Thay are small, soft-bodied insects that feed by sucking the nutrient-rich liquids out of plants. Aphids multiply quickly, so it’s important to get them under control before reproduction starts. Products such as Horticulture Oil and Neem Oil can help protect your plants!
Aphids
Thay are small, soft-bodied insects that feed by sucking the nutrient-rich liquids out of plants. Aphids multiply quickly, so it’s important to get them under control before reproduction starts. Products such as Horticulture Oil and Neem Oil can help protect your plants!
Snails and Slugs Snails can be a difficult pest to get rid of because most are hermaphrodites, which means all of them can lay hundreds of eggs at a time with a gestation period of only 2-3 weeks. They lay more than half of their eggs in the fall making them a prime garden pest. Products like Sluggo can be used to control their populations and protect your plants.
Cabbage Loopers
You’ll know you have a cabbage looper in your garden when you find large irregular-shaped holes in the leaves of the lower half of your plants. In some areas, such as the south, they will be a year round issue. Treat leaf surface (top and bottom) with a safe insecticide such asBTorGarden Insect Spray, make sure to cover the leaf well with spray.
White Flies
Whiteflies are yet another type of sap-sucking pest. Small numbers are relatively harmless but large infestations can cause yellow or dry leaves that may fall off the plants. To control whiteflies, try bug buster o and insecticidal soap or neem oil. Do this early in the day or later in the evening, when temperatures are cooler.
