Aphids vs Diatomaceous Earth (and a hydroponic greenhouse update too)
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- Aphids versus Diatomaceous Earth under the Microscope.
I found a huge number of aphids hiding on a pepper plant leaf, and having been recommended it by a few different people, I thought I'd take a look and see what kind of effect diatomaceous earth would have against them.
I recorded 9 hours of footage from the microscope and then accellerated it to 100x playback speed so that I could watch the results.
There's also a quick greenhouse update to show how the plants have been coming along over the last two weeks. 
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Dude, Even though this video is years old, I just want to say u are soooooo awesome for posting this experiment under the microscope!
Good video and info. Would have been MUCH better without that music
nice opinion. I think i might have one too. O, there it is. the music makes the video even BETTER!!
Music isn't bad...just too loud.
Its and EDM party while you watch the aphids' demise
The music is extremely DISTRACTING when trying to follow your helpful comments
I love the music
I love the music
What is wrong with you?
@@thealteredstate4203 people can't like music like this? What the fuck is wrong with you?
I read this comment prior to watching the video and thought, “How bad can it be?” I soon learned that it’s absolutely TERRIBLE 😂 Very distracting. I actually left the video shortly after the music started.
DE does more than just kill soft bodied bugs. It gets into the joints and breathing organs of bugs with exoskeletons like scorpions and spiders. It’s amazing stuff and I love it!!
I love the microscope video footage! You should show more pest experiments with cinnamon, pepper, garlic, etc. Also would be great to find one thing that kills all. I hear peppermint oil and water does. I had aphids wipe out all of my baby lettuce! Frustrating!
Thanks for the microscope view. I would like to see what cayenne pepper does to the aphids? Thanks again.
Follow up video? Did the DE work mate?
That was my question too. He didn't say and that's why we were watching!
It works for me but takes longer than 9 hours for treatment to work. I use it as a preventative now. Once or twice and stop before the flowers come so as not to hurt bees.
Per the company...
Depending on the size of the insect, it normally takes 12-24 hours for an insect to die once it is exposed to DE insecticide. (The larger the insect, the longer it will take to die.) When using DE as an insecticide, it is important to strategically place the powder where the insects reside to ensure that the insect brushes against the powder and is eventually eradicated.
It does really suck anything out - it just dries up.
DE is 80-95% comprised of silicon dioxide, and silica is typically found in quartz (see above), sand, and other living organisms. Silica is a desiccant which means it can be used as a drying agent. This drying action works very well when used as an organic insecticide. It physically abrades and absorbs the waxy outer coating of the insect which results in rapid death by dehydration.
I’m assuming you use food grade on the plants correct ?
@@threeqtrtime If your plan on eating the food or using in an area with food always use food grade DE nothing with added chemicals.
I've never tried them against aphids but I've seen ants wriggle in clear discomfort when walking through DE. They would purposefully avoid it if they could. The only way I was able to get rid of them was by stuffing DE under the baseboards where they were coming from.
My aphids are on the underside of leaves.
Is it worth trying or DE will fall off?
@@mancampovestiminvatam it worked for me with spider mites, I just had to leave on for a week without rinsing. I bottom watered the whole time.
Love the microscopic footage, Jim! Could you please do one with soap and water? =)
Hi Khang Starr - I will try to do so soon. Cheers!!
Jim Conner and throw in Cheyenne and garlic
i sped through to the end of the aphid fiasco, did I miss what happened? aphids still happily feeding?
Yup, the adults are still happily feeding. The babies seem to be affected a lot, but enough to kill them...?
DE will eventually get into the joints of the big ones too and eventually cripple them! I watched that on a different channel...it takes about 48 hrs apparently for Dematoceous Earth to be fully effective.
Awesome video! I would love to see more DE effects of other insects. Please do more videos like this.
