Ants On Your Plants? Maybe Not Aphids

GoDawgs · June 28, 2018

Zeedman, you're so right about the number of wasps, bees and flying things attracted to these nectaries. The field pea patch gets covered with them. Happy pollinators!

And they are docile. When I pick peas and there's a wasp on a pea I want, I just gently tap the stem the pea is on and the wasp lazily moves somewhere else.

Just picked my first yardlongs yesterday, 'Red Noodle'.

Zeedman · June 28, 2018

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Originally Posted by GoDawgs

Just picked my first yardlongs yesterday, 'Red Noodle'.

Congratulations! Red Noodle is one of my favorites, for both color & flavor.

My long beans this year are 3-Feet- Plus (pole) and Thai Soldier (bush?). This is the first trial for Thai Soldier, hence the question mark. They still have a long way to go yet before harvest, since I have to plant them so late here. Both varieties are very healthy though... we are finally having a summer with some heat. Last year was so cool, it was the first time all peas & yardlongs failed.

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GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	Zeedman, you're so right about the number of wasps, bees and flying things attracted to these nectaries. The field pea patch gets covered with them. Happy pollinators! And they are docile. When I pick peas and there's a wasp on a pea I want, I just gently tap the stem the pea is on and the wasp lazily moves somewhere else. Just picked my first yardlongs yesterday, 'Red Noodle'.