Have some kind of infestation on my plants, I spoke to a local company and they said it’s most likely greenfly or aphids, that they have moulted and that’s what is left, my plants are growing in a greenhouse in the uk
by Excellent-Ad81
Peppers
4 Comments
I agree they look like aphid exoskeletons. You can wash them off with a strong stream of water. Check for living moving aphids / bugs.
Pretty much any chemical, organic or otherwise, will at least advertise to kill aphids so you can hardly make an objectivly wrong choice. On the friendlier/organic side of things I’d personally go with insecticidal soap or spinosad. If you want to go more traditional chemical, go for it, all that I have ever seen or used would kill aphids so I don’t have one specific one that I’d reccomend.
I agree with aphids. If you have ants, the ants are using the aphids to make honeydew from the plants.
I think you should hit them with spinosad and dust the soil with diatomaceous earth. Follow the directions on both and don’t over use the spinosad. You should probably treat all plants since they’re probably there and you don’t know it.
I’ve had success with Neem Oil
It comes from some kind of tree that is a repellant to ants and aphids, you mix it with water in a spray bottle and coat the plants with it. And it’s a natural thing so you can safely spray on plants that are producing fruit.
Get on this quick, aphids completely destroyed my plants one year. I tried a bunch of things before I discovered Neem Oil and they kept coming back.
Man they look like spring tails but they are on the leaves so probably not. I would hose them off then apply diatomaceous earth mixed with water with a spray bottle
So when they come back they will just die off from the diatomaceous earth suffocating them.