FASCINATING VIDEO! Thank you. I didn’t much mind the music, i quite liked the progression of it actually. I could still hear you. Thank you!🤗
Good video and info. struggling to hear you above the unnecessary music
Happy 1 year anniversary Jim. Love your channel & keep the vids coming :)
***** Thanks Larry. I'm loving doing the RUclips thing (especially the communities of people that spring up on here) and am already working on the next video (Transparent Microchips Part 2). Cheers!!
10:50 nah that aphid just heard you were playing his JAM!
I was expecting Diatamacous Earth to have a much more dramatic effect on the aphids
I'm not surprised. I live in an area with those big tree roaches that get in no matter what, I've tossed both borax and DE on them, DE does nothing. Borax works great though.
@@pete3011 true, I used it for a month now and DE has done nothing, super disappointed
I have DTE all Over my eggplant leaves and every few days I check and there are brand new colonies of aphids on TOP of the fine white dust. So frustrating. It doesn’t seem to do squat! Hence why I’m researching it on RUclips now. 🤷🏻♀️
@@kateashby3066possible the quality?
i have to say the aphids test was well interesting and have now liked and subscribed to your channel
I really appreciated your vibes in this video! And it was hella interesting seeing the effects of the diatomaceous earth in the aphids as well.
Very interesting! Couldn’t stop watching! The suspense was great too!
After much research, I totally agree with all of the information during to microscope segment. The microscopic silicates are very sharp. The action of basically dissolving the shell or skin of small insects has a dehydration affect.
Really good content, enjoyable tone and obviously you are very experienced! Thank you!
Jim. Thank you! i've been so curious on how DE actually effects aphids!! awesome video mate
wow great video. Have always wanted to see them up close.
Thanks!
Awesome! Good luck with the pest controll!
Very interesting, enjoyed watching the aphids under your microscope. Thank you!
Please be careful breathing the D.E. From what I understand it looks like shards of glass under the microscope, and is effective in killing the insects by cutting their undersides as they move across it.They then dehydrate and die. Breathing it can also cut our human lungs. On the upside, I have put it in my dog's water to control worms and parasites, and I have put it in my smoothies as well. This is exclusively Food Grade D.E. that I am talking about.
Strangely, it does not harm earth worms, and that is very good.
Ohh man. I should've worn a mask while using that.
What George said... I am sorry if a buddy who made the music .. but .. you almost lost me. Besides that, a very interesting video. And excellent quality.
This was a great break from all the other gardening vids, I know I’m late to the party but that microscope footage was amazing.
Watched the whole video but was disappointed that no conclusion was reached. Was it effective at killing the aphids or not!!!
Didn't look terribly effective to me, but clearly caused at least one of the aphids some distress. These days I use pyrethrum on the edges of the floor to stop ants coming in, but use pyrethum on the plants themselves.. Cheers!!
The music is pucca
What about spider mites ....and how can I introduce it to a plant
@10:07 little guy still dancing to the beat! while others are tired of the party
Great stuff Jim. Love that we get a generous helping of biology! Best of luck with the aphids. Things are looking better for sure!
Eric William -MKme Tech Thanks Eric. I found it quite fascinating finding out the secret lives of the aphids when I sped the footage up. I'll want to try a similar experiment with detergent+water vs aphids soon - I'm rather tempted to be poor at pest control for the next couple of weeks just so that I'll be able to find some bugs for the next planty video. Cheers!!
please re-upload it without disco music. I had to mute it and use subtitles. I tried Diatomaceous Earth, wood ash, very fine dry sand, soapy water, oily water, baking soda with oil water, flour. Nothing helps. One gardener is saying its too much nitrogen in the soil.
If you are vigilant, DE will definitely work against aphids
hii Jim
since you have a microscope, can you pls do a video on how big and location of a aphid egg vs ladybug egg vs green lacewing egg pls.
i think i might have bin killing the wrong egg instead of aphid eggs..
thx
andrew
Looking good Jim :) Thanks for sharing :) loved the time lapse video. Though you had been posting video for much more than 1 year :)
Benja's Uber 1337 Hobby - Thanks Benja - It took forever to edit the time lapse stuff down to a watchable length, but I think the results were worthwhile. I'm still very much a newbie when it comes to making videos for youtube, but I find youtube a very enjoyable place to be - can't beat the communities which spring up on here and the people you get to chat with. It's great!!. Cheers!!
