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pests this is how i control aphids on my pepper plant
- Thread starter lek
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Rad. I always enjoy watching aphids getting an azz whoopin'.
what is that thing latched onto the aphid? never saw those around my peppers. then again i`ve never had an aphid problem.
The one on the bottom is awesome to behold. To which variety do those badazz larvae belong, Lek?
thanks! i`ve never seen them in that stage before.Chilidude said:
There is an episode of Trailer Park Boys called A Dope Trailer Is No Place For A Kitty (Episode) where Ricky uses ladybugs to kill mites on his pot plants. But what I keep reading is that the trick is keeping them around to keep eating pests. How do you do that? What keeps ladybugs in the area? Also, on the show, they discuss how one generation of ladybug goes to the next when they are all lady bugs.
Caranx said:Lek, are they from your surroundings or do you buy/breed these bugs?
I've only seen one ladybug in my garden here in Phuket so i've been looking around for someone who maybe sell larvas/ladybugs but no success this far
you can grow flowers to attract lady bugs to your garden. then you need to collect only 1 female and 1 male ladybugs in order to produce eggs.
things you need
- small pot + soil mix
- green bean seeds
- clear small plastic box (e.g. 15cm x 15cm x 15cm)
- 1 female & 1 male ladybugs
it's not that difficult to raise your own ladybugs
- sow a lot of green bean seeds in small pot
- when you see first true leaves, continue growing for about 2 weeks
- release aphids on green bean seedlings and wait until there are a lot of aphids.
- poke a hole at the top of plastic box
- put paper towel inside the box.
- put male and female a ladybugs in the box
- put green bean seedling in the box
- wait until ladybugs lay eggs.
- remove male & female ladybugs and put into other box.
when larvae come out, release them on pepper plant
have fun!
