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Old April 18, 2018   #3
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Aphids tend to start showing up when the temps and humidity are right but I can't offhand recall what that is exactly. But they started showing up on my overwintered collards and kale when we had that warm spell in the second half of February.

I got rid of mine with insecticidal soap after cutting and tossing away all the large infested leaves, being careful to spray the underside of each remaining leaf. That kept them clean until the colder weather set back in. I've been watching the spring planted kale and collards closely and so far no aphids.

One trick I use on aphids and any just-hatched stink bugs, etc is to wrap a strip of duct tape around my hand (stick side out!) and press it on the little buggers to remove them. But it doesn't work well on squash bug egg masses as the glue used is too tough to defeat via duct tape!

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