How to Control Aphids! 🙅‍♀️🌿// Garden Answer

🌿LINKS🌿
Bonide MiteX - amzn.to/2GeaE1r
Rose Rx - amzn.to/2VLuo32
Insecticidal Super Soap - amzn.to/2VLuo32
Diatomaceous Earth - amzn.to/2KI550m
🌿MORE LINKS🌿
Support - bit.ly/2rNoLUx
Buy Garden Answer Merch - bit.ly/2Moi7QF
Video Gear we Use - goo.gl/iebNUw
🌿FOLLOW ME HERE🌿
▶️ Website: www.gardenanswer.com
▶️ KZbin: / gardenanswer
▶️ Facebook: / gardenanswer
▶️ Instagram: / gardenanswer
▶️ Twitter: / gardenanswer
▶️ Email: [e-mail]
🌿MAILING ADDRESS🌿
Garden Answer
580 S Oregon St
Ontario, Oregon 97914
🌿BRANDS WE PARTNER WITH🌿
www.gardenanswer.com/partners

[@IronAnneFlint]

A Swedish cure / prevention is to plant garlic! For example - if you plant garlic next to roses, not only will your roses be bug free, their aroma will also be more intense! A real win-win situation, love from Sweden

[@sana5762]

Thanks for the great tip!👍😁

[@IronAnneFlint]

Sana 🥰

[@SparklyOne]

Wow! I’m going to try it! Thanks for the tip! 😘

[@hippychikforever]

I would love to plant garlic, but it's too hot where I live.

[@IronAnneFlint]

Sparkly One 🥰

[@chleoi4160]

No, you don't need any store bought product. Here is a tip from a nursery owner in Baja: Mix a little peroxide with a little dish soap & lots of water & spay the plant. I have done that for the last 2 years & it works like a charm 🙂 Garden lover from LA...

[@pennyarizzio2824]

peroxide with a little dish soap ? Is that okay for Petunia's as well? Even the flowers?

[@chleoi4160]

@@pennyarizzio2824 I am not sure! How about a test on a flower & let us know how it went 🙂

[@samblack727]

Peroxide and dish soap are store bought products...

[@FOXYPOT]

Soap and peroxide are... store bought products though...

[@tinaknutsen]

I realize this was posted a couple years ago....You can also fill up a 1 gallon garden sprayer with water and then add 1 tablespoon of any kind of dish soap, GENTLY rock the sprayer back and forth just till soap is mixed in. It is important to add soap last so that it is not foaming. Apply the same way Laura shows in the video...under leaves, above so the plant is dripping wet and into the soil. I learned this from Mike Kincaid another YT gardener that is just as enthusiastic as Laura. 2 of my favorite channels!!!

[@francineh.7825]

I just wanted to take the time to say how much I appreciate the work that Aaron and you put into your videos. Looking at comments in KZbin world I know that people can make snide remarks or are never satisfied with the excellent (and free!) content they are getting. Your videos are always beautifully presented, full of great advice, and you are always happy and positive - which is something that is really needed these days!!

[@suetidwell3757]

I concur!

[@seank5515]

A trick that helps with my bonsai aphids is to reverse tape (sticky side facing out) around the trunk. The aphids live in soil and have to crawl past tape to get to the leaves.

[@SpX-StarCraft]

smart sean. will try that :D

[@vmcougarintn5035]

Mrs. P. Mantis also likes to dine on aphids. When I lived in Georgia I always made sure to provide Lady Bug and Mantis facilities. Between the 2 I rarely had a problem. I still got aphids, but these 2 insects ate large for a few days and the nasties were "All gone!" as the little ones will say. Thanks for sharing these great solutions.

[@lynnbrown6126]

I love that you use organic pest control products! Thank you for an amazing channel!

[@karrinelson2582]

Absolutely obsessed with your channel!! Learning so so much with your fabulous uplifting demonstrating!

