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I'm shocked that you guys aren't inflicted with cancer or thyroid issues due to all the wifi and emf radiation devices connected to your head, breast, wrist etc. Please research you guys!!! Not good.
How is cleaning and maintaining it, any leak issues? Worried about clogging, I'm having issues on my drip emitters lines and started to clog this season.
🐞I Love Ladybugs 🐞I'm also reading that tumeric added to the milk and sprayed on will help kill the pests and fungus, and supposedly not the ladybugs and lacewing. But I would check more into that or test it. But on another plus milk should keep your tomatoes from getting Blossom end rot. That is what I fight the most on my tomato plants. I usually use dry milk or left over milk and bone meal. If you have any more ideas you have used that would be wonderful. I just have to keep an eye on that all the time. I'm near St Louis. So howdy neighbor 😊
If it ain't bugs, it's deer, if it ain't deer it's rabbits ,if it ain't rabbits is moles, if it ain't .... or it's all of those. Gardening is always a challenge. When you harvest those juicy organic veggies and sit down to have a meal, there is your reward. Don't forget to ask God to bless your garden! Thanks for the video, lots of us have learned from your hard work.
We planted along fence on forest huge sunflower 🌻 deer knock down when seeds and rabbits and boar happy. Buckets of water trays of water for bunnies and salt blocks away from garden and food scraps kept them away. Also I walk k9 along fence to pee...problem solved!
Keith at "Growing Out the Box" demonstrates how to make this milk-based mixture. He uses it to prevent powdery mildew on all his plants. Happy side effect, it also repels white flies, aphids, and the likes. He just put a video up in the last week on this topic. Extremely easy and affective.
No matter how much gardening experience a gardener has, every year different challenges happen. When you learn and overcome these challenges, you are putting more knowledge in your brain. Always learning. I love it.
Absolutely!! No two seasons are alike!! You can grow the same things year after year with no problems but there will always be that one season where nature takes us by surprise!! When it comes to gardening we are always at the mercy of nature!!
With the milk solution, use as whole milk or high fat content as possible. The sticky dried fat locks calcium and magnesium on the body of the aphid and they essentially suffocate as they cannot breath and transpire through their body. This also works on spider mites. Ladybugs and Lacewing are essential, each ladybug can eat 50-100 aphids per day (essentially their entire body mass in aphids each day). Make sure you keep some Dill, Marigolds, Calendula, and Fennel in the greenhouse as well. These are host plants for them and will help you get a continual ecosystem going. Also adding some butterfly host plants is a good idea. (Mason bees, or Leafcutter bees are good but they need to be outside the greenhouse space, the UV filters on greenhouse covers mess with their ability to orient themselves, find their hive/nest and locate things to pollinate. Bee's eyes need full UV to function). Ideally you just put a small planter in the corner, or scatter a couple of small pots in among the others and it'll keep them in the area as they feed, lay eggs, and continue the cycle. Plus you'll attract lady bugs that leave to your greenhouse as they require these plants to survive.
That moment when Kevin held up those tomatoes and smiled with sheer delight it just gave me so much joy. You guys are awesome; you work so hard to live your best life!
Yes, I noticed that grin too. Was surprised that he didn’t pop it into his mouth… but he did remind us they fast in the morning. You know that took GREAT restraint! 😅
Ladybugs are amazing! This is the first year I have ever had an aphid problem, I’m in Missouri too. Anyhow, before I even got a chance to use dish soap, I noticed a huge amount of lady bug eggs, and lacewing eggs on tomatoes!! They all did an amazing job!!!
I had a hate for Sparrows, because the are introduced here and I believed they displaced native birds, UNTIL one day I was sitting enjoying a cup of tea, in the backyard, I watched a Sparrow methodically going from bush to bush, cleaning off all the aphids. After that, I revised my planting for bird friendly, put in 2 bird baths, put out seed trays, now I don’t mind having fruit bird pecked and spend more time in the garden enjoying it with the birds.
@@oliviac6539 Hi Olivia, I wouldn’t go that far, I much prefer the Blue Wrens, there is a bush by the side of the house, it’s a nuisance, gets in the way, isn’t very attractive, I leave it alone because each year at least 2 and usually more Blue Wrens build a nest in it and raise families! They are so delightful hopping around the yard eating bugs. I don’t know if you are familiar with them, the male is much more colourful, he usually has 3 or 4 wives, they all build the nests and all feed the young. Then, in late summer or autumn, they disappear until Spring.
My outside peppers always do better, those little birds are truly amazing. I was able to harvest cabbage last year without covering!! I couldn't believe it.
Thank you , brilliant video and also how well you both communicate ,, respectful of each other I yearn to grow veg, but live close to a forest and have baboons come pull all out,,, One day I will have a baboon proof enclosure 🎉🎉
Back in the 1950's my mother used to clean every leaf on her many houseplants with milk. Once a week on "plant day". Totally forgot about this until now. I always thought it was to make them shine, but now I wonder if she used it as a fungicide! You two are so cute! love your channel. cas
NEXT time this happens... If you have a vegetable blender... Take 5 cloves of garlic and a 1 inch wedge of onion... throw it in the blender with a quarter filled with water. next a heaping teaspoon of cyan pepper powder, then 1 teaspoon of dawn dish soap, (it is the safest soap on the planet for plants). Then mix it until it has become minced. Then sieve it to put in a spray bottle. THATS IT! Your BEST organic aphids control for ANY greenhouse! Stuff a rag for the top soil before you spray and make sure you spray under the leaves and for 7 days straight for the bugs life cycle and yes I see you have a lot of plants so it will take a bit of time. Get the mites and nematodes if you can next time to avoid spraying and losing bugs that fly away. I commented the type of mites and toads to buy last video. Good Luck folks and I love your garden journey.
I planted marigolds this year next to my tomatoes and green beans and it has made a huge difference in pest control. I almost lost my green beans to snails, but after i planted the marigolds my beans are exploding. I will be planting marigolds every year now.
@@ambercraven605 after I planted my zucchini and squash, I put food grade diatametious earth around those plants, haven't seen any squash bugs this year.
WOW! This reminded me of my childhood in the '50s. My mom would set me up with a milky water solution and a small cloth and have me wet the cloth and wipe down the leaves on her houseplants. Like most kids I never asked why but, I enjoyed those moments with my mom and cherish the memory. Thank you for the reminder.
Greetings from Ireland... glad the ladybirds (which is what we call them here) are doing their job. I thought you guys might get a little giggle out of the gaelic word for ladybirds - its boin dhe - pronunciation would be bow (like bow and arrow) n jay... and the translation for this is Gods little cow😊 so both God's little cow and God's larger cow have had a hand in saving your harvest... the notion made me smile. My best wishes to you all and continued good wishes for kevins dad.
I like the fogger, Hudson has been one of the top sprayer manufacturers for many years. Congratulations on gaining the upper hand in the war on aphids.
