Post by nick on May 20, 2019 15:19:52 GMT -5
Hi all. 👋 Apologies for going dark for so long. It was not my intent, but we’re in a busy phase right now.
I just returned today from an 8-day trip to Chicago. I came in to water my plants and found aphids all over the mini-jalapeño I’ve been growing. After examining a few other plants I discovered two more had been colonized.
So, down came my active gardens. I killed every indoor plant and went into full scrub-down mode. This is obviously exactly what I had hoped to be doing upon arriving home. 🙄
I strongly believe the aphids entered the picture as I was moving my outdoor peppers in and out during the hardening cycle. Those plants don’t seem to have aphids, but that’s the only thing that makes sense to me
My current plan is to finish this sanitization cycle and leave the gardens dormant for a month. Most solutions for aphids seem defensive and I can’t deal with that. I need them completely gone.
So, for now I’m an outdoor gardener. 😕
I just returned today from an 8-day trip to Chicago. I came in to water my plants and found aphids all over the mini-jalapeño I’ve been growing. After examining a few other plants I discovered two more had been colonized.
So, down came my active gardens. I killed every indoor plant and went into full scrub-down mode. This is obviously exactly what I had hoped to be doing upon arriving home. 🙄
I strongly believe the aphids entered the picture as I was moving my outdoor peppers in and out during the hardening cycle. Those plants don’t seem to have aphids, but that’s the only thing that makes sense to me
My current plan is to finish this sanitization cycle and leave the gardens dormant for a month. Most solutions for aphids seem defensive and I can’t deal with that. I need them completely gone.
So, for now I’m an outdoor gardener. 😕
