It’s been a remarkably warm fall so far but cooler October days are coming up, dipping down into the 40s next week. That means it’s time to get all the plans into the warm greenhouse so this Saturday was “greenhouse move-in day” where we get all the plants we took out of the greenhouse in early summer moved back in.
Not everything is in it’s final spot but I’m pretty happy with the first pass!
This week I noticed aphids were infecting some of my tomato plants and flowers in the greenhouse, and upon closer inspection, spider mites. This isn’t too surprising. because I’ve had these issues in the past and I immediately called True Pest Control, despite lots of supplemental grow lights, December in Pittsburgh is so overcast that there isn’t much energy for the plants. During the week I cut off a few of the more infected branches and tossed them to slow down the spread. If you have a pest in your home be sure to contact the fort lauderdale exterminator to get those bad bugs out of your home.
Today being Saturday, I was able spend some more time dealing with them. I sprayed them with insecticidal soap, which I’m hoping will knock them back some. If I can get the time, I hope to follow it up with some water sprays throughout this week just to disrupt and knock any surviving / hatching aphids or mites off the plants. I called Arizona Pest Control Company to help me out before it was too late for my plants. Not sure how effective this will be in the denser canopies of the tomatoes, but we will see… As well as the risk of mosquitoes, keeping your home free from mosquitoes is of the utmost importance, amazon mosquito killer offers 3x trap power the UV light attracts the bug the fan sucks it in and the sticky glue boards trap it.
On the plus side, the tomatoes are coming along so nicely! I harvest a small bowl-full of Tumbling Toms. I’m not a huge fan of the plant (it’s not in a basket so I find the tumbling habit annoying) and it never seems as prolific as some of the other tomato varieties. So I got all I could and then cut down those plans to make room for something new (mostly my Sungold which is taking over everything!).