Whew! Thought we were going to have to do a benefit concert so we could send Kevin his tomatoes haha. I got a devastating aphid invasion in my greenhouse one year. My grandson saved the day by catching me about 6 adult praying mantids. They cleaned out the aphids and became pretty tame. When I opened up in the morning they would “hide” behind a plant stem and peek at me as I worked. I would hand feed them grasshoppers as it was a plague year. I never wanted to accidentally “harvest” one amongst greens like lettuce or chard where they are hard to see. So I would move them (with gloved hands so I didn’t get spiked if one got upset) to plants where I could see them. In the fall they left me huge healthy oothecae to hatch the next spring. They are really fun friends to help out in the garden. I am amazed at the milk remedy. Good luck!
You're right about the lady bugs wanting some water right away. One other trick to help keep them around is to have a constant water source for them. Try putting a few bird baths or bowls with rocks in them, so they don't have to look far for water.
I have found by accident that aphids love nasturtiums. They seem to prefer them over anything in my garden. I’ve started planting them as sacrificial plants and I locate them where they’re a bit out of sight. I do cut off the stems that are heavily covered in aphids and drown them in soapy water. It seems to be all that’s needed to keep them under control, it takes very little effort on my part and it looks pretty.
I started my little homestead just two years ago and am doing mostly by myself. So it’s a lot slower growing and I often feel like a failure but I know it’s part of the process of learning. Seeing your guys’ experience of difficulties makes me feel so much better! I love learning from you guys!!! Thanks so much for teaching us as you keep learning!!!
It does take a lot of patience and trial and error to be successful. Kevin and Sarah are great, and another wonderful family to follow and learn from is True Grit: Appalachian Ways. You will love them. Good luck!!
An older man once told me to put a tsp of milk powder in the hole as you plant tomatoes, it helps with fruit set. Thanks for the tip on the milk spraying I'll try it when our summer comes, NZ 🌻☺️
That diluted milk will help with powdery mildew as well. When treating powdery mildew on squash plants, I mix a couple of drops of dish soap too. It helps to get the milk mixture to adhere a little.
Try planting one clove of garlic in each tub. You would need to plant them in October-November. Mark where you plant the bulb. Garlic is a natural insect repellant.
Hi Kevin and Sarah😊 I just love the cheeky grin Kevin had on his face when picking those tomatoes. It was like looking at a kid in a candy shop 😊 Y'all are such a lovely couple 💖
Every spring the aphids hit, a week later the lady beetles show up. The first year it was hard to not do something but knowing they show up makes it better.
Hopefully this is the LAST issue you guys have to deal with for a long while. This year has been so trying for you with Kevins and his Dads health problems and the aphids. Prayers moving forward that the remainder of the year will be problem free and your harvesting will be plentiful. Hopefully, with your sharing the aphids problem and solution will help those people out there dealing with this and losing sleep, desperate for help. We're all in this together, and by sharing this, you are blessing others. I will share this also. God bless.🙏
I've been using ladybugs and lace wings as a natural predator control in my tomato garden for decades and find it to be the most effective and most beneficial type of control. I don't have a greenhouse so there is nothing to keep them in place. I find once the aphids are eliminated, the majority of the ladybugs move on in search of food. I usually do find nymphs later in the year but living in a climate where we get below zero winters for extended periods of time, I find I have to reorder them every year which can be rather costly. Especially since I don't have a greenhouse. However, it is still worth it to me to spend the money on beneficial insects versus poison. I have been organically gardening for 49 years, one year shy of half a century and would never use chemicals of any kind. Even OMRI/organic pesticides and herbicides are toxic if a beneficial insect lands on the plant while they are still wet. Beneficial insects are the only 100% sure way to guarantee no pollinators are killed. I applaud you for using this method. As for the fogger, I purchased a very inexpensive pergola/umbrella misting system and have it along set up along with my soaker hoses. When I release beneficial insects, I put the misting system on a timer to disperse a light mist for a bit of time each night. The mist is far finer than that of a fogger, which I have used in the past and automated which the fogger is not.
We live in the Desert, hot Summer's with high winds, mix of sandy dirt n clay. Winter's are hardy as well....mid to low 30's, at times mid 20's. It's been a struggle growing vegetables. Afids are a nightmare as well as the 🍅 worms. I've learned today n I so appreciate you both so much. Bless you! "Isa"
Really interesting video. Many years ago my parents lost a beautiful weeping willow tree to aphids. There were so many that they couldn’t even sit on their patio because of the mess. It was sad losing that tree. So glad you didn’t lose all your tomatoes.
Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of using milk before. Glad y'all saved your tomatoes. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE !!! after all this time, y'all mean to tell us that y'all actually work together well !!??!! Maybe that explains how y'all get all your chores done when working together. I'm sure I'm not the only one glad to hear this. LOL Thank y'all for all that you show us. Hope the homestead continues to thrive. God bless y'all and stay safe on the homestead.
Thanks for sharing your battle plans to overcome the aphids. I will keep your tips tucked away for future battles. Kevin, so glad you will not be separated from your daily tomato snacking! God is good!
CANT BELIEVE I WATCHED THE ENTIRE VIDEO! YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! YOU SEEMS SUCH A GREAT FIT,THAT YOU TWO REMIND ME OF AN OLD TIME SNL SKIT COUPLE! I ONLY HOPE YOU ARE AS HAPPY AS YOU APPEAR, AND THAT MILLIONS MORE CAN BE THAT HAPPY TOO! TYX FOR POSTING
So glad you you were able to save your tomato plants….I subscribe to the “Millennial Gardener”…he has been so helpful and knowledgeable for me….that’s great you found him too…..
It has been an aphid epidemic here in Missouri! Must be due to how wet it was in May and early June. I recovered enough from sinus surgery last week to get out in my garden here in Columbia and quickly realized that if I didn’t act quickly I was at risk of losing all of my tomato plants. They were oddly only on my tomatoes, not just aphids but whiteflies…I’ve never seen them so thick! I treated with a non-organic insecticide, followed by a neem/Dawn soap mix a couple of days later and I think I’ve got it under control for now. As I was getting my issue under control, my mom in Kansas City called and described a similar plague on her tomatoes so over the weekend I was there helping get their tomatoes under control. The foggers are a godsend! I’ve been using the superhandy handheld sprayer recommended by the Millennial Gardener for 3 years now and it cuts my spraying time by 90%! Not sure why they were discontinued, but just yesterday I purchased an open box superhandy 3gal backpack fogger from eBay for a great price. It is corded so if the battery on my current fogger ever goes kaput I will have a backup. Surprisingly, I had purchased my cordless fogger on Amazon with battery and charger for much less than the battery alone costs today. Love your videos and looking forward to adding milk to my arsenal of weapons! Gardening in Missouri is a challenge! Last season was the opposite of this season…cooler and dry for most of May and June meant few diseases and high pollination rates on my tomatoes which led to a truly bumper harvest. I thought I’d reached expert gardener level but turns out it was just the Missouri weather dealing me a rare perfect hand. This year it’s another challenge but I guess that’s part of the fun of it.
