Darn Aphids!

[slakker]

Darn aphids are really bad this year... does anyone have suggestions to control them in a pond with fishes?

I spray them off the lilies and plants and some of them end up being food for the fishies, but they seem to recover and populate quicker than I can control them.

I'm thinking of building a ladybug house next year to see if that will help...

 

[Lisak1]

I've always just done what you said - hit the plant with the hose a couple times a day. It's hard to treat them in the pond like you would in the garden. I use a mixture of dish soap and vinegar - but you don't want either of those ending up in your pond. Lady bugs are a good idea, too, if you can get them to stick around! We've "planted" lady bugs a few times and haven't really noticed an increase in their numbers in our yard as a result.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I haven't seen a true Lady Bug around here since I was a kid, but Asian Beetles everywhere in fall.

 

[haver79]

I had a problem with aphids last year. I also did as suggested above just spray them and when I was grooming the lilies in the pond I squished as many as I could. Eventually as temps began to cool they disappeared. I have not had any issues yet this year. Thinking it is a hit and miss, some years they may be a problem and other years not as much. I do have babies this year so maybe they are more their size and they are eating them. My older goldfish last year never bothered with them.

 

[Dave 54]

You can acctually buy preditors to rid yourself of this problem in the form of ladybird juveniles here in the UK , however if they do this your side of the pond I dont know .
They come pre-packaged in a box all you need do is release them on the infested plants and away they go eating your problem.
Its a very green way of doing things


Dave