Sooty mold is another sign that your plants might have aphids. Aphids, along with other insects like mealybugs, soft scale, whiteflies, leafhoppers and psyllids, excrete a sugary material called ...

Some plants emit smells that repel aphids. Others grow thorns or aphid-proof barriers. My favorite defense mechanism is a set of signals known as herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) that ...

MASTER GARDENER: Check out this trio of perennial plants for months of bloom Aphids are small ⅛-inch pear-shaped, soft-bodied insects that are green, yellow, white, pink, brown, black or mottled ...

What can I do to rid my plants of this aphid hoard? I would like to use something organic. A. Aphids are a sucking insect that have soft pear-shaped bodies with long legs and antennae.

Q: I’m a new gardener and my pea plant stems are absolutely covered with small, dark gray creatures. Louise Lubben, Fulton County A: In May/June each year, aphid populations can explode on ...

A: I take cuttings of coleus in every year. I have a problem with what I think are aphids, tiny green bugs, under the leaves. I am constantly rinsing them with dish detergent. They return again. Ho… ...

A question for Dan Gill: I have some Japanese yew shrubs that are a couple of years old that I planted to serve as a screen on my property line. How to treat aphids on ornamental plants | Home ...

Q:I planted fava beans in the fall, planning to eat the beans.Everything went great until I looked closely yesterday and saw the tips of many of the plants were covered with black aphids and many ...

Q: Every year, I get aphids on some of my plants. There seems to be an incredible number of them. What can you tell me about their life cycle? A: Several hundred species of aphids inhabit the West ...

Q: My chilli plants have aphids and I’m not sure what to do to safely get rid of them. Any advice? NL, Co Laois. A: Aphids – an umbrella term used for many different types of small sap-sucking ...

My yucca cactus gets those pretty white flowers in the spring, but then all of these brown bugs hang on the flowers and cover them. How can I kill them? Aphids doing a number on my yucca flowers ...