I really enjoyd this video. You explained the solution quite well. I haven't had a problem with aphids yet but I'll definitely remember what you showed us. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience...including the reality of what didn't work! Right after you posted this video, I tried spraying milk on our aphid covered peppermint. We were concerned the aphids would spread to our tomatoes and other plants. After spraying several times, they were gone. Today I harvested an abundance of peppermint and there are no signs of aphids anywhere in our garden! You guys are awesome! God bless!
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This video freaks me out! Ive been gardening for 5yrs. If i had seen this video in the beginning of my gardening journey, i would have given up! This is amost TMI for the average backyard gardener...
This is great! Thank you. I've used milk as a spray in the orchard for fongus. Very important that it's raw milk. Something I learned from a soil scientist- Aphids don't like sweetness. So sweetening the soil really makes a difference. In a gallon of water mix approximately (I've been doing this for years and don't remember the exact measurements. ) 1 teaspoon molasses, 1 teaspoon azomite (a great source of trace minerals, 1 heaping Table spoon fish emulsion or kelp emulsion, and if you have some, 1/4 teaspoon powdered vitamin C. This can also be used as a foliar spray
Thank you for posting about the raw milk part. I was crawling through the comments looking for the clarification about the milk. I had a feeling it needed to be raw.
I'm so glad you ran onto the Millenial Gardener's channel. He has a lot of solid tips and info he shares and has been gardening for a long time. I can only imagine what all that milk mess was like. That fogger is such a great idea.
You guys are wonderful. The Lord has blessed you with great minds and the ability to search out answers to problems. In turn, you have been given a true heart for others and a platform to share your knowledge. It has been wonderful to see your family grow and the guidance God has provided. From the little house on the other farm to your new home and equipment All the while, you share what you've learned and set a wonderful example. May God's blessing continue for all of you!!
So thankful you guys found a solution! It stinks that you had to go through that, but the positive is you learned something new and passed it on to your viewers. Now we have important information that can help us. Have been reading that high nitrogen soil levels can attract the aphids. Maybe adding some dried milk powder (and watering it in) and using phosphorous will help. Just some ideas I have used in the past to help balance not just the soil but the juices flowing through the plant that can help attract bugs or not. LOVE how you guys work together, it has help us alot! My husband does not care for garden work, but watching you two has helped make a change. Having fresh veggies to munch on from the garden makes a difference too! Like Kevin, he loves his tomatoes, and also green beans straight from the plant! God bless everyone 🥰 P.S. The coconut cream popsicles were a hit!
When you started talking about things you tried, I thought, "I wonder if they'll try milk?" I've used that for years with my basil plants (indoors), and it works like a charm!
CONGRATULATIONS! Your persistence really made the difference. Thanks for keeping your TOP RANKED channel ever so informative and genuine. LOL from Chicago, Illinois USA
I used to just blast the aphids off the plants with water. I have seen a number of articles about milk in the garden, but I believe it had to do with combating white powdery mildew. Nice to see you guys already harvesting, and also doing intermitant fasting. Many days I'm on the OMAD schedule .... especially during hot weather that kills my appetite. All the best Kevin & Sarah .... happy gardening!🍅🌶🥒🥬
Thank you for thesimplest milk and fogger tip. Kudos. To MI gardener. Glad this helped save your crop and great on the biologicals. Appreciate you guys
Great discovery & thanks for sharing. Stephan Sobikowak (spelling?) UA-cam channel, uses milk whey to control disease & pests in his orchards in Quebec, Canada. I’ve used milk kefir whey on my baby cherry trees to get rid of aphids & ants. So great to know of other ways of managing plants holistically. Blessings 🤗🇨🇦
Aphids have been the bane of my existence up here in Wisconsin.Thank you for sharing the "milk solution" AND for referring us to The Millennial Gardener! 👍
That red mushroom you had in your newsletter was a red chanterelle. Very edible, best cooked or can be dried to use later as they hold their flavor 👍 great find!
My grandfather taught us to plant and we've always done it all natural whereas nowadays they call it organic we've always juice milk for aphids and a few other bugs also we use milk for our fruit trees whenever they have a fungus or any other plants. In the winter to keep our ladybugs and a few other bugs that we want to keep in the greenhouse we keep two roses and a few flower plants that will grow through the winter the aphids seem to like to lay their eggs on these plants. When we do order ladybugs we make sure that they are native to our area they seem to do better we have a fogger but we've never used it to spray the milk thank you it's a great idea
Thank you for the tip on the aphids. They always are attracted to my roses every single year and like you...I had tried everything. So Milk it is!! Thank you again.
I went to the hardware/garden store yesterday looking for ladybugs. They didn't have any but they did have pepper plants. I bought a jalapeno. And looked at hungarian peppers. Both of which are hotter if they are allowed to ripen. I didn't know that. I may have to try that. Glad you got those aphids under control
💚 I've battled aphids before, but usually on cool weather crops like Brassicas and some flowers, never tomatoes. Wonder what conditions caused them to be so detrimental to your tomatoes? Glad you were able to find some tactics to use..a fogger with milk..who'd have thought? Glad the issue seems to be under control! 💚
I had bought some transplants at a local nursery last fall. Two days later I had aphids. Fortunately the weather was turning cool. I sprayed them with the hoe, using as much pressure as I could generate, holding my thumb over the water stream. It worked, and I haven't seen aphids since!
My son grows tomatoes for a living on a farm near Springfield, MO. They have had good success with an aphid control product called Macho 2.0. You apply it once to the roots of the plants and the aphids keep away from them.
Kevin. . A couple years ago I stored a camper trailer outdoors. I rolled up the awning for winter. In spring when I unrolled that awning it literally rained lady bugs . Iimagine a 1 inch tube would work
❤Amazing Discovery & The Fogger is Awesome as Well. 😊 HOPE THE TOMATOES COME ON THROUGH With NO MORE Problems.. Everything else in Greenhouse looks Great 👍 GOD BLESS & take Care..❤
Two years ago I had a huge infestation of aphids in my grow room. Tried the home remedies (probably killed more plants than the aphids). Long story short, lost a good 1/3rd of my plants. That summer the aphids attacked my tomatoes out in the garden, ordered some lacewing eggs, within 6 weeks aphids completely gone, never to return. Green lacewings are native to where I am at in WI. Did some research and found lace wings are attracted to yarrow, along with some other plants. Started yarrow from seed in my grow room this spring and planted in and around my tomato bed. I already grow dill, cilantro, fennel and cosmos, hopefully the yarrow directly in the bed will pull more lacewings in. APHIDS, not my favorite insect. Nice video, Stay Well!!!
