Meanwhile: Bug-free Gardening
August 26, 2009 at 9:41 pm 1 comment
What am I going to do about the bugs in my container garden?
They are these weird little flying critters that look a bit like fruit flies. I think they are the same ones that killed my herbs last time I tried to grow them. They hang around, looking innocuous and blending their little black bodies into the soil. Then they suck all the moisture out of the plants… like those creepy prehistoric bugs sucked the moisture out of people on The X Files! And there’s nothing you can do about it.
Or is there? Does anyone know how to get rid of these bugs? My basil is just a tiny bud, and my parsley and oregano aren’t even up yet!
Tiny baby basil.
And they’re lurking around my shallots (spring onions).
Little shallots, all in a row.
Strangely, they’re not bothering my onions and spinach.
No bugs by the spinach.
Maybe it’s because they’re out the back and the herbs and shallots are on the front verandah. The herbs were out the front last time too, but I made sure to scrub the pots and use different soil and I grew from seed rather than buy seedlings… and still there are the bugs!
I don’t really have room to plant companion plants (I already have nasturtiums, in a hanging basket), but I will find room if that’s the wayto fix it.
Nasturtium seedling.
Anyone, ideas?
Entry filed under: Meanwhile.... Tags: flowers, gardening, herbs, insects, vegetables.
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