[@shawnagorby348]

Omg!!! I was just googling what these little white bugs were on my roses and then I went back thru ur videos to see what u recommended...lol!!!! Thank u for reading my mind!!!!

[@sclark223]

Thank you for a great easy-to-follow video! My mom recently tried something just as an experiment - and it worked! She used some of that Fit vegetable wash that's mostly citrus and baking soda ... and the aphids left! Thought I would add that suggestion too!

[@sandyg8794]

Thank you Laura! This was very helpful! I hope you got rid of the aphids and they didn't get to all of your greenhouse plants! TFS!

[@Pondandgardensanctuary]

Your videos are always beautifully presented, full of great advice, and you are always happy and positive - which is something that I really needed these days. And so helpful to me .

[@frytnv]

this has been a great help for me; thank you for taking the time to make and share all these videos! They are so clear and explanatory..

[@jennyrico1861]

You are awesome. I saw those things in my roses and did not know what to do. Just the right time. Thank you, thank you.

[@GardenObsessions]

Hey guys catching up to your videos! Been really thinking on what to use out in the garden. Dealt with a lot of nasty bugs last year. Want it to be safe for the good guys in the garden so after seeing other videos you have shown these products we have also done research on other stuff we will be treating our garden with these products you use. They work for you so well and this summer is going to get crazy with the move and I just want to enjoy and not be out worried on bugs lol. Have a great day guys! 🤗😘💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@blessedhummingbird4]

Thank you so much for this video. I’m going through this right now with 25 Knockout Rose bushes. 😢 I love you!

[@donnaoberdorf750]

Thanks for addressing this problem, I don't know a lot about growing but my mom left me her house and she was an avid gardener. I do recognize a few of the bottles, so now I know what to do with it. Our biggest problem here is that it rains buckets in the winter and hardly ever in the summer so it's hard to find stuff that will live through the year. Its It's good to see everyone getting along together. Molly is so adorable!

[@noemierollindedebeaumont1130]

Donna Oberdorf Maybe dug a well and install rain catchment devices on your gutters ? What plants do ok in your climate ? I've never experienced that wether 🤔

[@CountrySweetzAndGarden]

Thank you so much for the information Ms Laura! because of this video I just check my roses and of course they all have Aphids 😒 Will definitely buy these 👏🏻

[@violaalley8567]

Thank you! Always educating us🌸

[@isaiahflores8443]

Thank you for advocating natural and organic insecticides as well as being supportive of bees and the environment! I’m glad that you do keep bees and the environment in mind as well as pest control and gardening! Love the tips and great video

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

I've used DE powder along with Neem oil before and it works great!! 😉 Over the years, I've found that neem oil is great by itself too! Thank you again for sharing an incredible video!! I love your channel and you give me so much inspiration to keep on adding to my 100+ plant collection Lol There is so much I still want to grow!!

[@kimberlyreed1868]

Just FYI, the insecticide soap and the rose Rx have the same Amazon link listed. I’m new to the channel and enjoying it so much! Thank you for all you do make the recordings the best!

[@Ladythyme]

Great tips! Thank you once again!

[@saintsynchronicity7738]

Thank you SO much for this!

[@butterknifeninja96]

I followed your how to plant strawberries video and the washtub was such a good idea! My plants are super happy...or they were. Hopefully this works to eliminate my aphid problem. There is almost no visible plant damage yet so i got my fingers crossed.

[@82froggielover]

Thank you so for this!! I have one of two rose bushes that get infested every year

[@therusticranchgarden]

great info. I love how I learn so much on your channel. thank you so much.

[@LFN7]

Thank you Laura, love your videos, more on Molly please she is adorable and Benjamin is fantastic with her lol loved you Instagram story with them

[@j.m.7056]

Here in East Tennessee I have learned to discard an infected plant and spray insecticide on remaining plants in the immediate area. You can spend a lot of money to treat an infected plant as well as a lot of daily inspection time.

