{"id":8810,"date":"2007-06-05T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/05\/8810\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:35:31","slug":"8810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2007\/06\/05\/8810\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Aphids on my Salvia!<\/center><\/p>\n

This afternoon<\/strike> Yesterday (thanks for continuing to be crappy, LJ) while taking a break from poking with the DS Browser<\/a> I went to water the plants. What did I find? Aphids<\/a> all over the just-budded Salvia<\/a>! These weren’t there yesterday, but had already seriously damaged one large stem<\/a> (I figure they weakened it and the wind caused it to snap) so I wanted to do something about them.<\/p>\n

A quick bit of research actually pointed me to a page on growing Salvia divinorum<\/a> and specifically mentioned aphids andthe use of Pyrethrin<\/a>-based insecticide for killing them. I decided to go with this, as it’s approved for use on food and can be applied the same day as harvest. I figured that this wasn’t too unfriendly to the environment, so I hurried out to Home Depot to find some.<\/p>\n

I ended up picking up a bottle of Garden Safe-brand Houseplant & Garden Insect Spray<\/a>, which contains 0.01% Pyrethrins and 1.00% Canola Oil, coming home, and soaking down the Salvia. I didn’t see any aphids on either the chilis or the rosemary (I figure they keep insects away themselves) nor elsewhere, so I only gave the other flowers a quick mist. Any ants hit with the stuff stopped pretty quickly.<\/p>\n

Hopefully tomorrow<\/strike> today (thanks again, LJ) I won’t see any more aphids. If I do I’ve still got half a bottle of the spray left. I’d rather not use it, but I also don’t want my flowers to have their juices sucked until they die. :(<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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