yea johnny ive actually done both before belive it or not hah and i belive that i would never do it again... i guess it doesnt matter anyway as long as it works.

What's a mild dishsoap nowadays or which do you use? They all have lemon or orange or some kind of grease cutter and it worries me about putting it on my plant. I intend to use Neem oil spray on my plants starting next week just to protect- I've noticed a few bugs munching holes already.

Actually, the guy I got the Neem from suggested Castile soap. A good brand is "Dr Bonners" and you can pick it up from your local health food store. We use the peppermint flavor. Smells good and all natural. No chemicals. Ivory dishsoap works too and that is in any grocery/convenience store.

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Coffee grounds will upset your Ph for the soil. My favorite and it works well and will last more than a week is to take cig buts or cigar and make a tea. Making the tea will take a few days sun brewed or if simmered a hour or so. The water should look like weak Iced Tea.......you can pour it on the soil and you can spray the leaves to act as a repellant. This method will not upset your Ph or harm your plant.

im having the exact same problem... aphids and ants everywhere and i need some serious help. I started with 8 plants and now im down to 3. Neem oil will maybe help, i hope. I sprayed with flower insecticide everywhere as a last hope, but i think my plants are doomed...

hmmm try the methads that are listed in this thread

i am lol... i just made some really nasty cigarrette bud tea. only it isnt light coloured, its more of a black. maybe i should water it down?

whats that ?

I had some plants that were 6 weaks old outdoors and i ahdent checked them for a weak because it rained every other day so i ahd no reason to then when i went to check them they were half dead, i flipped em upside down and i could see tons of ants eating away at the roots and still carrying the roots, it was bullshit so i massacred my plant and all the ants with some raid take that ass holes!

Put a bowl of water under your pots raise the pots there out of the water.
the water acts as a mowt
stopping most grownd tresspassers