http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/09/05/hops-aphids.php It's all about the beer. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:27:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/09/05/hops-aphids.php/comment-page-1#comment-609 theokkid Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:30:11 +0000 http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/09/05/hops-aphids.php#comment-609 I released lady bugs on my husband's hops to get rid of aphids and thrip. It worked great! They were happy, happy lady bugs, and I'm glad to have the aphids gone. I released lady bugs on my husband’s hops to get rid of aphids and thrip. It worked great! They were happy, happy lady bugs, and I’m glad to have the aphids gone.

]]> http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/09/05/hops-aphids.php/comment-page-1#comment-608 Live on the Fly Studio Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:35:44 +0000 http://www.thebrewsite.com/2007/09/05/hops-aphids.php#comment-608 Here's what you do -- sorry, but, throw the hops away. I mean, do you really want to drink beer knowing with each and every sip that you're drinking fermented bug guts? Anyway, so next year when spring arrives: buy your mom a couple of bags of lady bugs and they will gobble up the aphids. True story, my friend Melinda does it with her hops. Here’s what you do — sorry, but, throw the hops away. I mean, do you really want to drink beer knowing with each and every sip that you’re drinking fermented bug guts? Anyway, so next year when spring arrives: buy your mom a couple of bags of lady bugs and they will gobble up the aphids. True story, my friend Melinda does it with her hops.

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