How do I get rid of aphids without hurting my indoor pepper plants
How do I get rid of aphids without hurting my indoor pepper plants
by goldfinch82
17 Comments
GraftingRayman
you can rinse them off with a hose
BudMower
I sadly just gave up on a two month battle with those green little demons! Best bet would be to use some type of insecticidal soap and I’ve seen many suggest diatomaceous earth, which I never tried but I’m sure would work great! Best of luck on this one soldier!🫡
cam3113
Have a spray bottle? Fill it with Isopropyl alcohol and give em a good sprits. Enough to cover them and get the bastards wet. Should dry pretty quick and dry their bodies out. You can sprinkle some wood ash on to finish them off.
Jellyfish_Grows
You have to treat BOTH the plant and the soil. Soap/neem and water. Also aphids die at 110°f if you can raise the heat
slo_chickendaddy
You can try neem oil but it is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to remove aphids from indoor plants. Once I saw that my indoor plants had aphids, I started hardening them off, moved them outside, and let nature do its thing.
Responsible-Chest-26
Would lady bugs work?
strayarc223
Will dawn dish soap and water work??
eikoebi
Soapy water in spray bottle just make sure you don’t miss any
Snazzypanted
Get ladybugs!!! Check out my post about them…they worked like a charm, the only thing I wish differently was that I didn’t wait so long. They disappeared and haven’t returned.
Nightshadegarden405
Dip it in agricultural soap, which is the best way. Dawn will work, too. Fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and a tiny bit of either soap and dunk it upside down. Not the soil. Some ag soap will even kill the eggs….. Any treatment is going to cause stress to the plant, but it will recover. Eggs hatch every 3 days. So you have to dip once more or spray then and check every few days after…… You got to check every few days indoors. Check under any damaged leave so see, right away. It’s not a big deal if you catch them early. I get pests usually in the fall inside.
illmeaturmom
Ladybugs
IntelligentCrab7058
Dawn dish soap sprayed onnthem or diatomaceous earth sprinkles directly onnthem with paint brush. It has to be dry.
Homocapsaicin
It seems like an impossible taks when there are many, but don’t worry, you can do it. Neem water with a dash of dish soap, top and bottom of every leaf, stems, everything. Since you are growing indoors and there is no risk of hurting other creatures, I would use cold pressed neem which retains the azadirachtin and works as a systemic pesticide (most neem ‘extracts’ remove this chemical for fear of hurting the bumble bees and etc). This compound will kill insects and their larvae for weeks to come. You can even water some into the roots which will drink the compound and distribute to the leaves. It doesn’t take much though, and too much will [temporarily] stunt root growth.
Good luck!
OkSimple4777
I’m in the middle of a battle, myself. I’ve had success with every-three-day applications of insecticidal soap to all areas of the plant.
Rapid-Barnacle385
Unscented Castile soap, 1 tablespoon per 1000ml of water in a spray bottle
17 Comments
you can rinse them off with a hose
I sadly just gave up on a two month battle with those green little demons! Best bet would be to use some type of insecticidal soap and I’ve seen many suggest diatomaceous earth, which I never tried but I’m sure would work great! Best of luck on this one soldier!🫡
Have a spray bottle? Fill it with Isopropyl alcohol and give em a good sprits. Enough to cover them and get the bastards wet. Should dry pretty quick and dry their bodies out. You can sprinkle some wood ash on to finish them off.
You have to treat BOTH the plant and the soil. Soap/neem and water. Also aphids die at 110°f if you can raise the heat
You can try neem oil but it is NOTORIOUSLY difficult to remove aphids from indoor plants. Once I saw that my indoor plants had aphids, I started hardening them off, moved them outside, and let nature do its thing.
Would lady bugs work?
Will dawn dish soap and water work??
Soapy water in spray bottle just make sure you don’t miss any
Get ladybugs!!! Check out my post about them…they worked like a charm, the only thing I wish differently was that I didn’t wait so long. They disappeared and haven’t returned.
Dip it in agricultural soap, which is the best way. Dawn will work, too. Fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and a tiny bit of either soap and dunk it upside down. Not the soil. Some ag soap will even kill the eggs….. Any treatment is going to cause stress to the plant, but it will recover. Eggs hatch every 3 days. So you have to dip once more or spray then and check every few days after…… You got to check every few days indoors. Check under any damaged leave so see, right away. It’s not a big deal if you catch them early. I get pests usually in the fall inside.
Ladybugs
Dawn dish soap sprayed onnthem or diatomaceous earth sprinkles directly onnthem with paint brush. It has to be dry.
It seems like an impossible taks when there are many, but don’t worry, you can do it. Neem water with a dash of dish soap, top and bottom of every leaf, stems, everything. Since you are growing indoors and there is no risk of hurting other creatures, I would use cold pressed neem which retains the azadirachtin and works as a systemic pesticide (most neem ‘extracts’ remove this chemical for fear of hurting the bumble bees and etc). This compound will kill insects and their larvae for weeks to come. You can even water some into the roots which will drink the compound and distribute to the leaves. It doesn’t take much though, and too much will [temporarily] stunt root growth.
Good luck!
I’m in the middle of a battle, myself. I’ve had success with every-three-day applications of insecticidal soap to all areas of the plant.
Unscented Castile soap, 1 tablespoon per 1000ml of water in a spray bottle
Buy some ladybugs.
go get ladybug and release it in the tent