...are partly responsible for the delay of this post. I've spent a lot of my free time squeesing the green buggers to death. It's the only effective cure I know, although it's a bit tedious. If I'd kept the potatoes outdoors I wouldn't care about it, but since it's indoors it's hard to get a natural balance between pest and predator, and the plant is stressed byt the indoor climate. That's why a pest easily can kill it comparably fast.
I have to admit I'm maltreating my gardens right now. They get boring when pests and diseases get a hold. On saturday I've wriggled some time from the family to clean the mess up. Taking the tour with a can and a mister will get much more fun when I have prospektive seedlings to wait for.
This time I need to make the gardens as selfgoing as possible. Our economy isn't at its best and I juggle two jobs beside my company. In one way that's good for this experiment - I want the result to work for a family where both adults work fulltime. I've already planned to use selfwatering containers and am now working on a 'selfmister' of some sorts. If I had money I'd just buy a humidifier, but now I need to find something that doesn't cost me a penny.
Back to work...
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My apartment is like a greenhouse, if I leave the windows closed, but a humidifier is a good idea!
It is sad to read about your potatoes--I only rarely run across an aphid and my fungus gnats are pretty much gone, too, now that I'm not so water-crazy. But there are tons of houseflies because I overfed my worms.
I am still enjoying the thrill of the hunt--looking at all my plants, trying to find those few bugs that are munching on my goodies, and then crushing them mercilessly!
I have to admit I sometimes supress a "Muahahahaaaa!" :)
I'd squeeze them except I don't have the fortitude for that kind of thing.
I prefer to (if the plant is small enough) to dip them in soapy water. I learned this gardening trick from Dick Cheney.
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You can always transplant the potatoes outside. Might be better suited. Though doesn't sound like you care too much for it?
Chicago Garden: Well, I grew it in a tinbin with room for about three gallons of soil. It became rather heavy.
Platform Bed: Well, I have to admit I loose interest when a plant becomes too ill. In this case I tossed it. Will try something new when I reconstruct my gardens.
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