Hello everyone, I just planted my first outdoor veggie garden about 2 weeks back with some plant starts from the local home place.
Everything has been going really well, with extreme growth. But I noticed about 5 days ago, that my two Kentucky Wonder Green Bean plants and my Cucumber are being attacked by these black bugs with wings. At first glance, they appear to be gnats.
I've been doing research on common pests, and I'm thinking they may be 'aphids'? I purchased some organic pesticide spray, and doused them twice so far. Which seems to stop them for the day, but they are back in a days time. It is not as bad as some pictures I've seen, yet I could see it getting worse.
Them plants have been doing so well, and don't deserve the torture! They are all in the same rectangular planter, and I'm going to quarantine them, and transplant them into individual pots tomorrow, for further observation.
Does anyone have any great suggestions, proven home remmedies, etc, to combat and conquer these lil bastards for good? Thanks for the help. I'll try to get pics up of my entire garden soon.
Dr. Funkenstein