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Plants => Pests and Diseases => Topic started by: Palustris on April 20, 2010, 05:37:34 PM

Title: Root aphids
Post by: Palustris on April 20, 2010, 05:37:34 PM

I bought some Auriculas at the weekend. When I came to pot them up I discovered they were riddled with root aphids. I really ought to have sent them back, but the cost and inconvenience is more than the plants are worth. I have complained to the Nursery and will plaster their name all over the Internet if I do not get an answer from them soon. However, in the meantime, I have washed the roots bare and repotted in fresh compost. This I would have done any way as I do not like the pure peat composts they use.

My question is, is there any recommended insecticide I can use to make sure the little critters are dead? As it is not a food plant I am happy to use chemicals on them.

Title: Re: Root aphids
Post by: roiphil on April 21, 2010, 09:41:28 AM

this page may offer an answer http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/aphid_root.htm (http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/aphid_root.htm)
Insecticidal soaps can be applied as a drench.
Pot-grown plants can be treated with a liquid greenfly killer such as Derris or *Imidacloprid