It's me against the bugs and I'm seriously outnumbered. Every time I look at the broccoli plants I find more little green caterpillars. I keep squishing them but then the next day more of the leaves will be gone and I'll find more caterpillars.
I never expected much out of the broccoli plants mid-summer, so the real tragedy is the tomato plants. I haven't been checking in on them as frequently as I should have been and when I got out yesterday I found them completely covered in spider mites. There were adult spider mites, baby spider mites, and lots of webbing and little white specks. I decided the best course of action was going to be to cut off all the leaves that looked diseased or had lots of bugs on them. That turned out to be A Lot of branches. The plants look pretty stripped now.
I never expected much out of the broccoli plants mid-summer, so the real tragedy is the tomato plants. I haven't been checking in on them as frequently as I should have been and when I got out yesterday I found them completely covered in spider mites. There were adult spider mites, baby spider mites, and lots of webbing and little white specks. I decided the best course of action was going to be to cut off all the leaves that looked diseased or had lots of bugs on them. That turned out to be A Lot of branches. The plants look pretty stripped now.
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