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VODKA shots for APHIDS?

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Mike Noeske x4143

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Jun 7, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/7/95
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In article <D9s2E...@world.std.com>, r...@world.std.com (Roberta A Freshman) writes:
|> Has anyone heard of spraying/wiping plants with vodka to prevent aphids?

Never heard of it. But its just what I need, a bunch of drunken aphids
out raising heck in my garden late on a Saturday night. :)

Roberta A Freshman

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Jun 7, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/7/95
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Kenneth Nilsson

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Jun 7, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/7/95
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In article <D9s2E...@world.std.com>, r...@world.std.com (Roberta A
Freshman) wrote:

. Has anyone heard of spraying/wiping plants with vodka to prevent aphids?

No, not to prevent aphids but to kill them. I often do. 1 tblspoon/litre
of water. Works fine here.

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"My job eats me but my garden feeds me."
Kenneth Nilsson
Stockholm
Sweden

Bob Dickow

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Jun 8, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/8/95
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Roberta A Freshman (r...@world.std.com) wrote:
> Has anyone heard of spraying/wiping plants with vodka to prevent aphids?

Actually, it's much more effective to drink the vodka yourself.
Eventually you will not notice any aphids. ;-)

More seriously, I haven't heard of this, but do you mean that the
vodka will keep aphids away? ...or is this a method of discouraging
(= kill) them once they're on the plant in question?
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--Bob Dickow (dic...@crow.csrv.uidaho.edu)


Andrew Jones

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Jun 12, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/12/95
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r...@world.std.com (Roberta A Freshman) wrote:
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> Has anyone heard of spraying/wiping plants with vodka to prevent aphids?

Dear Roberta,
What a waste of vodka. Id rather mix up a bloody mary.
The best way to get rid of aphids routinely is to mist spray
them with soapy suds. Put a couple of squirts of washing
up liquid in a mist sprayer and fill with tepid water (about a pint).
Shake and spray affected plants. Don,t get very heavy
on the washing up liquid as you may burn the plants.
Increase the dose though for scale on leathery
plants,
cheers,
Andrew Jones

syed husainy

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Jun 15, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/15/95
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In article <3r4git$b...@su102w.ess.harris.com> mno...@SU1BN.ess.harris.com (Mike Noeske x4143) writes:
>From: mno...@SU1BN.ess.harris.com (Mike Noeske x4143)
>Subject: Re: VODKA shots for APHIDS?
>Date: 7 Jun 1995 15:28:29 GMT

>In article <D9s2E...@world.std.com>, r...@world.std.com (Roberta A Freshman) writes:
>|> Has anyone heard of spraying/wiping plants with vodka to prevent aphids?

>Never heard of it. But its just what I need, a bunch of drunken aphids


>out raising heck in my garden late on a Saturday night. :)


>I did read in a previous posting that a tsp of vodka in a liter of water and
sprayed over them nasty creatures does the trick.

Syed Husainy

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Jun 15, 1995, 3:00:00 AM6/15/95
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