How to Kill Aphids on your Houseplants Naturally (Part 1)
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Aphids can be a real problem for your houseplants. They multiply and wreak havoc very quickly. I have a solution for you that will kill aphids on your houseplants in as little as 1 treatment and I have had very good success with this. In fact, this solution will work for any soft body bugs like aphids, spider mites, russet mites, and thrips and can be completely natural if using chemical free soap. No pesticides or other chemicals are necessary.
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I am getting out my bottle and dish soap now. I actually just found a bunch of aphids yesterday and squished them with my fingers and my fingers stained green, I think I will like your way better!! 😂😂😂😂😂🤗🤗🤗 thank you so much
Go get em, Glenda!
Spraying off, drowning in water & drops of dishsoap, & spraying w/ Neem or mix here. This is a 1st for me. Well, 2nd, because I tossed my covered arrowhead & afr. violets when noticing 2 mos. ago. Darn. I could’ve saved my plants. Live & learn.
I now use a combination of dish soap and sulfur in the same mix. I have a video about using sulfur too. It’s good stuff.
I desperately needed this video. Easy and affordable solution
Good video. I remember my grand parents in the 50s/60's always had a tub of Fels-Naptha and water mixed in a tub for their garden to take care of bugs. My dad used it so it became my go to. I had a issue with Fungus Knats in January with my indoor cuttings of hydrangeas. Two treatments and no more problems. I just mix in a spray bottle and keep handy. Been around for forever and has a lot of other uses. Naptha is no longer an ingredient as it was found to cause cancer but still kills the bugs.
Our parents and grandparents used a lot of things that they probably shouldn't have lol.
your problem was overwatering and the gnats are a symptom of that;they don't show up if you don't overwater
Thanks Mike for the tips! I did this on my busy Lizzie which was covered with aphids and looking terrible. After a couple of days it started to look healthier and now it's flowering like crazy again.
Awesome! Sometimes you have to go back and do a second treatment in 4 or 5 days as new eggs might hatch but usually 2 treatments will do the trick if the first one didn't. Then just keep an eye on things from there.
@@MikeKincaid79 you're right! It's been a week and I checked today to find out that many are dead but some are alive, so I guess it's time to repeat the operation. Thanks again, for this cheap, natural and easy solution.
Hi Mike, thanks for this, my Grandad used dish soap spray on his roses every year, but I never knew the quantity mix.
I remember him spraying them when I was a kid 60 years ago 😂 Old remedies always the best, luv your videos 💖
Thanks Lee, yeah this one works great and I agree that the old timers knew what they were doing.
I question
This is a great trick that really works, I also use it if I buy a new plant it gets a treatment & is watched & checked until I consider it safe to put close to my collection. Thanks for reminding me , I haven't added anything yet this year. I also use this mixture outside on roses.
@Blaze Fairchild,
Thanks for the tip re: new additions to the plant family__definitely gonna do that! 🌱🌿💖🙌🙌🙌😺
Have you tried aspirin + water yet? I’ve also read it’s pretty good, but haven’t tried it yet and am curious. That said my solution smells super yummy which is a bit of a pick me up when you’re the avenging angel of aphid death.
Great information!. I tried this a year ago which worked pretty good but did not treat the soil. The plant eventually died because I didn’t know about the soil. I’m looking forward to purchasing the plant again and giving it another try. You are the best! Thank you.
Hi Mike, thank you for this great tip. Where I live I have to grow my flowers in pots. I had an infestation of aphids and spider mites last year. I used neem oil but with up to 30 pots it got very expensive trying to eradicate them. I also had these white little aphid type bugs. Not sure what they were. I'm going to try your solution now while the plants are emerging in hopes that any aphid winter survivors get killed. I also had spider mites and aphid on my houseplants because I had them outside. I can't wait to get started.
This will take care of them for sure!
BEST thing i ever did and u should to is not do this soap water because its mot very effective. buy ladybugs. i bought thousands and let them go on my plants and within 3 weeks they eradicated all the aphids.
I emulsify the neem oil with dishsoap and spray the combo. That being said, I find spider mites troublesome. I read that they have hydrophobic webs that protect them, so those webs need to be disrupted before spraying. I use a old paintbrush, but it sure is hard for a lot of plants.
With the sulfur spray, I've eradicated spider mites with 1 treatment. They really don't like that stuff.
@@MikeKincaid79 Damn, I'll have to buy yet another thing. This hobby is killing me.
Thanks Mike for a good video. I had the absolute worst infestation of aphids this year ever. I moved the infested plants outside and still have them. I will try this on them to see if I can save them.
