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Pests on pepper plants

18 years ago

Help! My pepper plants were doing great! Then today I noticed on the green pepper plant that there were LOTS of eggs of some kind on the under surface of the leaves. At first I thought aphids, but then noticed lots of small ants crawling all over the plants. I quickly sprayed then with a soapy water solution. What else should I do? thanks.

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jimster
18 years ago
Ants and aphids are symbiotic. So, they probably were aphids and the soapy water should work. Also, hit the plants with a strong stream of water.

Jim
msyoohoo
18 years ago
What is the ratio of soap to water? Can it be any brand of soap? I have heard that it should be Castille soap but have not been able to find any. Thanks.
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