Ugh, bugs
 

We've had four tomatoes from the garden so far. Very exciting as we
usually don't get any until July! The herbs are growing very well. The
problem is the lettuce.

Yesterday I went out and cut some for a salad with dinner. Into the
salad spinner for a soak and YUCK. Thousands upon thousands of little
green bugs. Aphids I suspect. After three soaks and a couple very
thorough rinsings I was still seeing little bugs. Darn things are
everywhere. We had spinach salad instead ;-)

Should I just dig it up and chalk it up to a lesson learned? Any
suggestions for growing lettuce with fewer bugs in the future?

The bugs aren't on anything else in the garden that I could see. But
boy they love that lettuce.

thanks
marcella

Ugh, bugs
 

"Marcella Peek" wrote in message
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We've had four tomatoes from the garden so far. Very exciting as we
usually don't get any until July! The herbs are growing very well. The
problem is the lettuce.

I had 2 nice juicy ripe tomatos for tea tonight. Nothing much to get excited
about you may say except that I live in New Zealand and we are in the throes
of winter here. Going to get down to zero tonight so will have a frost. The
3 tomato plants in my (unheated) polytunnel are still producing fruit,
though they have had whats looks like late blight hit them recently. I keep
wondering when they will give up yet they are still trucking on.

rob