OAG
You should see my deep water culture pepper plants in my garage they're just covered can't even see the leaves almost. 😂
Yes, I’ve had a bad problem this year also! Good luck, happy gardening !
This solution works great, give it a try. I had a bad infestation last winter and thought I was going to lose a bunch of plants but this soap and water saved them all and eradicated the aphids.
@@MikeKincaid79 Hi luv, my aphids are in a MASSIVE Oak tree AND another Oak tree that touches it the is across the street!
I get the aphid spit on everything in the front yard then in the summer wasps arrive for the sweet drops on everything on the ground.
The arborist wanted to hit my tree but said it was pointless since the other tree is on city property.
So I am open to any ideas other than spraying religiously up into a tree that I can't nearly saturate and have to treat plants on the ground aa well.
I wonder why no one talks about Diatomaceous earth mixed with a plant-based dish detergent?
I fing the Seventh Generation plant based detergent to be very drying on hands but effective for this purpose.
Thoughts? ❤️🤗
@@dannac_8888 I believe when it gets wet it no longer works like it’s supposed to?🤷🏼♀️🤔 I’ve watched videos of some people saying it doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to when it gets wet, but idk from experience
Greetings from Windermere, Florida zone 9b 🌞 where Aphid family go on a year-round vacation. Thanks for the tip. I'm going to give it a try 👩🌾👍
Works great Peggy!
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks Mike 💚🌿💚
@MikeKincaid79 I just rinsed my house plants off spider mites for the second time this month and your video is a plant lifesaver. Thanks! I'm getting that sprayer bottle ordered today.
It works! I also made a video using sulfur to kill them. I now combine the soap and sulfur, using them as one solution.
I saw Nigel Saunders do the same thing for aphids and mites but for some reason it never quite clicked within my head to do the same thing. He does it often too but never made a dedicated video on the topic. Now I'm convinced and gonna try. I'm currently battling some damn spider mites.
This solution will definitely work for you. It may take 2 treatments if the infestation is really bad.
I spend 11 dollars on some chemical that didn't work now I'm trying this and I have seen some plants owners used soap and alcohol to clean there plants so it should work with water and soap.. thank you I just soap then with water let see how they do.also you can buy those pumps in homedepo ❤😊
Since this video I started combining the soap and sulfur in part 2. It works great. I don’t rinse it off though. Keep the plants out of direct sun after treatment.
Thanks Mike for amazing solution with no too much cost to get rid of the insects that annoys the plants from growing .. fantastic advice another great video for me to remember .. have a bless evening Mike and a beautiful morning the next time you get my comment. God Bless us all ..
My pleasure!
I've heard about dish soap before, but I was always worried about it killing my plants. I'll try it on one and see what happens. Thanks
I've covered my plants in it and had no problems. Good luck!
Great tip..I do that and I add a tb. Of peroxide the peroxide is suppose to kill the eggs. Thanks Mike yall stay well
I always worry about peroxide in the soil. I know it's very little, works great for gnats. If we use regularly, do you think we should be replacing soil more often?
I love peroxide for this reason too. Great for gnat control.
Mike, i have aphids and fungus gnats in greenhouse. How much peroxide should I mix please?
Great video Mike! Thanks for giving the measurements and how to accurately apply and mix.
You got it!
As far as I understand, insects also don't like oil in general, especially with strong odours, so I would also add a tablespoon of non-refined vegetable oil to strengthen the effect.
“How to kill aphids without pesticides”. Dish detergent is accepted as safe... I don’t see it as natural. That said (there’s always a wise guy!)... this will be my go-to technique this season. THANK YOU!
Wise guy George, LOL. I figured that if people had a hard time using standard dish soap, they could always buy organic soap. This works great and has saved many houseplants here. I hope you find it as successful as I have.
@@MikeKincaid79 Aphids harmed our herb garden last year. This will be our new weapon. We didn’t use the herbs after the tough stuff we sprayed last year. By contrast... dish detergent is natural! BTW: we’re propagating a bunch of rhodos using your techniques, too. We love your channel!
I use this solution regularly but with oil added. The mix is one tsp dishsoap, one tsp oil, one cup water. I usually make a gallon at a time. It does work! 😁
Thanks! I've used oil in the past but tried it once without the oil and got the same result so I started leaving it out.
