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pests DONT Bug Me

PepperLover

PepperLover

Dont Bug Me .... I have got a bug ....
if one bug is your enemy other bug is your friend .
most of us have had hard time with the Aphids the most harmful bugs for our beloved chili plants well i have been trying every thing you can think of to control this problem . the only working way after more than 5 years of growing is to kill the bug with an other bug thanx for the lady bug our (growers) best friend if our plant is the Aphids food guess what ? Aphids is the lady bugs food is not that just amazing...?
i was so happy waching the lady bug figthing ove the aphids to eat em

i wont be able to have that feeling if we dont have companies that sell them i really appreciate the company service it only took two days to arrive
here is the website http://www.gardeningzone.com/
all that great deal for $25 i think my plants worth way more than that


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Here's a couple of pics of ladybug larva eating aphids on a few of my plants last year. They absolutely devour aphids.

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Almost impossible to control once they are inside the house. Outside not so bad. last year i saw some that were almost as big as ladybugs. Bastards!!
Pepperlover, Those ladybugs look like they having a blast. A couple of them look like they're having too much fun!
 
when their food supply is gone, they will move on to greener pastures (pun intended)
 
Ladybugs are the shiznit! I love the way the larvae look too. Hate to be an aphid and see one of those monsters coming at me.
 
I wish I had some ladybugs right about now. The aphids are driving me crazy. I just can't seem to get rid of the damn things and they've spread from my overwintered plants to my seedlings.
 
I have over 150 seedlings growing inside by large windows; aphids were getting out of control and hurting the plants. I began using soapy water with Mandarin Orange Liquid Dish Soap from Trader Joe's. It kills ever bug it touches, and the plants get perky each time I use it.

Ingredients: Coconut Derived/Based Surfactants, Earth Salt, Mandarin Oil.
 
I was attempting to control them with weekly sprays from the kitchen sink sprayer (I used enough pressure to knock leafs off :() and they came back. I tried weekly sprayings of Safers Soap. They came back. I tried spraying them with a liquid dish soap and water mixture and they came back. Today I mixed up some Sevin and took them all outside to give them all a good dousing. It'll be a little tougher for them to come back from that.
 
Pepperlover, Those ladybugs look like they having a blast. A couple of them look like they're having too much fun![/QUOTE]

i was having fun waching the dam Aphids going to hell lolol
 
Blister said:
I wish I had some ladybugs right about now. The aphids are driving me crazy. I just can't seem to get rid of the damn things and they've spread from my overwintered plants to my seedlings.
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all what it takes $ 25 for 300 bugs it worth buying it
 
SanSoo said:
I have over 150 seedlings growing inside by large windows; aphids were getting out of control and hurting the plants. I began using soapy water with Mandarin Orange Liquid Dish Soap from Trader Joe's. It kills ever bug it touches, and the plants get perky each time I use it.

Ingredients: Coconut Derived/Based Surfactants, Earth Salt, Mandarin Oil.
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same thing happend to me never use soap on seedling it will burn them the best way is kill the bug with an other bug
 
Blister said:
I was attempting to control them with weekly sprays from the kitchen sink sprayer (I used enough pressure to knock leafs off :() and they came back. I tried weekly sprayings of Safers Soap. They came back. I tried spraying them with a liquid dish soap and water mixture and they came back. Today I mixed up some Sevin and took them all outside to give them all a good dousing. It'll be a little tougher for them to come back from that.
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Seven dust dont work either
 
PepperLover said:
Pepperlover, Those ladybugs look like they having a blast. A couple of them look like they're having too much fun!
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i was having fun waching the dam Aphids going to hell lolol[/QUOTE]
I Hear ya. Couple years ago brought one of my chiles from the outside into the house. Could not get rid of the %&*$#@ aphids. Didn't have a few hundred ladybugs to do the deal. Had to throw out every plant that were infected. Anyways thanks for the post. Could have used those guys back then.
As Snoop? I mean Patrick said. They are the Shiznit!!

Cheers
Ta
 
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