Jim Conner For sure :)
Thank you for that. Great footage. Great research.
Will it kill root aphids? I have just used some an I’m hoping it will do the job
The greatest thing ever. I will never use anything else . The only thing I found that doesn't work on is grass hoppers . My first use was for fleas. It's good for exoskeleton insects as well as soft body . So it works for all stages of bugs. And best part it's not harmful to your pets . Not good for fish though so if your powering your home cover your tank well till the dust calms down . This is a cool video to see how it realy works . So amazing . And there are many more uses
Great videos.I love it.I been wanting somebody to post a video like this.I also use D-Earth
I have natural bone Ash. Will that work also?
Loved the microscope Aphid experiment, Jim!
Keyplayr61 Greenhouse Hydroponics And Gardens Thanks Keith - Hope you're well. Cheers!!
Great
@@ThingsWhichArentWork did the DE work against the aphids?
I don't think your desiccant mechanism of action is the correct explain, or at least it isn't complete. The diatom bodies under stronger magnification look like serrated circular knives that easily pierce and cut the carapaces of insects like aphids, ants, and even bees. They need that waxy exoskeleton to retain their internal moisture. Once that barrier is compromised, the air itself will dedicate them rapidly. Of course, an additional desiccant in the environment speeds that process along further. Another reason I don't think DE is a good desiccant is that a lot of gardeners actually mix DE with water in a spray bottle to evenly disperse the powder. The water eventually evaporates and leaves a fine film of DE to ravage pests. Unfortunately, it affects all insects indiscriminately and may lead to bee die-off if used in mass quantities.
Mike Trieu DE once wet no longer acts as a pesticide
um... doesn't it come from the ocean floor? in water? so would you think it can dry out to powder? but when we get it wet, it cant dry out in to powder??? well it seems to me I put it on the soil after I water. it stays there till next watering and then it goes into the soil? and disappears and ceases to exist? I think it chops larva in the soil. but it washes off the surface so I put more. but now I use a stuff called "gnat nix" which doesn't wash into the soil every watering...
@@voidremoved it can get wet but doesnt work as well until it drys back out
Does this work on gnat larvae
4 years on, are you still using diatomaceous earth for aphid control?
I've been using it for 5 years and it works great as a preventative.
Great footage! And it looks like that baby aphid's dancing to the music. LOL
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Would this work for thrips and spidermite? Thank you .
I cheered out loud when you showed new strawberries! Best of luck beating the bugs.
You make me smile FlyingShotsman :) ... but better than that I just found six ripe strawberries this evening and munched them all straight away. Brilliant!! Cheers!!
Do you think the fact that the leaf was removed had anything to do with anything?
I have used diatomaceous earth for pest control myself and works great on most pests. However it did not work on affids . Hope this helps. I found lace wings work much better. The microscope is awesome and thaks for the vid
Jim Conner, Peace, Assalamu Alikum, it is a cool video, very hard work, well done. Thanks.
Thank you Soyod - Peace to you too. Cheers!!
If you put shade cloth (at least 30%) and increase humidity, you will considerably decrease spidermites. In addition, using plain water in a sprayer with a nozzle that really shoots the water out pointed over and under the leaves ..will help wash away aphids and mites. It is my understanding though I haven’t checked with bug guy who knows these particular insects - once they hit the ground, most can’t crawl back up - stay where they were born basically until mature. Need to be on the plant to mature.
Per most neem oil products, they state to not mix with adjuvants which are spreaders, stickers, extenders i.e. soaps. They recommend late evening usage, and not on stressed, wilted etc plants.
