Re: insects in the greenhouse
- Subject: Re: insects in the greenhouse
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 00:57:52 -0400
Have you ever tried the predatory insects in your g.h., Marilyn? Has
anybody on the list? I'd like to know whether they are really very
effective before I go and get some.
Interesting you get spider mites on your brugs...mine are the aphid
magnets. This year, found ants herding the bleedin' aphids and
moving them around to other plants...I was not pleased.
What I have decided is that no matter what I will NOT take more than
2 cuttings from each of my 3 brugs this fall. They just take up too
much space and here I sit with half a dozen I don't really know what
to do with...all 3' tall and needing to be planted or potted on.
I just can't give up overwintering them, so need to deal with the
aphids. Don't seem to have anything else in there in the bug dept.,
except pillbugs who are a pain in the neck.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Marilyn Dube <mygarden@easystreet.com>
>
> Marge,
> My experience in the GH is pretty much the same - especially for
certain
> "insect attracting" plants. I have given up on overwintering
Fuchsias
> (white flies), Geraniums (aphids) and Brugmansia (spider mites) -
it is just
> too much of an uphill battle. Outside of the GH, no insects on
these plants
> and I gave up spraying years ago. Since the GH is crammed with
cuttings and
> seedlings during the winter, having those insect attractors in
there too
> puts them at risk. It's just not worth it. What I really need is
another
> GH, then I could have a "clean" house and a "dirty" house. Alas, I
would
> have to give up my rose garden (my only sunny spot) for another GH
and I'm
> not willing to do that. I do love my roses, especially right now
when they
> are coming into peak bloom. It's heavenly!
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