Re: Yipes! Help.....

Donna,
The pictures are good. The little bugs look like green aphids to me. Should have green, succulent bugs attached to the stems and leaves of your plants, then when they molt (shed their skins, like a snake) the "skins" are the white bits you see on the leaves. Insecticidal soap or a pyrethrin spray should dry them up. Don't use it in the sun as it could burn the plants. If it's just a few plants, the aphids can be hit with a spray of water, knocking them off the plant. They don't move very fast so they should starve before they come back. The adults have wings and are atttracted, like white fly, to yellow sticky traps. Yellow sticky traps are good to set out as soon as seedlings sprout to monitor for pests coming into the greenhouse. It looks like a great crop of plants. I'm sure your group will do well at the sale.


Donna wrote:

I was out at the greenhouse today, and need help controlling bugs. I
know many of you have greenhouses and wondering how do you get rid of
your bugs on those small tender plants? What works without hurting the
plants.

Due to my schedule, I have not been there for a few weeks, others have,
but no one mentioned we had a problem.... :( For those wondering, this
is a non-profit gardening group's joint effort to grow some plants for a
sale to support our speakers and activities for the year. We also donate
many to local restoration efforts.
Anyways, here is what I found... never claimed to know what I was doing
with a camera, so sorry, pics are not the greatest...

http://www.illianagardenpond.org/prairiesmoke1.jpg


http://www.illianagardenpond.org/prairiesmoke2.jpg

and yes- they are ready to pop with blooms! Way to early, way to
small... but here is one that is not going to wait...

http://www.illianagardenpond.org/prairiesmoke3.jpg

suggestions, comments.... welcome and needed! Saw them on three
different kindsa plants... but there are thousands of other plants that
will be effected....soon I would imagine.

Donna

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