Aphids part Three

They are coming!!! I can not get a handle on these guys. This is my summer squash that has already beat one round with the aphids.  I have left it alone but after dousing the armenian cucumber and the regular cucumber this guy got hit again.  I do not think the tomato spray did much, it just moved the suckers. So I am not going that route again.  This time I have strategically placed some Banana peels under the plant. It has been suggested that the ethylene/ethene gas might ward them off. I do not want to kill  them but I just want them to not kill anything else. If you notice the baby squash plant is growing crooked because of those gross buggies.

Aphids part Deux

It has been two days since I started the tomato spray.  I managed to get a shot of some of the aphids.  *blech*

EWWWW

Ew Ew Ew

(this is a few days after spraying so they look kinda flattened)

But even ewer-see those black spots up there?

I got 'em

I am pretty sure those are the murdered aphids.  So this seems to have at least done SOMETHING. I have applied the spray three days in a row. Last night and this morning I made sure to flip over each leaf and spray top and bottom.  An additional bonus is that the leaves are still in good shape-much better shape than after the soap spray.

Extra good news since I also found this...

 Aphids on my cucumber-it wasn't immune either :(. I picked off the leaves where I saw them. I have considered planting some Alliums (summer chives) next to my cucumber but I only have one and am worried to risk it after my earlier aph-saster this spring.

Another good thing was the presence of ants.  I was concerned because if one thing is going to die from the tomato spray other bugs might also. But they seemed immune running around and patting their little aphid friends on the butt, probably trying to revive their sweet honeydew factories. (I must admit I felt good knowing that seemed to be in vain)