I had my first infestation that I noticed yesterday on some otherwise beautiful purple hull pea plants. Knowing of the many uses of Dawn liquid I just guessed it might work. Mixed a few drops in a 5 or 6 ounce hand spray bottle and directed the spray just to the infested area. Today? Dead. But I will use your tip of spraying the ground. I can see where that would be beneficial. But you verified what I figured out and it worked. Thankfully I got them early and they had not infected but a small area.
Right on, glad it worked for you.
Checking in, how did this work for you?
@@michellehoffman7158 Worked very well. They only infested the one plant, and the dawn did make the leaves a bit brown where I sprayed them so I may have had the mixture a bit strong, but it did not kill the plant, only the leaves that were infested, and that may well have been from the aphids. But they were all dead the next day and there was no further infestation of the garden at all. The best purple hull harvest we've had so far! Already got this years crop coming, but only about 4-6 inches tall yet, so no infestation to worry about. But I am going to spray some dawn around each plant in a day or so on the ground as suggested and we'll see if that keeps them off the plant to start with. Isn't youtube wonderful! We all learn from each other, and at 78, I can tell you, you are never to old to learn things. I traveled and entertained people all my life so never got the chance to do any gardening until I retired from the road, but have had a garden now each year for about 5 years. I love it!
@BirdYoumans Thank you for responding!!! That is great news! Fingers crossed for another good yield and I'm hoping on my end as well. This is my first time ever to grow some peppers and I'm doing it in a container and it made me so sad yesterday seeing those little buggers all over my plant. I sprayed it down and so far thus morning I don't see them. Happy gardening! 😁
Mike I've used Sulphur on houseplant bugs, but I bought a container that let's me disperse a mist of the dry dust. It worked well on spider mites & mealy bug. Perhaps your system is more surefire, but I liked the ease of just spraying the dust.
Yep, as you know, the dust can be sprayed dry.
It's also a good idea to spray the pot. Those little bugs 🐛 hide everywhere! Sometimes I just dunk the pot in soapy water in the sink. The shower is a great place to spray large plants or a lot plants at once, easy to rinse them off later and then dry them. Happy bug hunting!
I like the 'dip' idea!
What a great teacher. Thanks again Mike for sharing your knowledge. I get excited about gardening when I see a new video from our friend on the west coast. Thanks again Mike.
Hey Sam, good to have friends like you over there.
This is a great solution, (and the solution is great), but you must kill every last Aphid as they are Parthenogenetic and do not need a male Aphid to achieve fertilisation, you must also avoid dish soap that contains salt, this is added in manufacture to produces a thicker solution as housewives perceive a thicker dish soap to be better, and excellent tip! Stay safe! Chris B.
Thanks, Chris, I didn't know they could reproduce on their own. That makes it even worse. So glad I found this remedy. I've had success with it every time I've used it. Thanks for the soap tips.
1. 3:18 why not dip the plant in this solution and dip out instead of spraying?
2. does dish soap not have any chemicals?
Chicken and dog shampoo is effective too. Add neem oil or cooking oil to make it more effective
I have been using that for ages , it is so great for outside like roses doesn’t harm the rose tree
Yes, this stuff is great!
@@MikeKincaid79 , can I do cuttings on parsley without using rooting powder and does it make its own roots ?
How about scales and leaf miners?!?!?!?
Thank you Mike, I have several outdoor potted plants that underneath the leaves are totally while from those darn things. I didnt know how to kill them to were I could still eat the leaves. Now I know thanks to you. One question, with them being outside do I have to worry about the lawn reinfesting the plants?
You will see small aphid infestations outdoors occasionally but not as frequently. Outdoors there are more beneficial bugs and lots of competition so they are kept in check. I usually don't do anything about them outdoors but this same solution will work. If you're really wild, you can try the leaves with the aphids, lol.
I’m currently using Dr Bronner’s Castile soap for my aphids. I have a problem with Chilli thrips too. Will this help with that problem as well? I’m using Spinosad.
Yes, but you have to stay on top of it with the thrips. They are hard to get every one and breed quickly. You should spray every few days for a few weeks until you get them all.
I watch your videos for the info like a church sermon. But this time I have to say that I am in love with the shirt. And if the hole in the left shoulder is not suppose to be there, it still works!!
Haha, thanks Rolando! My wife would like to throw this shirt away. It's about 22 years old. I can't part with it.
