Gardening & Landscaping
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Aphids & Ladybugs
Has anyone tried using ladybugs to control aphid populations? Does it work well? My raised-bed veggie garden is under attack! There are ants and pill bugs ("roly-polys") as well.
Re: Aphids & Ladybugs
Lady bugs work, but they will also fly away.
You can spray the aphids off with water or try an insecticidal soap spray or Neem oil.
Ants and pill bugs (which are actually crustaceans like shrimp) don't hurt your plants.
I've read that ants "farm" aphids, so if you can control your ant population, the aphids won't thrive as well.
I have a Green Clean book that suggests cinnamon or cayenne pepper as ant repellants. It also says you can mix one cup borax, one cup sugar, and three cups water, soak a wad of paper towel or toilet paper in the mixture, and put it in a jar with holes in the lid as a trap.