6 Aug
Aphids attack big time!
This week we seemed to have had all the aphid eggs hatch and then attack, destroying one tomato plant and threatening to kill the rest of the plants. The are mean little things and hard to kill!
By the way using as many sites say a mix of dishwashing liquid and water, just burns the plants and cleans the aphids…. so I dont recommend it!
By with the help of a fogger and some other nasty stuff full of permethrin which seems to be the only thing to make them drop dead on the spot. Of course this isnt the best stuff to use on vegetables so we are trying our best to avoid any vegetables and all takings get really well washed!
Here is the little buggers at work:
I am hoping this is damage caused by the aphids and not a disease or fungus | Aphids | APhids eating away |
The damage by the aphids on the beefsteak tomoato plant | Here is one chomping on the giant tree tomato | This is where they all came from, I think they were on the eggplant when I bought it from the store |
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