I don’t like neem - it burns very easily and it is toxic to bees and nearly non toxic to fish and birds but you are warned about it running off to drains and waterways and standing where birds might drink. Just the bees is enough,to make me not use. Our bees are under attack from colony collapse caused by the varroa mite and exposure to numerous chemicals, pesticides, herbicides, etc.including the neurotoxin Imidacloprid the most widely used pesticide in the world - check the active ingredient on your bottles.
If you use insecticidal soap - why are you mixing neem oil. However, if you are using regular dish soap - they have many chemicals that are harmful to plants particular when exposed to direct sun and heat. People see Dawn used to wash ducks and think it is safe for everything....it isn’t. They use a special dawn - the unscented, non antibacterial, etc. And most people use too much dish soap - it is just to act as a wetting agent i.e. a couple of drops in a gallon,of water will do it. If you have to use some household product - use a non scented baby shampoo. But Spend a few dollars - buy a safe purpose made insecticidal soap and use as directed - not how you think it should work.
Keep in mind - most horticultural oils recommend using out of bright sunlight and in cooler weather i.e. why we spray our trees and shrubs in the late fall and winter once the leaves are off so we can spray the branches where the egg masses are and not burn our leaves up.
From a neem oil label (Safer brand) ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS www.gardensafe.com/products/fungicide/neem-oil-extract-concentrate.aspx
Do not apply directly to water. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment washwaters or rinsate. To protect the environment, do not allow pesticide to enter or run off into storm drains, drainage ditches, gutters or surface waters. Applying this product in calm weather when rain is not predicted for the next 24 hours will help to ensure that wind or rain does not blow or wash pesticide off treatment area. Rinsing application equipment over the treated area will help avoid runoff to water bodies or drainage systems.
BEE HAZARD: This product is toxic to bees exposed to direct treatment. Do not apply this product while bees are actively visiting the treatment area.
Do not use detergent for insecticidal spray! Use a natural SOAP. Heal Earth brand at walmart. It's in the "all natural" section at walmart or you can buy online. The stuff is amazing. I use the one with peppermint oil in it. It smells good, works like a charm and has never damaged any of my plants.
Can you give us conclusion on your exprience with DE? Was the DE dusting an effective method of controling the pests in your garden? Thanks!
It definitely helps with supressing the pests, but once you've got them they're pretty much impossible to irradicate. My greenhouse has a floor made out of paving slabs and I get the best results by dusting the cracks in the floor with DE - that stops the ants coming in and farming aphids on my plants. Hope that helps. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheets!!
It may be working the same way on the adults, dehydration by disrupting the waxy coating on their exoskeleton, but they are feeding so that may compensate and rehydrate them
At minute marker 5:29 that maggot that is on the leaf is the larva of the Syrphid fly and they LOVE to eat aphids!
Great video!😱
Wow, to see exactly what it looks like.
I use Diatomaceous Earth, wet and dry.
Please make more like these?
You should do this with a live leaf is how much of the moving around is from the diatomaceous earth or from them looking for new food because they don't have
Great footage there Jim. & I hope that stuff gets rid of the Aphids for you.
Cheers
John
Thanks ***** - I remain unconvinced about any of the pest control measures I've tried so far... The butter bean plant which is now crawling with spider mites was sprayed with Neem oil a couple of weeks ago (when it was still looking healthy), and that's supposed to kill off spider mites... The pepper plant was also sprayed with it, and it's supposed to kill off aphids too. If the aphids are still thriving in a couple of weeks time, I might try a similar Neem Oil vs Aphids video to see what happens. Cheers!!
It works on millipede??
he trouble aphids are relatively stationary. DTE works mainly by a mechanical action getting into joints and rubbing protection of skins.
Well did it work, the diatomaceous earth?
What is the microscope model you use?
My attention was drawn to your video because of my curiosity with diatomaceous earth and garden pest control. Very interesting microscope footage, but with inconclusive results. I am applying D.E. mixed with water in an asortment of spray bottles (I've even ordered rechargeable sprayers too) to outdoor fruit plants and flowering plants loaded with aphids. The best thing D.E. has going for it, IS THAT IT doesn't hurt the plants, unlike stuff like Sevin. Delivering D.E. mixed with water, leaves a visible coating, once the water dries & it appears to slow down the "bug feast".
