• melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    3 months ago

    One of the pumpkins has aphids really severely and it’s starting to spread to the others…

    I’ve sprayed soapy water and physically wiped as many as I could off but am a bit worried. Especially as ants are farming them.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        That’s a good idea. I’ve scrubbed off as much of the heavy infestation as I can but maybe there’s enough to get them to stick around for a bit

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            2·
            3 months ago

            Oh damn, there was a praying mantis but it seems to be gone.

            There was a ladybird sitting on the zucchini plant a week or two ago but I didn’t want to move it to the pumpkin plants I had just sprayed (even though organic) and it also hasn’t stuck around.

            I bought some dill to help attract ladybirds back and be a sacrificial plant