I’m having aphids on my eggplants. And same thing, APPEARED to get rid of them one day, back the next. I was using an insecticidal soap but after I thought about it, realized that diatemaceous earth would be better, and it has been. They still seem to be flocking to the new leaves without DE and with the rain, it washed off most of the DE but it’s still helping. I noticed that I am getting lady bugs now. They love to eat aphids and I love to see them. When I spotted some more lady bugs today I checked out their feasting and noticed new aphids. I’m just going to reapply the DE. It seems to be the most helpful. In Master Gardener School, we learned that aphids hitch a ride from ants onto plants and my eggplants had ants abundant on them.
Hi All,
I have three SWCs of assorted salad greens including spinach and
arugula that I seeded on April 24th. For the past several weeks, I’ve
been harvesting and enjoying a bowlful of baby greens every day -
except for one thing: I’m finding small green aphids on some of the
greens in all the containers. Ack! I get rid of them every time I
see them, but the next day there are more.
I can’t figure out where the little buggers are coming from. The
containers were all brand new (from Gardener’s Supply) and I used
fresh potting mix. They are on a table in my backyard patio.
I’m doubly frustrated because the same thing happened this past winter
when I was growing greens in different containers indoors under
lights. Only those aphids were brown and just targeted the arugula
and asian greens. These green aphids seem to like it all – romaine,
gourmet mix, etc., and they are harder to spot because they are the
same color as the greens.
Anyone else having the same problem? Any ideas where they came from?