[@Max865-]

wtf you going to be throwing away lots of plants aphids are everywhere

[@laurieanne9712]

Super helpful--keeping those products in mind!

[@lisawalters5482]

Wi have already had some aphids this year in my zone 8. I hate those lil devils. They will ruin my roses in a heartbeat. Tfs your tips. I love the organic options you had. 💕💕💕

[@christinelewis5765]

Thanks, great suggestions, and natural! 👍 thanks for sharing all your vast knowledge 😉

[@sherillobo9445]

You are putting up so many amazing videos. I am loving it. Must be so difficult to shoot, edit and then upload so many. But you guys are just amazing at how you both do it. Can’t wait to see the next one 😝

[@lueveniapettiford2626]

Thank you for the information. Well said in a speedy way.

[@todoll25]

Thanks for the educational video Laura and Aaron❤️❤️❤️

[@BellaSC]

I use a spray bottle with Dawn dish soap and water. The viscosity of the soap kills bugs but doesn’t harm plants. I use this on my climbing roses every year. Works great for isolated infestations.

[@j.m.7056]

Thanks, I will try this next time.

[@npknscrb]

How much soap to how much water do you use? Is it something like a few drops per gallon? Thanks!

[@BellaSC]

Dianne Velasco Use approximately 1 tablespoon per quart or 5 tablespoons per gallon. Mix well and preferably spray in the morning or early evening when it’s cooler.

[@evetteperales7578]

I’ve tried this over and over again and they keep coming back. Idk what to do anymore. I’m ready to pull all my plants out!

[@dogg_cutiegachalife3919]

@@evetteperales7578 same.

[@BeverlyBlack]

The knowledge you have of flowers is outstanding.

[@gabbyferreira4786]

With a regular spray bottle add 2 tsps of dish dawn soap and add the water to top shake the bottle so it’s foamy and spray away but do it on a sunny day , it’s organic and I have been using this for years, if you get the flowers don’t worry it will rebloom again

[@ericaolmos3446]

Thank you for the advice dealing with this with orchids and plumeria 🤨😉

[@STtinydancer105]

I'm so glad I watched this. I found a small cluster on my hibiscus and freaked out. It's my first real plant so I'm glad to have options. From water to "kill it" I am way more confident now. 😆

[@WhatPlantisthatPaul]

Thank you for the useful tips!

[@jthemmer1407]

So glad you posted this! I checked my rose bush and noticed the sappy residue on the leaves. Sure enough, it had aphids! I only had Sevin on hand, but it worked. I ordered the spray you recommended today!

[@nelliehagen5267]

I use Sevin for Japanese beatles on my hibiscus plant

[@user-eo7nk7cu3f]

Thanks for the video. Just what I needed!

[@toniallen8617]

I planted garlic under and around my grape vines. Bugs were eating leaves and fruit faster then they could grow even through I sprayed them. Never had any trouble after planting the garlic. Vines and grapes were beautiful we never had to spray again.

[@toniallen8617]

Same here. Bugs no more. Garlic nailed it.

[@monicaghosh762]

thanks for sharing so much great info!

[@Sushilover01]

Wonderful and informative video. Thank you for sharing!!

[@kellyfriess5217]

Just saw this today, and it was exactly 💯 what I was looking for. Thank you. 🤓

[@jesusislord2457]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! Peace and Love to you and your family.

[@lovelyladygodbless143]

Thanks for the information 🤗👌

[@margiemcpeak9304]

Great content! Doesn't EVERYBODY, with a lawn/garden, HAVE to deal with aphids (Yuck!) at some point or other? I REALLY hate those little devils! Thanks for all of these wonderful organic remedies! 🌾💜

[@trainingolives3370]

Perfect timing! I just realized that aphids (along with Japanese beetles) were the problems on my roses and crepe myrtles last year. I was just about to search for ways to prevent when I looked down at my subscriptions and here you were talking about it. 🙌🏻

[@brokenbutterfly3178]

How do you spray a crepe mrytle? Do aphids attack only the young ones or mature trees aswell?

