01 May 2016
more bugs
07/05/16 11:13
Only a few updates as I wasn’t able to take many pictures. First a couple of sunflowers:
The tomatoes are doing fantastically well. The cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen. There are no insect problems yet.
The broccoli isn’t faring so well. As I showed last time aphids are ravaging several plants. All I can do at this point is pull the plants up altogether and stomp on them to kill most of the bugs so they don’t move to other plants. I’ve never had such a problem with aphids. However, I have harvested many delicious heads of broccoli so far, so if I have to sacrifice a few to not have to use any pesticides, I can deal with that.
Here is another photo of the verbena that I’ve shown several times so far this year. I am still astonished that it is still madly blooming after three months.
The tomatoes are doing fantastically well. The cherry tomatoes are starting to ripen. There are no insect problems yet.
The broccoli isn’t faring so well. As I showed last time aphids are ravaging several plants. All I can do at this point is pull the plants up altogether and stomp on them to kill most of the bugs so they don’t move to other plants. I’ve never had such a problem with aphids. However, I have harvested many delicious heads of broccoli so far, so if I have to sacrifice a few to not have to use any pesticides, I can deal with that.
Here is another photo of the verbena that I’ve shown several times so far this year. I am still astonished that it is still madly blooming after three months.