Last year was the first year we grew plants to attract butterflies. When we returned from a long weekend, we came home to an aphids invasion. I about cried! I quickly read everything I could on the internet about it and ordered some ladybug online. A few days later, they arrived and went to work eating the alphids. Yes, I would buy them again. I. The meantime, I washed the leaves a couple times a day, used cayenne pepper, and tried to pick a thousand of them off. This year, we planted onions, garlic, rosemary, basil, and a few other plants around my butterfly plants to hopefully, keep the alphids away. We shall see!!!
Last year was the first year we grew plants to attract butterflies. When we returned from a long weekend, we came home to an aphids invasion. I about cried! I quickly read everything I could on the internet about it and ordered some ladybug online. A few days later, they arrived and went to work eating the alphids. Yes, I would buy them again. I. The meantime, I washed the leaves a couple times a day, used cayenne pepper, and tried to pick a thousand of them off. This year, we planted onions, garlic, rosemary, basil, and a few other plants around my butterfly plants to hopefully, keep the alphids away. We shall see!!!