JR> GA> I always try to whip up my own pesticide consting of numerous
 JR> GA> household items like soap, salts, tobacco juice, habenero pepper,
 JR> GA> beer, whatever seems good. I don't have a bug problem, and the birds
 JR> GA> have fresh breath and spicy bugs to eat.
 JR> Thanks for the reply! If I can ask you one question, what to you do
 JR> for
 JR> Japanese beetles and aphids on roses? I have a tea of wormwood leaves
 JR> soaking
 JR> presently, but don't know if it will do the trick!
I hit one of my Jerry Baker books, and his recommendation for both pests on 
roses is to keep them clean.  Taking your garden hose with a pressure nozzle 
on the end and spraying them over, being sure to get the underside of the 
leaves, washing away the aphids and JB's.  Just be careful not to break the 
plant with the pressure of the water.
I've never had a problem with JB's, but this is the method I use for aphids 
on my tomato plants.
- Gary Ailes
- http://home.earthlink.net/~gailes
... All those updates, and still imperfect!!
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