If DE gets wet then it’s not effective, correct? How would mixing it with water help anything? It’s whole purpose is to get in their exoskeleton and dehydrate them. How would it do this if it were wet? It wouldn’t, right? I’m asking because I’m truly curious. I’ve been using it for pest control and it works beautifully but every instruction set I’ve followed says to reapply after rain or after watering because water essentially renders it useless. If you’ve had luck mixing with water that seems to me like an easier and less time consuming process as it wouldn’t need to be constantly reapplied or monitored for rain/water/dew drops making it ineffective. I’d just like to hear how it’s done or what your experience is??
@@dawnsmith5691 my understanding is that it becomes effective again once it dries out. The rain just washes it off of the plants is why you want to reapply after rain. I mix mine with water in a 3 gallon sprayer to help ensure I’m not breathing it in when applying it because it is really damaging to your lungs to breathe that stuff in.
You should do this with a live leaf is how much of the moving around is from the diatomaceous earth or from them looking for new food so you've no longer has enough
So, did the powder have any effect?
Hi Michel Laine - Well.. it certainly didn't have the effect I was expecting at the start of the video - I was thinking that I'd see the aphids shrivel up as the diatomaceous earth absorbed the moisture from their bodies, but there was no sign of that happening (except perhaps for the aphids shedding their skins earlier than they normally would), but it was clear at the end of the microscope footage that the very young aphid was having a terrible time of it all. Aphids are very short-lived, so I'm assuming that the way it works is by making it impossible for the babies to feed and grow, meaning that all the aphids will die off in a few days time - You'll have to wait a couple of week's (as will I) for the next greenhouse update to see if it worked on the pepper and butter bean plants though. Cheers!!
Awesome footage ! I think that little aphid was just dancing to the music. LOL
Heh... Thanks +Tony Rivas - Hope all is well with you. Cheers!!
If you use the Bonner's peppermint soap diluted a bunch in the spray bottle the aphids and spider mite go off quite well . I use it all the time and then rinse it in a little while so as not to burn or build up residue. Sometimes I don't rinse and things seem to be alright anyway.This is the liquid soap I mean I haven't tried a bar soaked up. I get it at the heath store.
Don't want to sound salty or negative to a fellow technically minded Englishman though I do believe the sea bed has already been devastated by such extraction and that it is an essential ecosystem for our entire environment. Any move away from the poison that is roundup and the like is still welcomed and maybe one day we will see a night time refrigeration system which both knackers the arthropods and increases growth rates by a greater difference in respiration and photo respiration temperatures. Modern refrigerants mean a very economic chiller system too, so.....all the best and thanks for the vid
Fascinating!
what bone meal will.kill meats pleezz lmk. its. maen meal
Do they come from the sea only or from fresh water as well? Are they always white? ... can it be yellowish? Are they found all over the world or only in some places? Are there different grades? - and if so, what determines the difference? I live in Chiangmai, Thailand and no one seems to know what Diatomaceous Earth is!
Hi Virginia - I'm afriad I don't know for sure the answers to most of those questions. Wikipedia tells me that they're a major group of algae and among the most common type of phytoplankton, and that they grow in fresh and sea water, but beyond that, I'm afriad I've no idea about different grades or colours. Sorry. Cheers!!
thank you keep the music. good video of the aphidS. Dia earth i good Stuff,
I have been using DE thinking it would work. And do you know... I purchase grains in bulk and coat the bottom of my containers with food grade diotomaceous earth. The other day I reached the bottom and almost threw up when I saw all the crawley's walking about in my food through the D.E. without a care in the world!
