Textbook aphids. They are the enemy. If you can count ‘em, squish ‘em. If there are too many to count, hose ‘em off and squish the remainders. There are other methods if you want to spend money/use chemicals, but if you catch them early as you seem to have done, you should be able to get by with fingertips and a hose.
Nankuru_naisa
Squish ‘em! Aphids are annoying but par for course, as long as you keep a close eye on them before they get worse. I like going over my peppers with a q tip, then spraying over the entire plant and surface of the soil with a mix of natural dish soap + water when I notice them. Check out the undersides of the leaves too, they like to hide. Keeps it manageable!
Memph5
Yes. I’ve been dealing with them all winter.
Fortunately they tend not to be much of a problem once their natural predators start popping up. Also aphids tend to target plants in sub-optimal health – once your plants can spread their roots in living soil and get natural sunlight, they should become increasingly unappealing to aphids.
Soapy water will kill them. Regular water will only knock them down, and then they’ll try to climb back onto the plant. Now if you knock them off with water while they’re in containers and the aphids fall on the ground (outside the container) and then you move the container to another part of your garden, they probably won’t find them, so you could do that. You could also lean your pepper plant over a bucket of water and knock them into it (they should drown, or dispose of the water). Aphids are often more numerous on the undersides of leaves, so you want to check/spray those too, and they also tend to congregate around the flowers and new leaves (as in your photo).
davidotcom
Looks like you caught on camera an aphid pooping out a baby aphid.
Chromebasketball
Check for Ants. They move them to the top leaves. If you do see ants, poison them with a jar or tin of borax, warm waters and sugar.
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Textbook aphids. They are the enemy. If you can count ‘em, squish ‘em. If there are too many to count, hose ‘em off and squish the remainders. There are other methods if you want to spend money/use chemicals, but if you catch them early as you seem to have done, you should be able to get by with fingertips and a hose.
Squish ‘em! Aphids are annoying but par for course, as long as you keep a close eye on them before they get worse. I like going over my peppers with a q tip, then spraying over the entire plant and surface of the soil with a mix of natural dish soap + water when I notice them. Check out the undersides of the leaves too, they like to hide. Keeps it manageable!
Yes. I’ve been dealing with them all winter.
Fortunately they tend not to be much of a problem once their natural predators start popping up. Also aphids tend to target plants in sub-optimal health – once your plants can spread their roots in living soil and get natural sunlight, they should become increasingly unappealing to aphids.
Soapy water will kill them. Regular water will only knock them down, and then they’ll try to climb back onto the plant. Now if you knock them off with water while they’re in containers and the aphids fall on the ground (outside the container) and then you move the container to another part of your garden, they probably won’t find them, so you could do that. You could also lean your pepper plant over a bucket of water and knock them into it (they should drown, or dispose of the water). Aphids are often more numerous on the undersides of leaves, so you want to check/spray those too, and they also tend to congregate around the flowers and new leaves (as in your photo).
Looks like you caught on camera an aphid pooping out a baby aphid.
Check for Ants. They move them to the top leaves. If you do see ants, poison them with a jar or tin of borax, warm waters and sugar.
100% aphids.
It is time for murder