Just when I thought I was safe

Just when I thought I was safe#44118

By Lawndude84 -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:48 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:48 am #44118

I find an aphid on my Capensis, does ortho work for sundews since they're pretty sensitive to chemicals? I mean, I only found one, and I looked closely at all of my plants in and around the plant I found it on. *Shrug*

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Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44135

By Matt -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:48 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:48 am #44135

I've never tried Orthonex on Drosera. Your capensis could be our guinea pig

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Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44154

By 95slvrZ28 -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:41 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 3:41 am #44154

You just need to encourage that aphid to get a little bit higher...then it will make a meal! That said, Capensis are supposed to be pretty hard to kill, so like Matt said, maybe you can try to find out...

Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44158

By Adam -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:00 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:00 am #44158

Jack and Jeanie from Hawaiian Botanicals told me that it's enough to just apply the insecticide on the center of the plant. That's where the aphids to the damage.

Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44175

By kittyklaws -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:09 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:09 am #44175

Wy not just squish that lone little bugger!

or just tweezer it off? I mean, if it's just one...better not waste your money I guess

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Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44180

By Adam -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:14 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:14 am #44180

The problem with aphids is that they are like any other pest. If you see one mouse in the house, there's probably 50 more

So squishing the guy is not a guarantee that you've got them all. I tried this manual way of ridding the plant of aphids and it's a battle that cannot be won

So far drowning has worked but only after a couple of tries.

Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44182

By kittyklaws -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:16 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:16 am #44182

Those stubborn little things!

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Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44184

By Adam -  Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:19 am
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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:19 am #44184

The nice thing about aphids is that it's easy to notice an infestation. Some other pests like mites are harder to spot and could have already damaged the plant significantly before the infestation was controlled.

Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44270

By Lawndude84 -  Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:08 am
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- Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:08 am #44270

so far so good, I haven't seen anymore on either capensis or any other terrarium plant. Crossing my fingers that he was just an intruder

Haven't seen any wierd looking growth on any other plants either.

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Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44271

By Aging_Bourbon -  Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:39 am
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- Sun Feb 21, 2010 1:39 am #44271

Just keep you're guard up Lawndude!

An you should get Black Wasps (Parasitic)

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Re: Just when I thought I was safe#44284

By Adam -  Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:30 am
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- Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:30 am #44284

They can come back in a couple of weeks. Inspect your plants regularly.

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