Gardentalk – Pests

Ants scavenge excrement by-products left behind by these aphids in the leaves of a highbush cranberry in KTOO's Agricultural Test Station & Garden of Science! (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
Ants scavenge excrement by-products left behind by these aphids hiding in the curled up leaves of a highbush cranberry. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)

 

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski tells us how to combat garden invaders like imported currant worms, slugs, aphids and root maggots. Soapy water on the leaves might do the trick for most pests while preventive measures like ground covering would only be effective for root maggots.

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