azolla aphids removal

[Sgooosh]

Hello! there are so many aphids plaguing my azolla, and I am wondering how to get rid of them.

 

[Colin_T]

Shake them off. Rinse the plants under tap water. Find a parasitic beetle to eat the aphids. Leave it until the aphids die back when the weather changes.

 

[Naughts]

Long term, you need to balance out the ecosystem by encouraging aphid predators. Build a bug house out of bamboo sticks or drilled wood in a box frame so the predators survive the winter. Situate it so that the bugs stay dry.

 

[Sgooosh]

Shake them off. Rinse the plants under tap water. Find a parasitic beetle to eat the aphids. Leave it until the aphids die back when the weather changes.

it is hard to wash them off individually but i will try and find some parasite beetles to help me out.

Long term, you need to balance out the ecosystem by encouraging aphid predators. Build a bug house out of bamboo sticks or drilled wood in a box frame so the predators survive the winter. Situate it so that the bugs stay dry.

thanks, that sounds like a good idea. ladybugs are rare but i think i will find one after enough looking
how would i lure them in the first place though?

 

[Naughts]

Just provide the bug house so they can survive the winter. And be careful with insecticides/ chemicals.

 

[Sgooosh]

Just provide the bug house so they can survive the winter. And be careful with insecticides/ chemicals.

okay i won't use anything. the only thing i used was egg shells so the aphids are iriitated and run away.

so they will come by themselves when I provide a good home?