After a lot of searching last year, I found a recipe consisting of tea tree soap, peppermint soap, peroxide, alcohol and water. Most of my plants are indoor hydroponics. I grow mostly salad greens, but experimented with tomatoes and bell peppers. Only the bell peppers got aphids on them. I couldn't spray them because the spray would end up on the grow unit machines, the tables and the walls. I made the soap solution in a large bowl and took each plant out of the hydroponic unit and dunked it upside down a few times in the solution until covered, set it aside to drip dry, then put it back into the unit. This worked well and the aphids disappeared. But every new pepper plant had to get this treatment or the aphids would return. I'm now growing the peppers outside in containers on the patio and the aphids will attack those as well. But I can use the sprayer out there. Your solution of dish soap sounds simpler than the recipe I used. But I do only use non-toxic dish soap. I wouldn't use anything else on my plants. Thanks for the information.
And thanks for your information as well. I like that we can share ideas here.
What's the correct mixture of this
Are we suppose to leave the soapy water on the plants, won't it burn the leaves if in direct sunlight or the residue from the day before?
No, it doesn't burn leaves. Oil will burn the leaves though. If outdoors, I would apply in the evening and leave it on until dry. If you apply water during the day then the water magnifies the sun and can burn the leaves that way.
Thank you for sharing. I needed to know this.
Great!
Great Mike, greetings from Serbia !
Simple and effective.
Thank you
i've been looking this for sometime now. Thank you very much :)
Thanks mike l'm always having too spray neem oil
This is much easier, cheaper, and a better solution overall.
My nan used to put her used dish water on her plants, I always wondered why. Her plants were healthy and lush!
Sounds like nan knew what she was doing.
Your video is great all the time. And each and every video contains very beautiful things about plants 🌱 that draws🏃 me to watch the video.👍
Thank you so much 😀
I will differently try this.
It'll work. May take 2 treatments.
Great advice
Hmmm, wonder if Castile soap would work too? It's always gnats for me.
Yes, you can use organic soaps as well.
That’s what I use. :)
Mosquito bits work amazing for fungus gnats
Does it work on roses
thank you mike, what should i do if the plant leaves get burned after applying the solution.
Did they get burned or is this a hypothetical question? I've never gotten burned leaves with this.
Is there a difference if I use washing clothes soap instead?
Just happen to have detergent soap instead of dish 😅
I'm crushing aphids as I watch lol!
Get em! Make them little suckers pay, lol.
is Castile liquid soap a suitable choice for aphid treatment ?
I don't see why not. As long as it can break down oils, it should work.
Thank you for the recommendation of this video.
You are so welcome!
True, indeed , just dish soap will kill them. I once used it in my grapes aphids.
Works great. Glad you've found success with it.
Can we spray on our vegetables garden like chives I have lots Of Aphids attacking them thank you
I suppose you could, but I've never used it on outdoor vegetables. It might cause issues with sunburn or wilt.
Good video. I have pure castile soap. Tell me how much qty i should use in 1 liter or 1 gallon? Should i mix any thing more with this? When we spray second one?
It's all in the video
“Wish I saw this video first “.
I just got so freaked out. I sprayed tea tree oil. And yes it hurt some leaves. But the bug was killing the plant! So I took the risk. So far so good.
Fingers crossed.
Thanks Mike! Good to see you! Hugs🤗💜🤗
You too!
@@MikeKincaid79 🤗
Will this work on vegetable seedlings growing in door?
Never tried it on seedlings so if you do then try it on just a few before proceeding with the whole batch.
So good advice BUT my aphids are all over my fragile seedlings & dish soap, even very diluted, will kill seedlings.
If you've got aphids all over your seedlings then they are probably too far gone.
I didn't give up but I did introduce about 50 lady bugs. Though most died 🤷♀️. I've lost a few seedlings, but most are still growing, as I started feeding them a very diluted liquid fertilizer.
They're struggling but I can deal with these aphids better once I get the trays outside to harden off.
Thanks for tire advise.
Hey, Mike,
Thanks so much for a simple, inexpensive and available solution to these buggers__is this also as effective on mealy bugs? That's usually my problem when I have succulents.
On another subject, my aunt was wondering if it's possible to root hibiscus cuttings? I told her to test it out__she was also unaware they produce "hips", like roses.
She also has a fig tree she started from a cane from a different "zone" and was wondering if the slightly cooler temps where she is may be a factor why the figs have not grown to maturity/size the past 2 seasons (her fig 'tree' is only about 3-4 yrs. old). I suggested she subscribe to your channel and try things you've had results with through trial and error. 😺
Btw, you may not recall but, I mentioned to you about 1 1/2 yrs. ago that our previous apartment building owner had cut down the fig tree outside of our apartment, and in an attempt to 'save' it I took a few cuttings from the roots before they took the trunk out of the ground. It took all summer for roots to grow enough for me to plant, and only one cutting survived.
