I started my indoor seedlings a few weeks ago... Our frost date is late May. My cucumbers have been doing especially well, I've got 4 strong plants already 4" high, working on their third sets of leaves... huge leaves too heh.
This morning, I noticed some green specks on one of the plants... closer inspection revealed them to be BUGS!
A little googling, and my first suspicion seems to be correct... they are aphids! Little, translucent green... and some whitish specks on some of the leaves that could be their shed skins.
How the HECK do I have aphids, indoors, in March??? I mean, we've had some unseasonably warm weather lately, but there's still snow on the ground in spots... the ground is still frozen below about 2"... And aphids? Indoors? Seriously?
I never even had any aphids OUTDOORS all last summer!
Now what -- what do I do to quickly get rid of aphids? Indoors? In March? I've got dozens of baby tomatoes alongside my cucumbers, they have the potential for lots of dinner if I don't act quick...
This morning, I noticed some green specks on one of the plants... closer inspection revealed them to be BUGS!
A little googling, and my first suspicion seems to be correct... they are aphids! Little, translucent green... and some whitish specks on some of the leaves that could be their shed skins.
How the HECK do I have aphids, indoors, in March??? I mean, we've had some unseasonably warm weather lately, but there's still snow on the ground in spots... the ground is still frozen below about 2"... And aphids? Indoors? Seriously?
I never even had any aphids OUTDOORS all last summer!
Now what -- what do I do to quickly get rid of aphids? Indoors? In March? I've got dozens of baby tomatoes alongside my cucumbers, they have the potential for lots of dinner if I don't act quick...
