Information and discussion regarding garden diseases, insects and other unwelcome critters.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2012
Location: massachusetts
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Screw it. Going to weekly pesticide spray. (Pyganic)
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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Any idea what this is. It's on some romain lettuce.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
Posts: 9,283
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Gilbert, AZ
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Some insects are very beneficial for garden such as Ladybug, Praying Mantis, Spiders, Ground Beetles, Aphid Midges, Braconid Wasp etc. so, keep them in the garden.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I've got REALLY tiny brown ants on the pots of my tomato seedlings, indoors under lights. I do not see them digging in the dirt, and I seldom see them actually on the plants. The seedlings look very healthy, no bites taken out of them, good shade of green, etc. What are they eating?
I have an ongoing battle with fungus gnats, although I'm winning that battle now & only see a stray gnat now & again. I use Gnatrol periodically. My soil is Master Gardener Bumper Crop Organic Gardener's Gold Potting Soil, to which I added time-release Osmocote 15-15-15 and finely-ground eggshell. I cooked the soil before use. Friend or foe? ![]() ![]() Last edited by Nan_PA_6b; April 20, 2019 at 03:21 PM. Reason: added the cooking part. |
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Chicago-land & SO-cal
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Are you using mosquito bits? They take care of fungal gnats. |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Might it be beneficial to put out ant killer as a precaution? Is there any chance the ants are good for the plants?
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I always use mosquito bits, and they do not stop the gnats completely. I've had very bad infestations that only succumbed to Gnatrol.
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Chicago-land & SO-cal
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: N. California
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I think this one is leaf footed nymph.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Southern California
Posts: 131
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