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Originally Posted by Gerardo
As RayR mentioned, you can dissolve it in water and apply it. Just make sure you put it through some cheesecloth or a sock or a coffee filter, otherwise it will clog up your sprayer. Very effective this way. If it rains you have to reapply.
BT works well on the guys you mentioned.
And Aphids, well, they're just awful. Neem/DE/soap/oil all can help control them, you just have to do it over and over. This might help:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7404.html
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"some species inject a toxin into plants, which causes leaves to curl and further distorts growth."
Ya, I had that indoors this winter on some seedlings. Lost 4 dwarf tomato seedlings, another 4 are looking like they are making comeback after I wiped out the aphids. Yellow sticky traps help a great deal in catching the flyers.