The gardeners there spray the roses with a mixture of garlic powder mixed with water, this really helped with keeping aphids at bay. But I was wanting to know what the ratio of powder to water would be and how often the spray mixture is used.
Can anyone help with this query? In the blog you will find a link to the complete recipe. Hi Waveneygardener greenfly on roses washing up liquid bottle welcome to GoY. Yes you can keep aphids at bay with a garlic spray. I don't think there is a specific amount of garlic you need to use. Blend your garlic cloves in water until completely liquified. Put in a spritz bottle with a little bit of hopefully organic washing up liquid and squirt on the plant - can be used on veg crops.
There is also a huge amount of info on dealing with aphids on this website: You don't need to find the powder though. There was some discussion here a while back about using cloves of garlic and I made a note of it. Apologies to whoeever suggested it for not noting who it greenfly on roses washing up liquid bottle.
It said 2 cloves of garlic crushed in two pints of water. Boil 3 mins and strain. Make up to 2 pints again and store in greenfly on roses washing up liquid bottle screwtop jar. Use 1 tablespoonful to a gallon. Water with a watering can late afternoon, and renew after rain or every two weeks. It would keep me away! I control aphids on roses by pouring weedkiller on them. Works a treat, Greenfly on roses washing up liquid bottle plants do not get aphids any more! Only useful if you don't like roses.
I wonder if ladybirds like garlic on their lunch? Just been told that crushed raw garlic is a good cold 'cure'. You can take garlic capsules but, to be honest, once you've got a cold the only thing to do is let it run no pun intended its natural course. Mine took about a week to shift Bulba is still coughing and snuffling after 5 days Having been told that it acts as a disinfectant I took some when OH had a tummy bug in the hope I wouldn't get it.
Sadly it didn't work. I got it about five days later. I find at the very first sign of a cold, if I take 3or4 Allicin capsules a pure form of garlic ,doesn,t taste and doesn,t smell I usually don,t get the cold and the odd times that I do get a cold, and I rarely do, the Allicin works better than anything else and no I don,t work for the suppliers.
I just use a lot of garlic in cooking if there are germs around or we have a bug. Not friendly but we tend to stick to ourselves when buggy! How do I say thanks? Add a photo Add another photo Add another photo. Grows on You is a community for gardeners. Record the plants in your garden, share your photos, and make like-minded friends. Next question Hello everyone Ask your gardening question.
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