Thank you for this. I’m so frustrated with aphids in my greenhouse that I’ve just given up trying to grow things in it during the summer. I can’t wait to try it next year when I start over!
Every year my pepper plants get inundated with aphids, so much so that I wasn’t going to plant them anymore but last year, by happy accident, I noticed the ladybugs showed up much earlier in the season thanks to some coriander that had gone to flower among the pepper plants and no aphid problems. Am going to try it again this year (southern hemisphere) to see if it works again. Will remember the milk trick as plan B. I know how you feel Kevin re the fasting and not being able to snack in the garden at those times.
I knew about spraying aphids with the hose. I did not know their voracious little mouths come off in the process. Good to know because I use ZERO insecticides. Thanks! You just got a new subscriber~💚🌱🌿✌
@carlschnackel3051 here in Arkansas we have Japanese beetles that look quite similar to lady bugs, they will definitely bite. Also, they will congregate in a building. Japanese beetle bags, for eradication, can be purchased at local farm and ranch stores.
It’s my pepper starts that I buy bring in the aphids in my greenhouse. Then the ants will farm them. The aphids will only go on the tomatos once I pull the peppers. Battling them for thirty years. I have been putting chemicals to try to reduce them but I’m getting my milk jug out now. Thank you, I knew there was a reason I’ve kept watching your channel 😊😊
I have been through two Hudson sprayers. They do work great but blow a lot of wind that knocks small plants over. Now I use an airless paint sprayer. It works great! And you don’t have to carry the 2 gallons of liquid around with you. I enjoy your videos thank you so much!
Also, I have noticed that the aphids always go to the healthiest fastest growing plants where they can get the best drink. Soldier Beatles are also great. One time I had an infestation of aphids on one plant and I noticed that the soldier Beatles were all over the plant flying from leaf leaf. It was amazing. I laid on the ground and watched them work. They would fly from one leaf to the other and rip the aphids off and eat them quickly and then quickly fly to the next leaf. Now I know why they call them Soldier Beatles. Those things ain’t no joke! Aphids are always a problem for me here,in the SF Bay Area when summer hits. Like someone said the ladybugs come along about a week or two later and eventually the soldier Beatles will come. Definitely spraying them off with water to start with is a good idea. Luckily they don’t seem to be able to handle the heat and are not as much as a problem after the temperatures rise. The Hudson Sprayer and the airless sprayer atomize the liquid into tiny droplets that float into every small spot so there’s nowhere for them to hide. But I have found that a good quality hand spray bottle will work also for smaller jobs. I really enjoy the piglet videos. Thanks for your great teamwork!
@LivingTraditionsHomestead Cool! This is the veritable manifestation of white fog it’s a phenomenon that makes the fog very thick milky white and you only have about a meter sightfield. A trick I use among all solanum plants is planting a specific small flower (marigold) in the same area they work like a pest deterrent. And it attracts good pollinators and keep the pests away. Rule of thumb as I’ve been taught. Never have cucumber and tomatoes close. Keep potatoes in a different are so they are not close. Bell pepper and tomatoes works. Let potatoes and sugarsnaps (or similar lighter beans) co-exist so the stems of the potatoes is what the beans clim on. It’s mutually beneficial, and gives higher yield and less work. Save eggshells rinse and collect during the winter, dry them and sterilize in the oven, grind them into a powder. When it’s time and you see small tomatoes staring to form sprinkle this around the tomatoes. I usually do that once a week. And then you get much sweeter tomatoes, more and richer harvest. Cause it will keep creating new ones. And it’s a good way of utilizing resources that would go to waste and let it become the nutrition that the plants need.
You may want to plant marigolds everywhere in the greenhousr and nesturtium and coleus (let them flower) to bring in more pollinators and beneficial insects. You can also plant onions and garlic to repel pests.
🌺thank you so much for sharing this very informative video. So happy you have been successful despite those nasty little aphids that are now a great treat for the lady bugs and lace wings. Happy growing, an May God continue His Blessings on you all. Hope all is well too with the families!
So enjoy watching you two work together!!! I have seen a lot of ladybugs on my plants…and lacewings!! Which I did not know lacewings were beneficial!! Will research this morning!! Thanks so much!! Colene
I remember my grandma using milk which she got from her cow. There was plenty of milk to use but she followed it with the water deluge you described too, the next day, to discourage other critters.
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Do you have to use raw milk?
I'm shocked that you guys aren't inflicted with cancer or thyroid issues due to all the wifi and emf radiation devices connected to your head, breast, wrist etc. Please research you guys!!! Not good.
Do you feel milk will help powdery mildew?
How is cleaning and maintaining it, any leak issues? Worried about clogging, I'm having issues on my drip emitters lines and started to clog this season.
🐞I Love Ladybugs 🐞I'm also reading that tumeric added to the milk and sprayed on will help kill the pests and fungus, and supposedly not the ladybugs and lacewing. But I would check more into that or test it.
But on another plus milk should keep your tomatoes from getting Blossom end rot. That is what I fight the most on my tomato plants. I usually use dry milk or left over milk and bone meal. If you have any more ideas you have used that would be wonderful. I just have to keep an eye on that all the time.
I'm near St Louis. So howdy neighbor 😊
If it ain't bugs, it's deer, if it ain't deer it's rabbits ,if it ain't rabbits is moles, if it ain't .... or it's all of those. Gardening is always a challenge. When you harvest those juicy organic veggies and sit down to have a meal, there is your reward. Don't forget to ask God to bless your garden! Thanks for the video, lots of us have learned from your hard work.
Don't forget the groundhogs
We planted along fence on forest huge sunflower 🌻 deer knock down when seeds and rabbits and boar happy. Buckets of water trays of water for bunnies and salt blocks away from garden and food scraps kept them away. Also I walk k9 along fence to pee...problem solved!
Thanks for the shout-out! Having a fogger is a game-changer in the garden. It's such a huge time-saver, and the coverage is so much better.
I have learned so much from you through the years
@@debrajones7349 I’m glad I can help 😊
your channel is the very best gardening resource for us in zone 7b SW Virginia!!
@@lorib5323 thank you! Glad I can help you.
Yep…yours is the channel I watch the most.
Keith at "Growing Out the Box" demonstrates how to make this milk-based mixture.
He uses it to prevent powdery mildew on all his plants. Happy side effect, it also repels
white flies, aphids, and the likes. He just put a video up in the last week on this topic.
Extremely easy and affective.
Yes! He teaches how to make whey for this purpose. Sprayed everything a few days ago. Too bad it doesn’t take care of grasshoppers!
No matter how much gardening experience a gardener has, every year different challenges happen. When you learn and overcome these challenges, you are putting more knowledge in your brain. Always learning. I love it.
