It's still early spring and my garden has already gone from organic to locally grown. The cucumbers were covered with ants and when I researched why I found out they like to be where the aphids are.
What I thought for a few weeks was dirt was a major aphid infestation.
I pulled all the cucumber vines out of the garden. Even the vine with a still growing, yet misshaped, cucumber.
I then sprayed the garden with the insecticide Sevin. I probably should have tried an insecticidal soap first or a simple spray of Dawn and water but my peppers are still hanging in there
And my squash are starting to blossom and so I just didn’t want to take a chance.
The irony is after I sprayed I looked a the long list of pests Sevin fights and aphids weren’t on the list. I’m going to have to try an insecticidal soap anyhow.
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