[@Nidge.]

Thanks ive had this problem on my rose trees since last year ive tried just using soap but they back this year so i will be getting those products,

[@MsElsarios]

Omg Laura thank you for all the tips 🤗🥰😇💜

[@AfnanOp-nh6qg]

Thnaks very nice information

[@marybrand8269]

Thanks for the info. In the south we have aphids. Will try planting garlic in rose bed.

[@destinynolt6312]

Just what I needed. Thanks!

[@MoniqueARuiz]

Here in 2021 after coming across my first major aphid infestation. Thank you sweet baby Jesus, that you have a video on this Laura!

[@carollundberg2714]

Have you thought about planting with natives? Such as deer grass provides a place for the ladybugs to lay their eggs. Maybe a native garden in one of your empty spots. Just a thought, as I have tons of lady bugs. I’m working on a pollinator garden in my veggie garden. Thanks for your videos.

[@melinda6841]

Perfect timing! I just left working in my garden to eat lunch and watch a video. Just found aphids on my rose and was wondering a natural solution! Thank you!

[@johncontract4094]

Hi Laura. This was a great video. A few ones back you mentioned that you found your good tags. I’m wondering if you could do a video on how you do your tags so they don’t fade out.

[@susanenright9961]

Once again, Thank You So Much 😊 YOUR the Best 👍 xoxo Susan from Alabama

[@naegwut]

Love these tips.

[@seriouslyreally5413]

For potted individual plants, unburden a heavy infestation by first taking it out in the middle of you lawn or driveway away from other plants, carefully wrap a large black garbage bag at the base of the plant to cover the soil so it doesnt wash the bugs into the soil tip the pot on its side and give the plant a good shower with a garden hose sprayer on the jet setting. After the majority of the aphids are off tip it upright uncover the plastic and spray with insecticidal soap, neem or whatever you choose to use.

[@etancia]

This is great information!

[@arrecisalbizures]

That was very helpful! And suggestions about leafminers on boxwood? HELP! ☹️

[@daemmerung19]

I use a little (few drops/splashes) of neem oil with water and a drop of soap to spray my plants. This is what works the best for me! Non toxic for humans/cats/dogs /chickens and other animals No chemicals, super effective and cheap

[@lucian.cojocaru8731]

For the soil non toxic too?

[@moniquegebeline4350]

Lucian. Cojocaru yes

[@ASelby-fx6pu]

Yes!!! Thank you for this! I almost lost my peach tree to stupid aphids. I tried a few things, but they were all futile. I hope these will work. 🤞🏼

[@sniperwipers]

Wish i'd have watched this about a week ago. I've just binned 3 rose plants :( And two of the three smelled absolutely gorgeous, A yellow very fragrant one and a fragrant darkish red one.

[@Emily-xh1pg]

I ended up taking a pepper plant home from the nursery and the soil was full of aphids! I haven't seen them on the plant yet, but I've seen them twice now in the soil while watering at the base of the plant. The first time I saw them I used neem oil on the plant and I also used some diluted solution in the soil after watering in the morning, but within two weeks I seem them all over again! Going to try what you did and use a different method once a week and hopefully that keeps them away!

[@kfitz4520]

It sounds like you might have fungus gnats.

[@rcronin1]

Came here looking for your host plant recommendation!! THANK YOU!! ❤️😀😜

[@sherryelise1]

You have helped me so much with my yard.....THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

[@MsClaudia74]

Another great informative video.

[@marilynbaldwin2934]

From Pa. Near Philly never dealt with those but we have something new called lantern flys! So glad you showed this video just in case I would see them!

