Gardening

GM!

My roses are finally starting to bloom 😍 They do have a bit of a hard time, though.. so any tips are more than welcome. Especially regarding aphids 😅

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Beautiful rose!

Aphids can be a real pain in the ass. Options:

1. Go for either the commercial solution: aphid sprays such as "Rose Clear" (not suggesting you get the brand, just an easy example to web search), I have used this brand and it works. 🤷

2. Mix soap with water in a spray bottle, and douse them. I will literally drench plants with soap suds. This mixture coats aphids and they are unable to breath, and will die.

Don't spray anything when it's very sunny as it may result in leaf burn. Mornings/evenings are good times for that.

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Dish washing soap! :) But I can try a bit more before I get the other stuff 😊

Try a stronger ratio of soap to water, or a different soap. What kind of soap are you using? Normally we just use dish washing liquid soap from this.

I actually tried the mix soap with water, but it seems this year they don't give a damn or there's just a lot, lol. I'm going to check if we have something as Rose Clear or any other brand. Thanks for the tip! 😊