The Music put me in a trans 😍 and i started micro dosing acid and i kerpt replaying this video over and over omg i was tripping balls dude 😅
Yay... a comment that isn't about how much people hate the music :-) Thank You :-)
lol, I packed a bowl and wondered when Donna Summer was gonna start singing:)
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It would be cool to slip this song with Jim Conner's voice over the top into a rave mix in Ibiza. Jim would become an international superstar and spread diatomaceous awareness to the masses. 3:06
Jim Conner mate I love that music
The music was great! Hard to find Ryan Grenz Monsoon though.
Ryan & I have recently been publishing stuff under the name Sonographers. We spent a year and a half making an album 'Without Borders' together. We've also got a new tune on the way which might drop tomorrow evening. You can find us to listen for free on SoundCloud at soundcloud.com/sonographers or if you REALLY like our tunes you can find them for sale on BandCamp. Cheers!!
so it must effect the larva and young insects . this will help slow down and maybe eventually they leave or just all die out
The little aphid was just dancing to the techno music!
I bougut a bag of Fox Farms Ocean Forest and put a germinated seed in, a day later when my seedling came through the dirt I noticed some type of white mites crawling on its first leaves and panicked. I ended up reading about DE, and immediately bought a bag and dusted my seedling and topsoil. That was about 5 days ago now and i have not seen another bug since. I will be appling another dusting tomorrow or the day after and again in another week just to make sure any eggs that may have been laid hatches and the DE kills it. In short, THIS STUFF WORKS. I DEFINITELY RECOMMEND TO ANYONE HAVING BUG ISSUES WITH THEIR PLANT.
Not the detergent sir I believe it got sprayed during day time and sun cooked the leaves . Any foliar spray should be done at night
Wow.. This is such a cool video! I'm amazed
It doesnt "suck out the moisture" it breaks down the hard coating on their outer shell and joints
The problem with THE MUSIC, is an individualized issue. Some of us, growing up, would read a book laying on the floor, while the radio and/or tv were playing. Some would have to read their books in total silence and I get that too.
I use DE on the ants that farm the aphids. It cuts their exoskeleton, especially in the joints. They go back to the nest and die, contaminating other ants that have to remove the carcass. If you want ants to disappear, dust them with DE.
That's the best use I've found too... DE on floor of the greenhouse around the edges seems to stop the ants from farming aphids in the first place. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers!!
Cool! Thanks for making this. I just wish the volume of the music was lower I like it no but I can barely hear what you’re saying and it’s important info that I am trying to hear
I loved the music.
Wow, are you a professional gardener/farmer ? Very impressive experiment
Hi Ese - Not at all. I'm just curious by nature and have a lot of hobbies. I have a microscope for doing electronics work (another hobby) and was curious to see what effect DE had on the aphids and whether it would be an effective control for the greenhouse. I haven't used DE on the plants this year, but sprinkling it on the greehouse floor seems to have stopped the ants from bringing aphids in as ants really really hate DE. Cheers!!
music is fine great video!
8yrs later the little buggers are still playing in the D.E!
good luck with the pest control, also Hey Spottybob :)
Thanks Simon Donnellan - Those rabbits seem to be sneaking their way into every one of my videos lately - it's not planned... they're just adventurous. The other rabbit (with the longer ears) is called Cadbury due to all his chocolate coloured markings. Cheers!!
Great music mate 👍
Really cool. Insightful and I learned alot about the dag gone aphids. I still hate em though lol
I read somewhere insects can take 72 hours to die.
Excellent video work with the microscope!
Drop the music next time.
10:05 aphid dancing to the beatttt!!!!!
is that food
grade
Hi Pale Blue Dot - Yes, the diatomaceous earth I used was food grade.... I've found that it's brilliant for stopping ants bringing aphids onto the plants if I scatter it on the floor of the greenhouse - I don't really use it on the plants themselves is it's a bit messy. Cheers!!
+Jim Conner
ya it seems that the aphids didnt move much so it didnt really get into the joints except for the little breakdancer.
i imagine the active ants hated it
Background music is so loud I can't make out half of what you say.
Amazing Aphids . It seems the Diatomaceous earth had only an effect on the babies.
