Gardening

New growth on one of my overwintered pepper plants! One thing to keep in mind is that aphids will be ready to swarm these tender new leaves with not much else in the garden yet. Ants on your plants is also a sign of them farming aphids. I usually fend off aphid pressure with simply blasting the plant with water in the mornings until they are gone.

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I did this last year and was plagued with aphids
Ugh

I am plagued by aphids no matter what haha but at least I get ladybugs visiting