I went outside yesterday to have a look at the garden, and my goodness, we have been invaded by all species of aphids suckering on the Pittosporum hedge. The new growth has been inundated by green and black aphids both with and without wings, they're all getting into it! So, I decided to take some action, as they had started eating the sprouts on the iris bulbs in the ground as well, and doused them with EcoOil and squished as many I can. Take a look at the photo below - its crazy!
So many aphids! This was taken after I had sprayed...
I'll be following up the treatment in 5 days and will see how effective it has been. I have also planted two of the nasturtium seedlings into the first planter to attract the aphids away from the vegetables we have planted. Apparently nasturtium is really easy to grow and aphids just love the leaves so they can be utilised as sacrificial plants in the garden to keep the aphids away from your precious veggies.
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