[@RetchedSole]

Marilyn Baldwin ugggg I’m so not looking forward to lantern flies this year 😩😩😩

[@nelliehagen5267]

Of course they believe that these pests came from a crate of stone's shipped in the states here from China.And nothing really gets rid of them unless you scrape them and the eggs into a Ziploc bag full of hand sanitizer or rubbing alcohol and zip shut to get rid of them.Any other sprays or dish soap technique doesn't really work on these spotted lantern flies/bugs.Hope this helps

[@pamketron]

👩‍🌾 Great info. Question Laura: Every year, the Japanese Beetles cover my Mom’s rose bushes eating the leaves and flowers. Not just a few but lots and lots of them. What is good to spray for these? Dawn dish detergent mixed in water helps some - but does not get rid of them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 🌷🦜

[@greeeneyes91]

I am trying out right now to stick garlic into the soil and also spraying the infected leaves with a mixture of water, milk and a splash of cooking oil (acid in the milk is supposed to kill them and the cooking oil is also poisenous to them). Big advantage of this is that you can use this on herbs/plants that you want to eat afterwards. After one day, it already looks way better, so I hope it will stay like this :)

[@cancer9842]

This is a really informative video, kudos!

[@FloridaManVal]

For small spot treatment I use rubbing alcohol lightly. Then I rinse the plant and follow up with soapy water

[@itsmewende]

Wish all the ladybugs that show up inside would show up out, Thanks for the recommendations.

[@DeeDee-yz9ku]

Soapy water works for me! Get them early, I only have 3 roses.

[@robynnola]

Thank you!!

[@atefbasha2254]

Hi!!! I `m still Using Natural Fertilizer to my Research of cactus

[@kathleensabino374]

Thanks for your excellent work! I learn so much BRAVA

[@WaWaMu916]

Thank you for the video cover picture. Now, I know what I saw in the garden. Otherwise, I don’t even know what to look for. Thank you.

[@chrism2253]

Thank you did you treat the greenhouse?

[@TheGreenThumbGardeningChannel]

Huge problem every grow season here in Tifton, GA, thank you so much for this video on how to control these pesky little creatures, the ants here tend to farm them and it's a yearly battle with them especially during the hottest part of the summer.

[@kfitz4520]

Watch the ants go back to their best. Once you know where they're coming from, you can kill them at their source. Make a Borax/sugar slurry in a bottle. The ants will take it into the nest and hopefully will kill the queen. No queen, no ants😊. Just don't make it to watery or they won't make it very far.

[@StaceyHerewegrowagain]

Great video laura! Thank You so much for sharing!! We get aphids like crazy here in Florida and I've been using Neem Oil for 6 yrs now. It's the only thing that seems to keep the fungal diseases and pests away from my garden and at bay. Awesome information as always!!

[@rayodelsol80]

Stacey Here we grow again I bought some from Gary Pilarchik on KZbin, he’s a KZbin gardener and he sells concentrated Neem oil. A lot of the stuff in the store is just the extract, but he has the best stuff! I used it on my pumpkins last year and it wiped them out! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@peacepocketmama4276]

Laura the links for the Rose Rx and the soap are the same. Could you please change? Thanks so much! Great info!

[@KZ-xj4tt]

Thanks for sharing your little aphid problem. Teachable moment👍🏻

[@j.m.7056]

Little? Hah, I hope you never have to deal with them!

[@KZ-xj4tt]

Just being nice and positive. 🙂

[@inigofreed4373]

I've heard good things about parasitic wasps for greenhouses in cold climates. They typically go dormant when the infestation is under control, or feed on populations living in nasturtium or on other plants, then if the aphids come back in the greenhouse, the parasitic wasp population comes back in shortly after, so if you want a more permanent solution than ladybugs, they can work really well. I'm not sure if they work well outside where its cold, but for medium scale commercial tomato greenhouses they work really well.

[@AA-kf7uf]

Thank you for this video. I saw little black bugs on my yellow dahlias and sedum. Sprayed with Bonide Eight and covered them with a plastic tent for the day and night so no other insects or birds could come in contact with it...the tent also prevented any from flying away. Looked this am and not a one alive! I wil, l monitor daily like you recommended..thank you so much, Laura! On another topic, I LOVE my lungwort...thank you for recommending!

