I have a different feeling about these lil fekers..
I have a lot of these naturally around, but they get too damn lazy or too busy mating to do their job.. So I spray their asses off my plants and do their job for them.
How low of a pH value can weed leaves handle?
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I have a lot of these naturally around, but they get too damn lazy or too busy mating to do their job.. So I spray their asses off my plants and do their job for them.
ooof-da
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Ya I’m desperate and looking for an aphid shaped voodoo doll at this point. I just hope all the plants don’t go to shit. I try and stop spraying by now. I wasn’t sure if they would maybe go away in flower magically and @Herb & Suds said the cooler nights help. Little fuckers.
ooof-da
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Am I crazy to try this?
Doesn’t seem like a real quick cold snap would harm the plant too bad but from what I read aphids are super weak to cold.
I too cant stand these lil bastards.. They are easy to manage, I mean you can kill them easy, blow them off your plants ect. but they got an army of ants that are ready to bring them right back.. And if you let these lil feks go too long they grow wings and can mobilize themselves.
Another feked up fact about these things, they can give birth to live babies, "not eggs", actual ready to eat bugs that will also be ready to produce quick.
Another feked up fact about these things, they can give birth to live babies, "not eggs", actual ready to eat bugs that will also be ready to produce quick.
ooof-da
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Sorry I uploaded the wrong picture….this is what I am building
Fall is right here, the temps should be dropping enough to drive things away, Id also tear into those ants, they are the real problem here.. No matter how much you kill and maintain these aphids, if the ants are left unchecked, they will just keep bringing them back.. They are very determined for that honey dew.
obijohn
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Those actually look like whiteflies, never seen white aphids before, just green. But maybe in your area they're that color? Either way, Spinosad will kill 'em
Spinosad will clear out everything from what Im reading.. It's banned up here so I haven't used it but Im reading it will kill honey bees, butterflies and other beneficial bugs.. That may be a last resort, I hate sap suckers but I need my honey bees.
ooof-da
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Got the DE. Good call.DE Food Grade will wipe them ants out and give your plants some extra silica
ooof-da
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I think the DE is helping on the ant front. Gonna triple rinse the harvest <<if I make it lol>> this year
ooof-da
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I found one ant hill just outside the garden and demo-ed it…sure there’s more but ya the cinnamon wasn’t cutting it
farmerfischer
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Watch for the winged aphids.. those are the moms. They can reproduce on their own and have hundreds of babies pretty quick..