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Archive for the day “January 16, 2012”
Organic gardening supplies
True Value is a good place to find organic gardening supplies, I like to shop at the one in Alrai near the Infiniti Showroom.
Here is a nice touch they’ve added at the soils section:
I think its a great way to encourage people to grow herbs. Well done True Value!
Plant foods and soil additives
Aphids!
Uh oh! I’ve got aphids!
Aphids on my coriander
Aphids feed on most fruit and vegetable plants, they reproduce like there’s no tomorrow. Both adults and nymphs suck plant sap, which usually causes distorted leaves, buds, branch tips, and flowers. Severely infested leaves and flowers may drop.
As they feed, aphids excrete a sweet, sticky honeydew onto the leaves below. Also, some aphids spread viruses as they feed.
Aphids are bad news, and if you find just one in your garden, you should act right away. Look under the leaves to find them.
What I use
Im using organic insecticidal soap (orange bottle). I have the blue bottle incase of extreme infestations that can lead me to pull out the plants like I did with my zucchinis.
Organic damage control
- Drench plants with strong sprays of water from a garden hose to kill aphids. (A hard rainstorm will have the same effect.)
- Keep your plants as healthy as possible.
- Control ants that guard aphid colonies.
- Spray aphids with insecticidal soap.Both bottles can be found in True Value
Beets
beet root
I picked them too early. I had to make space for the big ones to grow, I should’ve thinned them out properly from the beginning.
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