aphids on tomatoes

[spookybird]

How do you get rid of them?? Aphids on tomato plants!!
I've been spraying with the hose everyday but with the rain were having I'm afraid I'll have a bigger problem. thanks

 

[digitS']

Aphids can be easy to kill, or ..

. for some unexplained reason, they can sometimes be difficult. What in the world is in lupines that the aphids suck outta the poor plants that make them SuperAphids?!

Anyway, you have been doing the right thing. How about showing up 4 or 6 hours later, while 1/3rd of the critters are still enroute back to the plants, and spraying plants and soil with insecticidal soap?

I had not had wonderful success with neem oil in previous years but tried it again in 2016 on the aphids. It seemed to work best if I alternated with the soap. Either way, the aphids reproduce so quickly, you are probably needing to hit them twice several days apart, to give the plants some extended relief. Be careful to spray late in the day so the sun doesn't burn plants made vulnerable by the spray.

Best of Luck!

Steve

 

[seedcorn]

Aphids are born pregnant which is why they multiple so fast.

 

[Smart Red]

Really, seedcorn? Dratted little pests!

 

[spookybird]

Thanks. I have a recipe for insecticidal soap that I will try!

 

[Nyboy]

Aphids are born pregnant which is why they multiple so fast.

Wow virgin mothers

 

[Smart Red]

Vermin mothers!

And does that mean males are irrelevant?

 

[seedcorn]

As I understand it, males are only necessary for first generation. Then each succeeding generation is born pregnant. So the ones you see are females causing problems. The males are not causing any problems........

 

[Smart Red]

Males are needed only for the 'over-wintering' generation which creates the first generation of the growing season.