[@ketijamir3084]

I really hate aphids... they're everywhere in my garden, eating up my rose buds, mums and bougainvillea...I'm definitely trying the lady bug tip. Thank you👍

[@LHW2208]

I recently found your channel and have enjoyed them so much I watched everything! So much knowledge to be found and when you are looking to expand your knowledge on a topic you ask. Comments are always worth a read too. So I seen a video where you want to start seeds. Some seeds need to be etched to help germination. Take a smaller can with a lid and line the inside with sandpaper. Drop seeds in, place on lid and swirl. Hope this helps. Looking forward to the next video!

[@petalleaf2808]

This video was so helpful!! Thank you for sharing. My parade roses have been besieged by these aphids (I previously didn't know what they were called so I just called them life-suckers, oof), and I took the time to remove them myself, and then spray my plants with the hose. Then after a few weeks, they returned!! And I did the same process again. I'm planning to buy an insecticide, (I was dubious if I should, but my friend convinced me), but I thought I would just go around the store and buy the first one that said it would kill these life-suckers. Thank goodness I watched this video first! I'm going to look for the 'for organic gardening' ones, or maybe even buy the same insecticides if my stores has them! Thank you once again! I feared that these aphids were going to ruin gardening for me. My roses' leaves continued to yellow, and these bugs kept returning. They lost quite a few leaves..in the process. And it was hard seeing the new, light green leaves just crinkled and die. I was really hoping for the roses to grow, and to finally see some rose blooms. I was almost going to give up on roses, because I didn't have the time to remove the aphids and I didn't want to see my roses die. Last year I had already uprooted my marigold because bugs had besieged them, to the point of it not being salvageable, and oh boy, taking it up had hurt me a lot. I actually kept the roses in my house before I let them outside again, so I wouldn't have to deal with the life-suckers returning, but looked sad in there, and I think more leaves were dying (oh no, I messed up, they needed light!!) My living room's not really a lighted area, since my family likes to keep the curtains closed. It's a bit hard, to garden when school's keeping you busy, there's a baby to take care of, and there's schoolwork and other factors in life.. But..once I get some insecticide, everything should be fine. And...having roses and keeping plants brings me joy. I don't want to lose that.

[@madelinerivers4603]

You are always so helpful. What do you do for the Japanese beetles and their baby grubs? Thanks so much!

[@madelinerivers4603]

@Mara A Thanks! I'm on the hunt!

[@sharondalton2344]

To keep lady bugs around you can make a home for them, like for the leaf cutter bees. Lady bugs prefer cardboard though.

[@Debbie0761]

Unfortunately your links for these products don’t work for us in canada. I would totally love to get some . Will keep looking. Love your show. Keep up the good work.

[@michelelara5982]

I seen some on my arborvitae trees, and used a hard pressure to wash them off

[@aishabegum9192]

Please show us on the indoors plants thanks

[@CactusCaffeine]

Thanks! I need that info for my roses. They get aphids every blooming season.

[@gilmourishgilmourish6205]

I did too but since I fertilise weekly .. all gone

[@dawndeline5453]

I plant zinnias in my vegetable garden. Keeps the bad bugs busy and brings in the good ones.

[@EndisYve]

@claire bigelow they need full sun at least 7 hours! And regular watering almost everyday!

[@ciaomamabella]

Dawndeline I did that this year on accident! Thank you for the info!

[@BNeron]

That’s what the aphids are after in mine too

[@EndisYve]

I put pieces of irish spring bar soap and tie it with a cloth, animals and bugs stay away. And with the hot weather and good water they grow phenomenal! Including the zinnias haha

[@JDLRtv]

@@EndisYve so you tie it off a stem/branch? No aphids ????

[@elainemoore1110]

Hi Laura, have you ever tried nematodes for aphids? I am wondering if it works.