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Old August 23, 2018   #104
Cole_Robbie
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Originally Posted by clkeiper View Post
well, actually the lady bugs will clean up the mums in no time at all. I put one lady bug on my petunia planter and that was about three days ago... today I see hardly any aphids on it. I read the other day one lady bug per aphid colony... go scout for a few of them and put them on the plants. you will be amazed at how fast the lady bugs clean them up. I couldn't get ahead of the aphids on my pansies a few years ago and went to get ladybugs... the aphids were gone in a few days.
I get a lot of the Asian Lady beetles in the fall. From what I read, they should do the same trick as the red ones.

https://www.heartspm.com/asian-lady-...e-ladybugs.php


I just picked up some Neem Oil at Lowes, as well.
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