I've only grown 3 crops, only 1 year and 2 months since soaking my first seeds.
Though, I can't believe my dumb self has let aphids walk in through the door and set up living on my leaves.
I found a group on the underside of one leaf near the top and went coo-coo bananas, thinking it's all over.
I wiped them off with kitchen roll and white vinegar to begin with then mixed up Neem oil which I heard mentioned on here and looked up and bought for my eczema.
3.6ml of Neem oil to 500ml water, wiped off and sprayed as many aphid leaves as I could find.
Luckily there was not another infestation on a leaf the same amount as the first leaf I found but there was some red aphids further round and the plant can hardly stand up on it's own when I removed the strings that hold branches.
I think the stems must have got used to the string holding them up.
Somebody out there, tell me aphids aren't that serious, if I keep getting in there and checking every day or two and keep using Neem solution.
Does Neem kill aphids ? Do they eat buds ?
No pictures, I cleaned them off in too big a hurry.
Someone please say Aphids aren't the little green terminators to be afraid of.
I need some hope !!
They got in there because I've been letting the temperature drop too much at night.
This will be corrected tonight and vigilantly continued through the next weeks.
Anyone with aphid experience please lend me your wisdom.
Thanks
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