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Nasturtium Pest

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1.   Sep 1, 2007 8:11 PM

» Cottage_Garden - How to Control Aphids

In response to my garden posted by bebob51:


Um well, I didn't think Diazinon is even sold to homeowners any more.... kinda toxic stuff, killed a lot of birds and got into groundwater .... But anyway.

Softbodied sucking insects in quantity on nasturtiums are probably aphids, sometimes they will really cover the plant. In some gardens these are used as a trap crop to try to divert the aphids from other plantings.

No need for the big guns on aphids. You can knock aphids off the plant with a strong spray of water from the garden hose, or you can treat them with commercially formulated insecticidal soap, or you can just be patient and wait for the ladybugs to come along and control them for you.

Hope this helps!

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