RE: Reproductive cycles
November 1, 2014 at 10:52 am
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2014 at 10:55 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 31, 2014 at 4:59 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Just saying I could do with about 10,000 or so fewer aphids.If you're into biological controls....you can buy bulk ladybugs, lacewings, soldier beetles, or syrphid fly. There are some species of parasitic wasp that are even more effective....but that might be a step too far into cruelty, lol. Other times, managing any ants will solve your aphid issue (if they;re being tended). In prevention, you could manage nitrogen levels down to their bare minimum (high N favors aphid developement). Silver muclhes are, apparently, a legitimate repellent for reasons unknown but statistically present - and of course viscious culling, pruning...and believe it or not just spraying the plants vigorously with water will help control them (it;s rare that a dislodged aphid returns to the roost. They don't survive long on the ground.
All that said, if nothing else works. Burn your garden/lawn to the ground and start over....lol. Fucking aphids.
(just tossing all of that out there in case you'd been looking - just poisoning them is also an option...lol. That'd be what I would do, just poison the shit out of them and anything they ate or that ate them. Systemics. There are plenty of bugs in the world, they'll be back.)
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