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| Ole |
The lovely red Ole (should be an accent mark there, but I don't know how to do that) was the first of the roses to bloom this year.
We love the brilliant red of this rose, so we went over to take a closer look.
Then we noticed the aphids and the
Whitefly, tiny white sap-sucking insects, on the unopened buds. They excrete Honeydew and a large population of Whitefly can devastate a plant. Ugh.
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| Whitefly |
A blast of water is one way to get rid of these pests. We prefer not to use insecticides, because they may also take out beneficial insects, such as Lady Beetles and Lacewings, that eat Whiteflies.
Time for the
Bug Blaster.
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