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What's the best method to get rid of aphids on Zinnias? Some of my plants are pretty infested with them.

Mostly flowers and vegetables. I know that's a pretty broad list but that's how it is. A little bit of everything.

Is there a problem with starting watermelons and cantaloupes in the greenhouse and then after the last frost transplanting them in the garden? The reason I ask this is I've heard they don't like the roots to be disturbed. If this is the case, what's the best method of going about starting them...

Got the problem solved. It looks like I over did it with fertilizing. After I cut back drastically, they're doing nicely.

Here's some pics of the petunias. You can see the black bugs on some of the pics, not very detailed though.

STOP!!

Heyyy this is the perfect thread to up my posts without breaking the rules. (I need 10).

Hello. I operate a small greenhouse out of southern Manitoba. Lots of information to be gleaned from this forum, as I can see:)

There seems to be quite a bit of bumping on this thread and not from the newbie.:lol: Anyways it's not spider mites that are on my petunias, anyway not based on their description. Some leaves also have brown patches on them. That's what has me concerned the most.

'Very close' is an understatement. I just started growing from seed this year and had my lights about four feet above the trays. yikes. Seedlings grew about three inches tall before they started putting out leaves.

My discriptions of the flowers don't seem to do them any justice. I'd love to post pics.

I need a quick way to get 10 posts

What puzzles me is that in spite of the yellow leaves, or the leaves with brown blotches on them, the petunias seem to bloom very nicely.

Yes there are small black bugs on them. They don't move at all when I touch them or shake the leaves. What works best for spider mites?

I noticed some leaves starting to yellow on my Wave Petunias last week and since then have tried a number of different attempts to get them green again with nothing seeming to help. I tried giving them a dose of Iron and checked the PH of the water. I fertilize regularly with 20-20-20. How do...