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kath · June 9, 2010

I've grown borage from seed several times in the past and I have one plant this year, and I've never seen it do the 'wilting in the daytime' thing. As far as aphids, neem should work on them. I had a lot of aphids last week and got rid of the ones on my tomato plants with insecticidal soap and ones being farmed by ants on the stems of flowers with an herbal spray of some kind-that got rid of the ants, too. If you'd like more info on the particular spray, let me know and I can go out to the shed and check the ingredients. Good luck!

June 9, 2010	#2
kath Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: zone 6b, PA Posts: 5,664	I've grown borage from seed several times in the past and I have one plant this year, and I've never seen it do the 'wilting in the daytime' thing. As far as aphids, neem should work on them. I had a lot of aphids last week and got rid of the ones on my tomato plants with insecticidal soap and ones being farmed by ants on the stems of flowers with an herbal spray of some kind-that got rid of the ants, too. If you'd like more info on the particular spray, let me know and I can go out to the shed and check the ingredients. Good luck!