Oh no! Even after putting ladybugs in my little cabbage tunnel, I still have aphids a week later. I've removed as many as possible and sprayed them with a good stream of water. I am determined to eat these cabbage so any tips would be greatly appreciated Thank you
Columbia—I spray aphids with soapy water a few days in a row, but first I mash the colonies with my thumb. It is rash, but I cannot abide them in my veggies. I only do this in the veggie plots aphids in other places I use other measures. Good luck combating these mean-o’s.
Ladybugs luv aphids. There are other beneficial bugs that eat aphids and other soft bodied insects. Sometimes better air flow helps and by keeping the area well hydrated while sprinkling off aphids they have no lungs and cannot breathe off they go to the bug rainbow. Sometimes just by adding a timer on a hose to spray the plants every couple of hours is a good way to control them. Maybe even get mantis eggs which have hatch by now are victorious hunters as well as argiope harmless spider that leave those beautiful large circular webs with a zigzag pattern near by to gather pesky insects. If ponds or water nearby then another predator insect like damselflies will gather in small groups to binge on a large infestations. Whitefly is a big issue here this time of year and lacewings help control them or a spray of Neem oil on the plants but not directly on beneficials. Sometimes it’s a catch 22… especially in Greenhouses. In my greenhouse I really use a fogger. Great control using a fogger in my poor old greenhouse. Been using it for over 30 years . Small but handy dandy. Foggers controls thrips, whiteflies, and aphids that gather on the underside of leaves making them difficult to reach with typical spray applications. Even outside form a tent over plants infected add insecticide for flowers or beneficial insects for veggies to the fogger . Small fogger use insecticide for plants and or for adding beneficials on veggies directly on plants infected with insects. small green house.. used over 30 years.