Absolutely!! No two seasons are alike!! You can grow the same things year after year with no problems but there will always be that one season where nature takes us by surprise!! When it comes to gardening we are always at the mercy of nature!!
Absolutely! ❤
“Self Sufficient Me” , a gardener in Australia, advocates spraying milk for fungal disease
I learned to spray milk for fungal disease from an old rose collector!
I used the whey mixed with distilled water, it worked great.
Wait, so like I could use the liquid I have leftover from yogurt or cheese and am sensitive to? @@snovismom
Tea tree oil diluted with water works like a charm. ❤
@@MaryObi-v5d what mixture ratio do YOU use?
With the milk solution, use as whole milk or high fat content as possible. The sticky dried fat locks calcium and magnesium on the body of the aphid and they essentially suffocate as they cannot breath and transpire through their body. This also works on spider mites.
Ladybugs and Lacewing are essential, each ladybug can eat 50-100 aphids per day (essentially their entire body mass in aphids each day). Make sure you keep some Dill, Marigolds, Calendula, and Fennel in the greenhouse as well. These are host plants for them and will help you get a continual ecosystem going. Also adding some butterfly host plants is a good idea. (Mason bees, or Leafcutter bees are good but they need to be outside the greenhouse space, the UV filters on greenhouse covers mess with their ability to orient themselves, find their hive/nest and locate things to pollinate. Bee's eyes need full UV to function). Ideally you just put a small planter in the corner, or scatter a couple of small pots in among the others and it'll keep them in the area as they feed, lay eggs, and continue the cycle. Plus you'll attract lady bugs that leave to your greenhouse as they require these plants to survive.
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So much interesting stuff about the world😊
That moment when Kevin held up those tomatoes and smiled with sheer delight it just gave me so much joy. You guys are awesome; you work so hard to live your best life!
Yes, I noticed that grin too. Was surprised that he didn’t pop it into his mouth… but he did remind us they fast in the morning. You know that took GREAT restraint! 😅
Ladybugs are amazing! This is the first year I have ever had an aphid problem, I’m in Missouri too. Anyhow, before I even got a chance to use dish soap, I noticed a huge amount of lady bug eggs, and lacewing eggs on tomatoes!! They all did an amazing job!!!
The Millennial Gardener is a reliable source of great information!
agreed. He has a very direct-to-the-point gardening channel.
He is my go-to when I have an issue.
I had a hate for Sparrows, because the are introduced here and I believed they displaced native birds, UNTIL one day I was sitting enjoying a cup of tea, in the backyard, I watched a Sparrow methodically going from bush to bush, cleaning off all the aphids. After that, I revised my planting for bird friendly, put in 2 bird baths, put out seed trays, now I don’t mind having fruit bird pecked and spend more time in the garden enjoying it with the birds.
My sparrows also help out on the rose bushes. They’re sweet
@@oliviac6539 Hi Olivia, I wouldn’t go that far, I much prefer the Blue Wrens, there is a bush by the side of the house, it’s a nuisance, gets in the way, isn’t very attractive, I leave it alone because each year at least 2 and usually more Blue Wrens build a nest in it and raise families! They are so delightful hopping around the yard eating bugs. I don’t know if you are familiar with them, the male is much more colourful, he usually has 3 or 4 wives, they all build the nests and all feed the young. Then, in late summer or autumn, they disappear until Spring.
My outside peppers always do better, those little birds are truly amazing. I was able to harvest cabbage last year without covering!! I couldn't believe it.
Why do people hate the sparrows?
Thank you , brilliant video and also how well you both communicate ,, respectful of each other
I yearn to grow veg, but live close to a forest and have baboons come pull all out,,,
One day I will have a baboon proof enclosure 🎉🎉
Back in the 1950's my mother used to clean every leaf on her many houseplants with milk. Once a week on "plant day". Totally forgot about this until now. I always thought it was to make them shine, but now I wonder if she used it as a fungicide! You two are so cute! love your channel. cas
You just triggered a memory of the same thing. Someone some time ago mentioned this. Adults talking and all that. I remember the milk thing.
Mine too.
NEXT time this happens... If you have a vegetable blender... Take 5 cloves of garlic and a 1 inch wedge of onion... throw it in the blender with a quarter filled with water. next a heaping teaspoon of cyan pepper powder, then 1 teaspoon of dawn dish soap, (it is the safest soap on the planet for plants). Then mix it until it has become minced. Then sieve it to put in a spray bottle. THATS IT! Your BEST organic aphids control for ANY greenhouse! Stuff a rag for the top soil before you spray and make sure you spray under the leaves and for 7 days straight for the bugs life cycle and yes I see you have a lot of plants so it will take a bit of time. Get the mites and nematodes if you can next time to avoid spraying and losing bugs that fly away. I commented the type of mites and toads to buy last video. Good Luck folks and I love your garden journey.
I planted marigolds this year next to my tomatoes and green beans and it has made a huge difference in pest control. I almost lost my green beans to snails, but after i planted the marigolds my beans are exploding. I will be planting marigolds every year now.
I do marigolds also around the edges of all my raised beds, the only bug problem I've ever had is squash bugs.
I do marigolds, sweet alyssum and green onions@@ambercraven605
@@ambercraven605 after I planted my zucchini and squash, I put food grade diatametious earth around those plants, haven't seen any squash bugs this year.
I ❤ marigolds. Use them in my garden every year.
I did that this year. I put a marigold plant in between each plant and everything looks so green and healthy.
WOW! This reminded me of my childhood in the '50s. My mom would set me up with a milky water solution and a small cloth and have me wet the cloth and wipe down the leaves on her houseplants. Like most kids I never asked why but, I enjoyed those moments with my mom and cherish the memory. Thank you for the reminder.
Any idea if it would work on spider mites?
Greetings from Ireland... glad the ladybirds (which is what we call them here) are doing their job. I thought you guys might get a little giggle out of the gaelic word for ladybirds - its boin dhe - pronunciation would be bow (like bow and arrow) n jay... and the translation for this is Gods little cow😊 so both God's little cow and God's larger cow have had a hand in saving your harvest... the notion made me smile. My best wishes to you all and continued good wishes for kevins dad.
😂I love that you shared that fun tidbit. God s little cow😂😂😂 ❤❤❤
I like the fogger, Hudson has been one of the top sprayer manufacturers for many years. Congratulations on gaining the upper hand in the war on aphids.
Whew! Thought we were going to have to do a benefit concert so we could send Kevin his tomatoes haha. I got a devastating aphid invasion in my greenhouse one year. My grandson saved the day by catching me about 6 adult praying mantids. They cleaned out the aphids and became pretty tame. When I opened up in the morning they would “hide” behind a plant stem and peek at me as I worked. I would hand feed them grasshoppers as it was a plague year. I never wanted to accidentally “harvest” one amongst greens like lettuce or chard where they are hard to see. So I would move them (with gloved hands so I didn’t get spiked if one got upset) to plants where I could see them. In the fall they left me huge healthy oothecae to hatch the next spring. They are really fun friends to help out in the garden. I am amazed at the milk remedy. Good luck!
great story with the praying mantis!
