I sent Janet a tree-mail! I know she will be as much of a help here on this forum as she is on the Plant ID forum; she's always so helpful and a great asset to us all here at ATP!
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
LOL, all gardeners will think it came out right. Pests and diseases can be a constant battle for many of us. With our heat and humidity here in Floirda I find myself fighting aphids quite often ... which shows in the pic's I posted on the photo thread.
~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!
I thought that our pest load was high in southern California but then I went to our place in Texas. That's a whole new game down there for me. I suspect Florida is similar to Texas in terms of pest load?
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." -Abraham Lincoln
What a great idea for a forum, even if a tad depressing to see all sickly/ill plants rather than the beauties posted on other sites. Hopefully a good resource to identify and 'fix' things. Adding to my watch list.
I want to live in a world where the chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned.
Name: Melissa E. Keyes St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Zone 11+
Alright, folks, Aphids on my yard long beans. Soap didn't work, Isoprophil (?) alcohol did, but killed the vines, too, ahem. I don't want to spray poison, tho' I have some malathion for aphids on flowers that I won't be eating.
I also like a product by Ortho: "elementals Insecticidal Soap" for organic gardening. I don't grow veggies or fruit but the label states that it may be applied to edibles up to the day of harvest. I use it on house plants and ornamentals in the garden.