Hey chilli growers!
I need help from someone more experienced.
I had these chilli plants on my balcony over the whole season and I decidet to move them inside for overwintering, or better just growing inside until the new season.
I never had problem with Aphids or Whiteflies (I don't really know what are these, because I tought that Aphids doesn't fly but these small green creatures does) until I moved the plants inside.
I tried two different pest control sprays but nothing worked, quite the contrary it looks they multiplied even more after each treatment.
Do someone have the same experiences and can help with a good treatment how to get rid of them?
Thanks a lot for every help or idea…
by Overall_Analyst_730
10 Comments
Wtf.
There is no way youre actually doing anything at all if it looks like that.
Get them a shower, regularily.
Ok, first off I’d wash these little assholes off with water/use your hands to squash as many as you can, just reduce their numbers as much as possible before applying any sort of insecticide.
Second, get that thing away from your other plants asap. Quarantine. Then check your other plants, they’re probably infected as well at this rate.
And only then spray
I use Safers spray, when needed (which is not very often, and usually only when the plants are at a young stage). It’s an organic-gardening option that works awesome.
You have a very bad aphid infestation. Older aphids have wings. For perspective, 10 aphids per leaf is considered an infestation that will take work to overcome. This plant is well past that point.
What I would do is use a systemic insecticide. They work by being ingested by the plant and then aphids bite the plant and die. I would use that approach because washing or brushing them off risks spreading them around. With a systemic, you want the aphids to stay in place and feed.
If you’ve already done two sprays and they didn’t work, you need to assess what you did. Was it the right chemical? Was it applied at the correct concentration? Was it applied in the correct manner?
I think you may be beyond sprays.
Fire may be your only decent option.
Yep a blow torch would work
The one true option
Take off all leaves, apply a strong neem oil dilution, not too strong, but stronger than regular. And rip off all leaves for thr next 2-3 weeks to make sure they have nothing to eat and fuck off and die. This looks really bad. So good luck!
Soul destroying!
I bought some spray from mitre10, seems to be working fine
You need to introduce a predator insect or offer the plants as sacrifices to the compost gods. Honestly probably the latter and just start over. These look terrifying.