The aphid buffet

GoDawgs · May 17, 2018

I've been picking peas for a week now but I finally realized I have been slack in watching for aphids on the peas. Now they're everywhere, mostly on the undersides of the leaves making spraying them off with water tough to do. Plus now there are lady bugs everywhere on the peas and also some lady bug larvae so I don't want to mess with them.

I guess I'll leave them all be. It's only a two to three week picking season anyway. Better to have more lady bugs. BUT... I did spy some aphids on the top of one leaf and there was one of the ladies in the midst of an all-you-can-eat aphid buffet.

You go, girl!

clkeiper · May 17, 2018

sweet. I just bought 1500 ladybugs for my peppers in the greenhouse. I see aphid lions on them but I am sure most people don't want to see aphids of anykind on their plants. Insecticidal soap didn't seem to be getting on all of the aphids when I sprayed so I went for the big guns! lady bugs!IMG_20180517_205131.jpg

Gerardo · May 17, 2018

They'll get it done in no time, RIP aphids

MissS · May 18, 2018

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Originally Posted by Gerardo

They'll get it done in no time, RIP aphids

I quite agree.

Al@NC · May 18, 2018

Those are beautiful pictures!

GoDawgs · May 19, 2018

Thank you! It's just a small Canon Powershot camera and it goes to the garden with me all the time just in case I find something interesting. Then I crop, touch up the contrast, light levels etc on my iPhoto program.

That aphidy pea bed has one more light picking tomorrow and then it will be ripped out. The other bed still as one or two nice pickings left. So far, seven pounds of shelled peas have been stashed in the freezer.

Al@NC · May 21, 2018

Yeah, I've been like many others in that I've felt powerless before when seeing bad insects in my garden and so the first time I saw lady bugs going crazy it was quite euphoric!

Nice detail though for sure with the camera!

Al

May 17, 2018	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	The aphid buffet I've been picking peas for a week now but I finally realized I have been slack in watching for aphids on the peas. Now they're everywhere, mostly on the undersides of the leaves making spraying them off with water tough to do. Plus now there are lady bugs everywhere on the peas and also some lady bug larvae so I don't want to mess with them. I guess I'll leave them all be. It's only a two to three week picking season anyway. Better to have more lady bugs. BUT... I did spy some aphids on the top of one leaf and there was one of the ladies in the midst of an all-you-can-eat aphid buffet. You go, girl!

May 17, 2018	#2
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	sweet. I just bought 1500 ladybugs for my peppers in the greenhouse. I see aphid lions on them but I am sure most people don't want to see aphids of anykind on their plants. Insecticidal soap didn't seem to be getting on all of the aphids when I sprayed so I went for the big guns! lady bugs!IMG_20180517_205131.jpg __________________ carolyn k Last edited by clkeiper; May 17, 2018 at 11:23 PM.

May 17, 2018	#3
Gerardo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: San Diego-Tijuana Posts: 2,598	They'll get it done in no time, RIP aphids

May 18, 2018	#5
Al@NC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Vernon, BC Posts: 720	Those are beautiful pictures!

May 19, 2018	#6
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Thank you! It's just a small Canon Powershot camera and it goes to the garden with me all the time just in case I find something interesting. Then I crop, touch up the contrast, light levels etc on my iPhoto program. That aphidy pea bed has one more light picking tomorrow and then it will be ripped out. The other bed still as one or two nice pickings left. So far, seven pounds of shelled peas have been stashed in the freezer.

May 21, 2018	#7
Al@NC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Vernon, BC Posts: 720	Yeah, I've been like many others in that I've felt powerless before when seeing bad insects in my garden and so the first time I saw lady bugs going crazy it was quite euphoric! Nice detail though for sure with the camera! Al