Well, I'm happy to report that "Marcus" is still alive and doing well! Even after one of my cats kept biting a leaf or two and, at one point, actually broke the main stem, I was finally able to keep it out of his reach and after reconnecting the broken edges, wrapped a band-aid around it! Amazingly, all my efforts worked, new leaves keep popping out and a few have died off but the tree is slowly growing taller and branching out a bit! The only problem I have now is tiny ants that have made their way into some of my plants cuz I had some small ones on the windowsill and the ants came in through the windows. It's been a real pain keeping up and erraticating them as much as possible but I will have to transplant Marcus into fresh soil soon because I still find a few ants when I water well. As a reminder, this is all indoors! No outdoor availability, and have desire to grow a few simple food plants so am planning on purchasing grow lights, etc. for my living room. I have to be careful not to overstep my boundaries with the manager. 😱😏
Anyway, just wanted to ask about mealy bugs, my aunt's hibiscus and figs, and give update re: the fig tree I saved and is growing inside my apartment.
I'm happy you decided to work with plants full-time, you certainly have a connection__remember to exchange energy with them regularly, too!
So, wait__you sell some plants through the mail? Gotta check that out.
Enjoy the rest of your day, and your lovely family.
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Hey Debra, I remember your story and I'm glad it rooted for you and is doing well. To answer your question, yes, you can root hibiscus from cuttings. They have such beautiful flowers. I'd love to get into them through the winter.
@@MikeKincaid79 ,
Thanks for your feedback on the hibiscus. By any chance, do you know the name of the hibiscus you can eat? Trader Joe's used to sell candied hibiscus that I used to add to salads__they were fabulous__but they haven't carried them for years. 😭
Re: fig development, do the trees you started a couple of years ago produce mature figs yet? If not, how many years (on average)does it take?
Thanks, again, for your reply__enjoy the rest of your day.
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I want to use castile soap in my vegetable plants.
Liked and subscribed.
Thanks for the video
You’re welcome and thank you.
hi mike can you grow aloe vera plants and other giant cactus and succulents
Yeah, I plan to do videos about all of that at some point, just haven't gotten there yet.
olright i'll try it. gad demn mites suffocatoed my pepper plants to di stage they stopped growing completleh.
It'll work
right about time, my mums garden start having many tiny aphids dots.
this will work for her
What about if you have 40 trees and plant? It’s gonna be so hard to treat him the way you are teaching us.
You're right, but it'll be harder if they all die.
Where did you get that spray bottle?!
Lowes
Thank you 👍
I've read that dish detergent can damage plants by disintegrating the leaves' waxy coating. Is that true?
No in my experience, and I’ve sprayed a lot of plants with dish soap.
Perfect timing !!! They are attacking my pepper plants 🥰
It works great! I'll have a part 2 out soon with another great solution that is totally natural.
Wow thanks man so easy
No problem 👍
Mike, have you ever used this solution outside, to kill or control whiteflies on garden plants or ornamental shrubs?
I don't typically get these problems outside and if I do, they're isolated. I think it's because there are more predators outside.
Thank you for the info. 💚
You bet!
Perfect timing!!! 😍
So glad!
Great vlog Mike 👍
Thanks, Janet, glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you this helps
No problem!
If the soapy water doesn't kill eggs after the first treatment what's the difference then from hosing them of off the plant? You will repeat the process as many times as required until they cannot lay eggs and all the eggs are already hatched. That seems to be true for soapy water or hosing them off. Am i missing something here?
That's a really good question and something I hadn't considered. Dang, that's a "mind blown" moment, lol. I might have to try this and report back on it. Now I just need to find a plant with a lot of aphids on it.
I have like 3 tomato plants that are full of leaf miners. I can’t get rid of them and my plants are struggling
I did this with ALDI dish soap and sorayed it on all the little starting seedlings sprouting and they all got eatten the next day. Never worked lost them all.
Thank you Mike!
You bet, Pamela!
Hi MIke,
I have a jumping white bug this year that I have I have never seen before. It is outside, not inside. I have used dish soap before and it works pretty well and I am thinking it may work on this bug since it is soft. Any idea on my jumping bug, what it could be? It is gray, looks like ash. But it is very fast and I can't "catch" it. Thanks!
Any luck.? Could you try tea tree oil on the soil? (I’m just guessing) gl
I heard garlic water could also help, am experimenting
I’ve heard that. Let us know how it works.
