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04-11-2006, 09:17 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Gresham
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Aphids on Roses??
Anyone have any good advice on how to keep Aphids(sp?) off roses.Would like it to be nontoxic if possible.Thanks in advance.
RR.
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04-11-2006, 09:19 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Oregon, USA
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
look up insecticidal soap. It's non toxic, but I prefer chemicals myself. 
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04-11-2006, 09:24 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Wa.
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Ladybugs. All the non toxics wash off with rain. You can also just pick them off. I buy a few pods of Mantis every year as well.
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04-11-2006, 09:26 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Gresham
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Do the Mantis survive very long?
RR.
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04-11-2006, 09:38 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Silverton
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Where do you get the Mantis????
thanks for all info.
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04-11-2006, 09:40 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: McMinnville
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Aphids tend to hatch earlier than the predators. That is why you see so many of them early in the season. Spray them off with a strong stream of water for a few more weeks until the predators show up, then the problem usually fixes itself.
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04-11-2006, 09:46 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Western Wa.
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
They last until the late fall. Buy them now. I hatch them indoors in a paperbag in a window. Then turn them loose. My local grange sells them but they charge and arm and a leg. there are web sites that sell them for as low as $2.50 per case that release 200 to 500 Mantis. They are really cool if you have small kids. You can hatch lady bugs the same way.
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04-11-2006, 09:46 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Pleasant Hill, Or
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
If you want to stay organic: Just use soapy water. Regular dish washing soap ( NOT DETERGANT) mixed with water in a hand squeeze bottle. Or use Neem oil. Organic, controls aphids, mites and powdery mildew.
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04-11-2006, 09:46 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: hillsboro
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
ladybugs.....get them at your local nursery
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04-11-2006, 10:34 AM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: westlinn
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
joy or shampoo in your 7 dollar water sprayer mixer-set the mixer on high and spray them down.
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04-11-2006, 11:06 AM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Gresham
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Thanks for all the replies folks,APHIDS HERE I COME!!!!
RR.
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04-11-2006, 07:56 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: salem or
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
The soap smothers the little critters as they breath through their skin. Give the bigger ones a couple squirts. The best trick I've found is a bird feeder and bird bath = birds =aphids gone. I've heard store bought lady bugs are sometimes harvested in such a way as to disrupt their more effecient , natural dispursement. Plus when the food is gone they don't stick around to see how well your roses do !!
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04-11-2006, 09:17 PM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Aloha OR
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Every time I wash the truck I take the soapy water and dump it on to the roses it works great.
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04-12-2006, 06:45 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Florence
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Here is what I would suggest when working the OSU master gardener desk........soapy water is OK, Safer brand insecticide (neem oil) is great too. Dont be lured into using the ladybugs, they will just fly off seeking warmer areas. Mantids dont really stay in one place either. Actually your Box Elder Bug that is a 'nuisance' in the fall is a great aphid predator, but not many are around this time of year yet. Good luck
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04-13-2006, 07:38 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
I always see a guy named Jerry Baker mixing up non-toxic sprays on TV. All kinds of stuff go into the sprayer: soap, mouthwash, whiskey. Different for every bug. Perhaps he has a website with recipes
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04-13-2006, 08:20 AM
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Chromer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: NW Oregon
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Re: Aphids on Roses??
Go down to your local garden center and pick up some Bayer (yup, just like the aspirin) systemic rose insecticide. Follow directions on container and presto chango - no more aphids.  zip
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