Put about a tablespoon or so of Neem oil into a spray bottle with slightly warm water (maybe 8-10oz) and a couple drops of dish soap. Shake it up and soak them.

Only thing I'd caution against with this is spraying your produce or herbs, because the Neem does have a scent that could throw off the flavor of things. Looks like a lily of sorts here so you'd be fine

[–] K9life@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Gently (as to not harm the plant)Hose them off

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, get some ladybugs and let them out near the affected plants. They'll eat them pretty quickly.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think the larvae eat more aphids than a full grown ladybug.

Hopefully this is not indoors or your might only have the option of insecticide / oil soap which in my experience didn't work well.

The next time I get aphids in my greenhouse, I'm pulling the infected plants out entirely and either transplanting, harvesting early, or composting.

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does diatomaceous earth not work well for aphids?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve never used it so I’m not an expert, but doesn’t diatomaceous earth have to be fairly dry to be effective? Maybe I over water my garden but I think that might be an issue for me.

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah thats fair, I use it for plants in containers and I usually put it around the outside walls of the pot and sometimes on the leaves

I live in an apartment so its all potted plants for me