire insect. I think they breath through their skin (exoskeleton)

Be careful of oil during hot weather, it will burn your leaves.

Wrens and Hummingbirds love aphids ^_^ - which is probably why I didn't have any aphids this year, even on my roses.

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Quyen Orange, CA(Zone 10b) Jul 13, 2010

Thanks for the info stephanietx and HoneybeeNC.

Found black aphids on my cucumbers and a few spots of powdery mildew on my squash, too. Arrrgh....

Sprayed the soap mixture this morning. Will have to wait till tomorrow to see if it works because all this drama is taking place at my rented plot, about 3 miles away.

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Ray4852 Arcade, NY(Zone 5a) Jul 13, 2010

I use organcide all the time. its good stuff. it will kill everything. its safe if you have pets too.

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