Nime oil and a little mild soup is a great mixture Jim. A nice video and Strawberries are back again - great. The Tomato cutting is working well. Cheers for now.
Thanks Patrick Meehan - It was fascinating for me to watch all the footage at 100x speed after I'd shot it, and to finally see the secret lives of the aphids, shedding their skins and pooping their ant food. Both the pepper plants, and the butter bean were sprayed with Neem oil two weeks ago, so I was rather surprised to find them crawling with insects when I came back from holiday - I was really expecting the Neem to have had more of an effect. Sooner or later I'll find a solution which works effectively though. I'm very pleased with the tomato cutting, and started another two cuttings after I'd finished shooting the video. Hope all is well in your bit of London. Cheers!!
Jim Conner Jim Try spraying neem every 3 days for 2 weeks ...Neem only lasts a few days before it breaks down .... and the bugs reproduce quickly ... you need to treat several times to make sure you interrupt the life cycle completely.... follow my advice and you will be bug free ... then spray 1 a week as a preventative measure ... bugs do not build up resistance to neem ... prevention is better than the cure ...
Hi GreenEvolutions - I'm trying to be better at pest control (hence ordering neem oil and diatomaceous earth a couple of weeks ago), but due to work commitments, I've been struggling to get enough time in the greenhouse during the week. I've had pumps break, reservoirs run dry and bugs all over the place this year and the plants have suffered badly as a result. I'll see if I can stick to the schedule you suggest. Thanks for the tip. Cheers!!
Jim Conner Totally understand Jim ... I get called away from my farm all the time and it is guaranteed that that is when something will go wrong... But here is a fun project for you, to tie together a few of your inventions .... Your hi pressure water pump, some greenhouse misters strategically placed, one of your auto dosers .. and maybe a solenoid or two for freshwater or dump valve for residue .... and a timer or an arduino to control it ..... Neem needs to be mixed fresh for each application .. and a fresh water spray is always a good thing once a week ... I bet you could have it mix other foliar sprays for you as well like seaweed and garlic ... most pests don't like getting wet all the time .... and plants love to get rained on to wash them off .... love your technical stuff ... way over my head with the electronics most of the time ..... but I have been in the bug wars for years now ... and the most important secret with natural organic pest control is to start using it before you see bugs ... I grow year round and have found over the years, it is the only way keep them under control ,, its not one battle ... it is an never ending war ..... spray as often as you can .... and rinse with fresh water every few days ... you will never have a problem again .....
That's a superb idea GreenEvolutions - I've already got all of the parts I'd need to make an auto-mixer-sprayer device. I'm going to add that project onto my very long to-do list in the hope that I get around to it one day. Thanks for the idea. Cheers!!
good one Jim ...love the growing Aphids amazing that you could watch them like that.
Aphid poop...yum
101blog Thanks John - It's amazing how different worlds emerge when you speed-up/slow-down (timelapse/slow-mo) video footage. I found it fascinating seeing the aphids shedding their skins. I know you're joking about the aphid poop, but you're probably right... I'd expect it to be very much like syrup - it probably doesn't actually taste too bad :-) Cheers!!
Those Aphids in a different world ...little green space cows ..Glad they don't make burgers out of them :)
101blog Well.. given that they put lettuce in burgers, there's a fair chance that in your lifetime you've already eaten a aphid burger or two. Cheers John!!
Those must of been the tasty ones :)
Very interesting. So basically, diotom earth has no real effect on aphids except maybe the baby ones.
It does it just doesn’t kill them in 9 hours. It takes at least 12 sometimes 48 but will def wipe out an infestation and keep it away. It’s all I use and it always works
Maybe the aphids are shedding their skins to get rid of the stuff that's all over them?
This is literally all I wanted! Great Video Thanks!
I'm not surprised by this. I live in an area with those big tree roaches that get in no matter what, I've tossed both borax and DE on them, DE does nothing, but Borax works great killing them. I dont know if borax is good for gardens, but if I ever have a need, I'll look into that and use it long before DE.