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On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 22:20:58 GMT in
<bearclaw-2C34B6.15205830042004@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com>,
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>In article <4gAkc.841$Hs1.179@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:22:19 GMT in
>> <bearclaw-001C50.14221930042004@newsclstr01.news.prodigy.com>,
>> bearclaw@cruller.invalid graced the world with this thought:
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>> >Help! Can someone suggest a good, quick and safe way of dealing with an 
>> >aphid infestation on our potted rosebush?
>> 
>> Safer's soap spray should work well, drench it. You can get it at OSH
>> or just about anyplace that sells gardening stuff.
>
>#Excellent#!
>
>Will it work with white flies, too? Thanks for the info!

Whiteflies are kind of a pain, because when you spray them, they,
well, fly away--but if you can sneak up and get it on them, it will
kill them. If you have a major whitefly problem, a couple things that
will work are... 
Take several largish pieces of cardboard, and spray paint them bright
yellow (if you have yellow roses, this can be a problem--you may need
to pinch them until you get the whiteflies under control). After they
dry, put cooking oil on them, just to coat. Whiteflies are attracted
to the yellow, and stick to the oil coating.
Are ants herding the aphids, or are they just there on their own? If
ants are herding them, getting rid of the ants may help.

This one is kind of spacy. You need to find shredded reflective
foil-like mylar or some other reflective plastic or metallic material.
Use it for mulch. One of the things that aphids and whiteflies both
use for sense of direction is that the sky is over their head, and the
ground is underneath them. They come across the reflective material,
don't know what's up and what's down, and just keep going. Stealth
gardening.
This one is more or less intended for larger areas.

Safer's is an organic compound, by the way. They make several
products, you may find something more specific to your needs that they
make.