Awwe what an awesome story. Mantids are so fun to watch, they are characters.
You're right about the lady bugs wanting some water right away. One other trick to help keep them around is to have a constant water source for them. Try putting a few bird baths or bowls with rocks in them, so they don't have to look far for water.
I have found by accident that aphids love nasturtiums. They seem to prefer them over anything in my garden. I’ve started planting them as sacrificial plants and I locate them where they’re a bit out of sight. I do cut off the stems that are heavily covered in aphids and drown them in soapy water. It seems to be all that’s needed to keep them under control, it takes very little effort on my part and it looks pretty.
So happy to see the aphid problem is getting under control, just the thought of Kevin not having his tomato's was heartbreaking.
I agree! - Kevin
Ever try Neem seed meal (Neem cake) tea?
I started my little homestead just two years ago and am doing mostly by myself. So it’s a lot slower growing and I often feel like a failure but I know it’s part of the process of learning. Seeing your guys’ experience of difficulties makes me feel so much better! I love learning from you guys!!! Thanks so much for teaching us as you keep learning!!!
It does take a lot of patience and trial and error to be successful. Kevin and Sarah are great, and another wonderful family to follow and learn from is True Grit: Appalachian Ways. You will love them. Good luck!!
An older man once told me to put a tsp of milk powder in the hole as you plant tomatoes, it helps with fruit set. Thanks for the tip on the milk spraying I'll try it when our summer comes, NZ 🌻☺️
That diluted milk will help with powdery mildew as well. When treating powdery mildew on squash plants, I mix a couple of drops of dish soap too. It helps to get the milk mixture to adhere a little.
Try planting one clove of garlic in each tub. You would need to plant them in October-November. Mark where you plant the bulb. Garlic is a natural insect repellant.
Hi Kevin and Sarah😊 I just love the cheeky grin Kevin had on his face when picking those tomatoes. It was like looking at a kid in a candy shop 😊 Y'all are such a lovely couple 💖
Every spring the aphids hit, a week later the lady beetles show up. The first year it was hard to not do something but knowing they show up makes it better.
Hopefully this is the LAST issue you guys have to deal with for a long while. This year has been so trying for you with Kevins and his Dads health problems and the aphids. Prayers moving forward that the remainder of the year will be problem free and your harvesting will be plentiful. Hopefully, with your sharing the aphids problem and solution will help those people out there dealing with this and losing sleep, desperate for help. We're all in this together, and by sharing this, you are blessing others. I will share this also. God bless.🙏
I've been using ladybugs and lace wings as a natural predator control in my tomato garden for decades and find it to be the most effective and most beneficial type of control. I don't have a greenhouse so there is nothing to keep them in place. I find once the aphids are eliminated, the majority of the ladybugs move on in search of food. I usually do find nymphs later in the year but living in a climate where we get below zero winters for extended periods of time, I find I have to reorder them every year which can be rather costly. Especially since I don't have a greenhouse. However, it is still worth it to me to spend the money on beneficial insects versus poison. I have been organically gardening for 49 years, one year shy of half a century and would never use chemicals of any kind. Even OMRI/organic pesticides and herbicides are toxic if a beneficial insect lands on the plant while they are still wet. Beneficial insects are the only 100% sure way to guarantee no pollinators are killed. I applaud you for using this method. As for the fogger, I purchased a very inexpensive pergola/umbrella misting system and have it along set up along with my soaker hoses. When I release beneficial insects, I put the misting system on a timer to disperse a light mist for a bit of time each night. The mist is far finer than that of a fogger, which I have used in the past and automated which the fogger is not.
We live in the Desert, hot Summer's with high winds, mix of sandy dirt n clay. Winter's are hardy as well....mid to low 30's, at times mid 20's. It's been a struggle growing vegetables. Afids are a nightmare as well as the 🍅 worms. I've learned today n I so appreciate you both so much. Bless you! "Isa"
Who would have thunk! Glad you found your milk solution in time to save your tomato plants. Can you imagine a summer without tomatoes!
Yes, I can imagine an entire life without tomatoes. One of my most hated things! You can have mine! 💙
Really interesting video. Many years ago my parents lost a beautiful weeping willow tree to aphids. There were so many that they couldn’t even sit on their patio because of the mess. It was sad losing that tree. So glad you didn’t lose all your tomatoes.
Learn something new everyday. Never get to old to learn
Love Milennial Gardener! I have learned so much from him!
Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of using milk before. Glad y'all saved your tomatoes.
HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE !!!
after all this time, y'all mean to tell us that y'all actually work together well !!??!!
Maybe that explains how y'all get all your chores done when working together.
I'm sure I'm not the only one glad to hear this. LOL
Thank y'all for all that you show us. Hope the homestead continues to thrive.
God bless y'all and stay safe on the homestead.
I reuse 15 gallon pots for Tomatoes when I grow them in pots. I make sure I plant an onion or two in there and some petite marigolds.
I used milk spray for early blight also.
Does it have to be raw milk?
@@jeanmullins3284 No
Thanks for sharing your battle plans to overcome the aphids. I will keep your tips tucked away for future battles. Kevin, so glad you will not be separated from your daily tomato snacking! God is good!
CANT BELIEVE I WATCHED THE ENTIRE VIDEO!
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
YOU SEEMS SUCH A GREAT FIT,THAT YOU TWO REMIND ME OF AN OLD TIME SNL SKIT COUPLE!
I ONLY HOPE YOU ARE AS HAPPY AS YOU APPEAR, AND THAT MILLIONS MORE CAN BE THAT HAPPY TOO!
TYX FOR POSTING
Thank you!
So glad you you were able to save your tomato plants….I subscribe to the “Millennial Gardener”…he has been so helpful and knowledgeable for me….that’s great you found him too…..
Never heard of the milk method. Glad your tomatoes recovered! The harvest is wonderful!
Wow! Who would have thought a hose spray and milk and a fogger would help! Amazing! I love the Millennial Gardener! I’ve learned so much from him!
It has been an aphid epidemic here in Missouri! Must be due to how wet it was in May and early June. I recovered enough from sinus surgery last week to get out in my garden here in Columbia and quickly realized that if I didn’t act quickly I was at risk of losing all of my tomato plants. They were oddly only on my tomatoes, not just aphids but whiteflies…I’ve never seen them so thick! I treated with a non-organic insecticide, followed by a neem/Dawn soap mix a couple of days later and I think I’ve got it under control for now. As I was getting my issue under control, my mom in Kansas City called and described a similar plague on her tomatoes so over the weekend I was there helping get their tomatoes under control.
