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pest in herbs

18 years ago

Talk about bad luck with bugs. I live in a high rise condo where its far from nature and the earth's soil and I STILL get bugs in my herb pots. I planted 5 herbs in different pots. They all had bugs. The sweet basil even developed a catapillar! I thought it was a dried up leaf so I went and picked it and then I felt it was smooshy and moving! It freaked me out. Where do bugs come from even if I'm doing them from a pot!?

I tried soap detergent it didn't work.

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jean001
18 years ago
They fly. And they hitch hike.

Do as the rest of us do -- regular search-and-destroy sessions.
bizinezzguy
Original Author
18 years ago
Fly up 10 floors onto a balcony in the middle of the city? That's incredible.
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sir_lurksalot
18 years ago
Last outdoor night event I saw(Stadium Cross) the lights were swarmed with moths! Are there any lights on the Lanai's or building? Plus they could have come in with the plants when you bought them, I have fought worms all winter here in SoCal. I used to be a search and destroy kind of guy, but that don't work in urban warfare, I since have retorted to SPRAYING! Most sprays, the solution is so thin that one watering its gone from the leaves......

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