Hey Mike, will it hurt to spray my orange tree with the soapy solution when the buds are just beginning to open and flower?
I've never sprayed it on flowers. I'm inclined to say that this would be a bad time since you want the pollen in the flowers to be able to move around and pollinate. The soap may run off bees and other pollinators, plus it will make the pollen sticky and heavy. I'd at least wait until the pollination time is over and you get some fruit starting.
Ok, I guess I have to be that person. Dish soap is a 'chemical', and when used like this, a pesticide. Also, the vast majority of dish soaps are not natural. Effective? Yes. Less risky than conventional OTC pesticides? Yes.
Great information, Mike, and well presented.
You can find organic dish soaps
Technically it’s the oils + acid that are doing to job. I was always told to use castille soap, not a detergent as those ARE chemicals.
@@melissasullivan1658 they are ALL chemicals. We are made of chemicals. It is the surfactants and water that is killing the aphids. Castile soap is a surfactant, so use that if you wish. Just remember that it is also a chemical.
Hello Mike, do you think this method could work for outdoor plants? My mother has Hibiscus plants and for what ever reason they seem to be covered with aphids and ants. I’ve tried the neem oil,but that becomes expensive with the humidity and often rainy months in Florida.
Good question. Yes, it will work for the aphids but the problem is coming from the ants as well. In the outdoors, they work in a symbiotic relationship. The ants actually deposit the aphids on the plants so they can mine sugars from the plant and in return, the aphids feed the ants the sugars they produce. So in order to completely eradicate the problem, you'll have to address the ants as well.
Tangle foot for the ants
The ants eat the aphids and won't hurt your plant. The ants are actually good because not only do they eat the aphids, seeing ants on your plant let's you know you have them.
@@corysmith6990 They don't eat them, they do exactly what Mike said, they basically farm them. Aphids excrete a sugary substance the ants eat, so the ants look after the aphids. You can look it up to double check. Had it happening on my plants last year. Very annoying.
Thank you!
You're welcome, Karen!
Awesome! Thank you!
No worries!
amazing content
I just discovered aphids on my Tradescantia zebrina am I’m devastated because I have also been struggling with fungus gnats 😭.
I repotted a couple of my 8 potted plants last month and im pretty sure the new soil I used (orchid bark, potting mix and perlite I mixed together) is the source of all this. I have owned the same plants for years and they’ve always been super healthy and I’ve never had any pests until after I repotted with new soil. Im so angry at myself I didn’t think to treat the soil in some way before using it to repot my plants.
I just finally started to get ahead of the fungus gnat infestations with the yellow sticky traps and using mosquito bits “tea” but they’re so stubborn!
Will the soap water kill fungus gnats too in the soil? Or at least help prevent the adults from laying more eggs in the soil?
Yes, it will. I use mosquito bits too but just sprinkle them on the soil and water in.
@@MikeKincaid79 thank you. I have on hand regular dawn dish soap. Is that what you use?
Very good info.Mike.Does it work in white flys also or not?Thank you.
Not sure, haven't tried it for them.
What about the entire soil, don't they get into the roots, too?
The soap and sulfur will handle that too.
@@MikeKincaid79 so soak it in the soil?
Thank you for making this video. The neem spray wasn’t doing it. 🙏
You're welcome.
do you have recommendations for whiteflies?
Sulphur
Whats the white thing on your finger? A bandage for a ring tattoo?
No, I screwed my finger up pretty bad and that little thing helps. I recently made a video about it.
You don't rinse the plant...just let it stay on the leaves? I have peppermint Castile ..is that strong enough? Ty!
Not sure about the Castile but yes, I leave it on the plant.
Is dish soap the same as dish washing liquid? What brand do you recommend so I can find it. I'm in Australia 🙂
Yes, dish washing liquid. I use the Palmolive brand. They have a regular and an antibacterial. I use the regular that is a green color. You can use other brands as well. Hope you're staying warm this winter.
Will this be safe for vegetable plants too??
yes
Can you do this for a preventative?
It won't prevent aphids from coming around but it will kill them before they become a problem so it can be helpful to get on a schedule of spraying ever few weeks or months.
Hey mike I have a questions about your finger injury
Sure, what's the question? Might be easier to communicate on Facebook. Find me at Kincaid's nursery and I'll look for your message.
@@MikeKincaid79 thanks I will message now
I keep finding tons of them on my Hoyas, not other plant, and they only attach to the very newest growth. I am tired of flicking them off. Brews and oils have not helped.
This will work. I actually mix sulfur and soap now.