The foggers are a godsend! I’ve been using the superhandy handheld sprayer recommended by the Millennial Gardener for 3 years now and it cuts my spraying time by 90%! Not sure why they were discontinued, but just yesterday I purchased an open box superhandy 3gal backpack fogger from eBay for a great price. It is corded so if the battery on my current fogger ever goes kaput I will have a backup. Surprisingly, I had purchased my cordless fogger on Amazon with battery and charger for much less than the battery alone costs today.
Love your videos and looking forward to adding milk to my arsenal of weapons! Gardening in Missouri is a challenge! Last season was the opposite of this season…cooler and dry for most of May and June meant few diseases and high pollination rates on my tomatoes which led to a truly bumper harvest. I thought I’d reached expert gardener level but turns out it was just the Missouri weather dealing me a rare perfect hand. This year it’s another challenge but I guess that’s part of the fun of it.
We’re being hit with cockroaches! It’s disgusting!
@@scrapykat3028 Oh my! Good luck!
I really enjoyd this video. You explained the solution quite well. I haven't had a problem with aphids yet but I'll definitely remember what you showed us. Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience...including the reality of what didn't work!
Right after you posted this video, I tried spraying milk on our aphid covered peppermint. We were concerned the aphids would spread to our tomatoes and other plants. After spraying several times, they were gone. Today I harvested an abundance of peppermint and there are no signs of aphids anywhere in our garden!
You guys are awesome! God bless!
Great video! I love way you showed everything you did to get rid of the aphids! Rather than just telling us what you did!
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This video freaks me out! Ive been gardening for 5yrs. If i had seen this video in the beginning of my gardening journey, i would have given up! This is amost TMI for the average backyard gardener...
This is great! Thank you. I've used milk as a spray in the orchard for fongus. Very important that it's raw milk. Something I learned from a soil scientist- Aphids don't like sweetness. So sweetening the soil really makes a difference. In a gallon of water mix approximately (I've been doing this for years and don't remember the exact measurements. ) 1 teaspoon molasses, 1 teaspoon azomite (a great source of trace minerals, 1 heaping Table spoon fish emulsion or kelp emulsion, and if you have some, 1/4 teaspoon powdered vitamin C. This can also be used as a foliar spray
Thank you for posting about the raw milk part. I was crawling through the comments looking for the clarification about the milk. I had a feeling it needed to be raw.
I'm so glad you ran onto the Millenial Gardener's channel. He has a lot of solid tips and info he shares and has been gardening for a long time.
I can only imagine what all that milk mess was like. That fogger is such a great idea.
You guys are wonderful. The Lord has blessed you with great minds and the ability to search out answers to problems. In turn, you have been given a true heart for others and a platform to share your knowledge. It has been wonderful to see your family grow and the guidance God has provided. From the little house on the other farm to your new home and equipment
All the while, you share what you've learned and set a wonderful example. May God's blessing continue for all of you!!
So thankful you guys found a solution! It stinks that you had to go through that, but the positive is you learned something new and passed it on to your viewers. Now we have important information that can help us. Have been reading that high nitrogen soil levels can attract the aphids. Maybe adding some dried milk powder (and watering it in) and using phosphorous will help. Just some ideas I have used in the past to help balance not just the soil but the juices flowing through the plant that can help attract bugs or not.
LOVE how you guys work together, it has help us alot! My husband does not care for garden work, but watching you two has helped make a change. Having fresh veggies to munch on from the garden makes a difference too! Like Kevin, he loves his tomatoes, and also green beans straight from the plant! God bless everyone 🥰
P.S. The coconut cream popsicles were a hit!
When you started talking about things you tried, I thought, "I wonder if they'll try milk?" I've used that for years with my basil plants (indoors), and it works like a charm!
CONGRATULATIONS! Your persistence really made the difference. Thanks for keeping your TOP RANKED channel ever so informative and genuine. LOL from Chicago, Illinois USA
I was crushed!!! And then not so much!! Congrats on your diligence and solving your issue!!!🎉🎉. Good luck and happy harvesting!!! 🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞🐞
Watch your eggplants. Aphids usually show up first on eggplant and you can control them there before they get to your tomato plants.
I used to just blast the aphids off the plants with water. I have seen a number of articles about milk in the garden, but I believe it had to do with combating white powdery mildew. Nice to see you guys already harvesting, and also doing intermitant fasting. Many days I'm on the OMAD schedule .... especially during hot weather that kills my appetite. All the best Kevin & Sarah .... happy gardening!🍅🌶🥒🥬
Thank you for thesimplest milk and fogger tip. Kudos. To MI gardener. Glad this helped save your crop and great on the biologicals. Appreciate you guys
Great discovery & thanks for sharing. Stephan Sobikowak (spelling?) UA-cam channel, uses milk whey to control disease & pests in his orchards in Quebec, Canada. I’ve used milk kefir whey on my baby cherry trees to get rid of aphids & ants. So great to know of other ways of managing plants holistically. Blessings 🤗🇨🇦
I'm not a regular viewer. But glad I caught this one. The most thorough coverage of a pest problem I've ever watched.
Aphids have been the bane of my existence up here in Wisconsin.Thank you for sharing the "milk solution" AND for referring us to The Millennial Gardener! 👍
Loved Sarah’s little giggle when Kevin was talking about how they love working together so much. 😂
That red mushroom you had in your newsletter was a red chanterelle. Very edible, best cooked or can be dried to use later as they hold their flavor 👍 great find!
My grandfather taught us to plant and we've always done it all natural whereas nowadays they call it organic we've always juice milk for aphids and a few other bugs also we use milk for our fruit trees whenever they have a fungus or any other plants. In the winter to keep our ladybugs and a few other bugs that we want to keep in the greenhouse we keep two roses and a few flower plants that will grow through the winter the aphids seem to like to lay their eggs on these plants. When we do order ladybugs we make sure that they are native to our area they seem to do better we have a fogger but we've never used it to spray the milk thank you it's a great idea
Thank you for the tip on the aphids. They always are attracted to my roses every single year and like you...I had tried everything. So Milk it is!! Thank you again.
I love your videos and I look forward to seeing your wonderful shirts with Scripture. God bless you for shining bright and sharing hope through Jesus.
I went to the hardware/garden store yesterday looking for
ladybugs. They didn't have any but they did have pepper plants. I bought a jalapeno. And looked at hungarian peppers. Both of which are hotter if they are allowed to ripen. I didn't know that. I may have to try that. Glad you got those aphids under control
💚 I've battled aphids before, but usually on cool weather crops like Brassicas and some flowers, never tomatoes. Wonder what conditions caused them to be so detrimental to your tomatoes?
Glad you were able to find some tactics to use..a fogger with milk..who'd have thought? Glad the issue seems to be under control! 💚
That’s awesome . It’s so hard to control once their are so many , but you did it . 😊
I had bought some transplants at a local nursery last fall. Two days later I had aphids. Fortunately the weather was turning cool. I sprayed them with the hoe, using as much pressure as I could generate, holding my thumb over the water stream. It worked, and I haven't seen aphids since!
You guys are amazing! Your ability with lemons (to make lemonade)is amazing!!
My son grows tomatoes for a living on a farm near Springfield, MO. They have had good success with an aphid control product called Macho 2.0. You apply it once to the roots of the plants and the aphids keep away from them.
Kevin. . A couple years ago I stored a camper trailer outdoors. I rolled up the awning for winter. In spring when I unrolled that awning it literally rained lady bugs . Iimagine a 1 inch tube would work
Wow, with farming you learn something new everyday!!
❤Amazing Discovery & The Fogger is Awesome as Well. 😊 HOPE THE TOMATOES COME ON THROUGH With NO MORE Problems.. Everything else in Greenhouse looks Great 👍 GOD BLESS & take Care..❤
YES milk is great, I spray all my Roses with this to stop black spot as well ....well done guys 😊
Two years ago I had a huge infestation of aphids in my grow room. Tried the home remedies (probably killed more plants than the aphids). Long story short, lost a good 1/3rd of my plants.
That summer the aphids attacked my tomatoes out in the garden, ordered some lacewing eggs, within 6 weeks aphids completely gone, never to return.
Green lacewings are native to where I am at in WI. Did some research and found lace wings are attracted to yarrow, along with some other plants. Started yarrow from seed in my grow room this spring and planted in and around my tomato bed. I already grow dill, cilantro, fennel and cosmos, hopefully the yarrow directly in the bed will pull more lacewings in.
APHIDS, not my favorite insect.
Nice video, Stay Well!!!
Thank you for this. I’m so frustrated with aphids in my greenhouse that I’ve just given up trying to grow things in it during the summer. I can’t wait to try it next year when I start over!
Every year my pepper plants get inundated with aphids, so much so that I wasn’t going to plant them anymore but last year, by happy accident, I noticed the ladybugs showed up much earlier in the season thanks to some coriander that had gone to flower among the pepper plants and no aphid problems. Am going to try it again this year (southern hemisphere) to see if it works again. Will remember the milk trick as plan B.
I know how you feel Kevin re the fasting and not being able to snack in the garden at those times.
So far this is our all time favorite video you both have made. Very helpful information. Thank you.
I knew about spraying aphids with the hose. I did not know their voracious little mouths come off in the process. Good to know because I use ZERO insecticides. Thanks! You just got a new subscriber~💚🌱🌿✌
@carlschnackel3051 here in Arkansas we have Japanese beetles that look quite similar to lady bugs, they will definitely bite. Also, they will congregate in a building. Japanese beetle bags, for eradication, can be purchased at local farm and ranch stores.
Great job guys , the Macgivers of the green house .
I love The Millennial Gardener. He’s right down the road from me so his zone gardening works for me, too.
Who would have thought that milk would be so beneficial in getting rid of aphids? Happy to hear that Kevin's beloved tomatoes will be productive
Well so glad you were able to save the plant who would have know that
Love your hands on honest educational videos. You guys are great. Thanks🙏🏻😊
It’s my pepper starts that I buy bring in the aphids in my greenhouse. Then the ants will farm them. The aphids will only go on the tomatos once I pull the peppers. Battling them for thirty years. I have been putting chemicals to try to reduce them but I’m getting my milk jug out now. Thank you, I knew there was a reason I’ve kept watching your channel 😊😊
I have been through two Hudson sprayers. They do work great but blow a lot of wind that knocks small plants over. Now I use an airless paint sprayer. It works great! And you don’t have to carry the 2 gallons of liquid around with you. I enjoy your videos thank you so much!
Also, I have noticed that the aphids always go to the healthiest fastest growing plants where they can get the best drink. Soldier Beatles are also great. One time I had an infestation of aphids on one plant and I noticed that the soldier Beatles were all over the plant flying from leaf leaf. It was amazing. I laid on the ground and watched them work. They would fly from one leaf to the other and rip the aphids off and eat them quickly and then quickly fly to the next leaf. Now I know why they call them Soldier Beatles. Those things ain’t no joke! Aphids are always a problem for me here,in the SF Bay Area when summer hits. Like someone said the ladybugs come along about a week or two later and eventually the soldier Beatles will come. Definitely spraying them off with water to start with is a good idea. Luckily they don’t seem to be able to handle the heat and are not as much as a problem after the temperatures rise. The Hudson Sprayer and the airless sprayer atomize the liquid into tiny droplets that float into every small spot so there’s nowhere for them to hide. But I have found that a good quality hand spray bottle will work also for smaller jobs. I really enjoy the piglet videos. Thanks for your great teamwork!
WOW. A witness to God's miracle with that natural solution ✨ 🙏
@LivingTraditionsHomestead Cool! This is the veritable manifestation of white fog it’s a phenomenon that makes the fog very thick milky white and you only have about a meter sightfield.
A trick I use among all solanum plants is planting a specific small flower (marigold) in the same area they work like a pest deterrent.
And it attracts good pollinators and keep the pests away.
Rule of thumb as I’ve been taught. Never have cucumber and tomatoes close. Keep potatoes in a different are so they are not close. Bell pepper and tomatoes works.
Let potatoes and sugarsnaps (or similar lighter beans) co-exist so the stems of the potatoes is what the beans clim on. It’s mutually beneficial, and gives higher yield and less work.
Save eggshells rinse and collect during the winter, dry them and sterilize in the oven, grind them into a powder. When it’s time and you see small tomatoes staring to form sprinkle this around the tomatoes. I usually do that once a week. And then you get much sweeter tomatoes, more and richer harvest. Cause it will keep creating new ones.
And it’s a good way of utilizing resources that would go to waste and let it become the nutrition that the plants need.
You may want to plant marigolds everywhere in the greenhousr and nesturtium and coleus (let them flower) to bring in more pollinators and beneficial insects.
You can also plant onions and garlic to repel pests.
Wow I haven’t seen you guys in so long!! Wonderful to see you both! Looking great!
Wow! Way to persevere! Thank you so much for sharing all of this so we can all learn too!!❤
Never thought ladybugs would ever stay. I have a small garden on a balcony & saw a lady bug on one of my plants. Make me want to order
🌺thank you so much for sharing this very informative video. So happy you have been successful despite those nasty little aphids that are now a great treat for the lady bugs and lace wings. Happy growing, an May God continue His Blessings on you all. Hope all is well too with the families!
Thanks for the Tip. Aphids completely killed off my cucumbers last year.
So enjoy watching you two work together!!!
I have seen a lot of ladybugs on my plants…and lacewings!! Which I did not know lacewings were beneficial!! Will research this morning!!
Thanks so much!!
Colene
I remember my grandma using milk which she got from her cow. There was plenty of milk to use but she followed it with the water deluge you described too, the next day, to discourage other critters.