Romanesco on right, ignored. In addition to broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower, this includes kale, mustard, kohlrabi, romanesco, and collards. Aphids are easily knocked from the leaves of brassica plants with a strong spray from the hose. I use Dawn in my soap spray, three teaspoons to a gallon with a teaspoon of corn oil, kills them Dead! Remember that cauliflower? These little creatures will be seen on kale, cabbages, broccoli and other brassicas. Oh, never heard of nematodes controlling beetles. On its page for these specific aphids, it acknowledges that ladybugs along with other predators of aphids like the syrphid fly and the parasitic wasp, Diaeretiella rapae, are usually capable of controlling only very low populations. Thanks a lot. If I harvest a brussels sprout that looks like this: I give it a peel and blast of water to make it look like this: But notice the aphid on my finger. I’ve tried it and it worked really well. And I don’t eat cow, but I use a lot of black pepper. So…. As I said, they go to the chickens, so all is not lost. It save my cabbage but I didn’t see them on my brussels sprouts in time and they’ve just about sucked the life out of them. My initial gut reaction was well I guess I have to rip them all out now!! When you see clusters of gray-green aphids on kale, broccoli, cabbage, or Brussels sprouts, you’re looking at cabbage aphids ( Brevicoryne brassicae ), one of the weirdest pests in the vegetable garden. Yeah!!! They can cut up to 40mm branches all with one hand and therefore no need for the clear area necessary with loppers. It is loved by both Cabbage White Butterflies and Aphids and I have found many a stalk and flower head devoured by what I am presuming is mice (or possibly rats). I will try the power spray method followed by light follow up with the neem oil. Grey Aphids if left uncontrolled will suck the life out of your brassicas and leave them for dead. I do this same thing to clean up my heads of cabbage when necessary. Should I keep her around? We’ll see if that works. Tony. Months of hopeful caring for the cauliflower plant had been ruined by the discovery of these invading insects. Also check for natural enemies. I am happy to learn they are not as big of a nuisance as some other people make them out to be. I have no problem hosing them down, just wondering if a soapy spray will do the trick..or is it just a myth ? I do this for a couple of days and then keep a close eye. You might think that they’d spread themselves out among all of the plants, but no. I’ve left the plants and haven’t noticed a change in the level of aphids on other brassica plants nearby, and I’ve removed them and also not noticed any change. Males often don’t appear until late summer, when they are needed to help produce fertile, overwintering eggs. Adult cabbage aphids overwinter on crops or weeds. Interesting. Sprays made from many plants have been investigated as possible cabbage aphid controls, and it appears that both peppermint and lantana have repellent properties. Many will desiccate and die right there though. Please advise. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7411.html I was referred by a person at Four Winds after I asked questions about a Reed avocado I bought recently In aphids, there are two small pipes called cornicles or siphunculi (tailpipe-like appendages) at the posterior end that can be seen if you look with a hand lens. They’re hanging out close to their food, the aphids. But I’d love to find out what it is that attracts aphids to some plants and not others right next door. I don’t think it matters either way. *looks the other way*. Inches away the crinkly kale no problems. https://www.thriftyfun.com/Dish-Soap-for-Aphids-2.html. Each year I send in for service; with the internal chip keeping track, last year I made 19600 pruning cuts. Right now my plants appear clear of aphids but all the spraying loosened the root system (it took a lot of spraying and wiping them off my hand in the nooks and crannies of the leaves) that I had to add supports to my plants. Left unchecked, however, they can easily ruin a crop. I happen to have recently attended two webinars that spurred me to refill my KM AntPros and place them better. The longer I garden, the more I wish I could bottle and sell the effects of consistently blasting plant foliage with water. In the bed of Romanesco from which I took that photo, out of the six plants, three went to the chickens. I don’t want to try to eliminate them entirely. We have had so much rain, I don’t feel comfortable using the water spray technique. The natural predators are not driven off by ants. Row covers are those white sheets you may have seen on fields while driving through an area like Oxnard. On cabbage, sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli, the edible parts are little affected. To my surprise the broccoli that matured later was aphid free, but this is not unusual. The broccoli and cauliflower are heading up now so I’m sticking the hose into the center where the aphids like to hide. But then the other part of my brain was like, uhhhh… That isn’t the kind of gardener I want to be. I read about first on the IPM website. After the storm, you can see the graveyard beneath a plant. Until then, females pop out clones of themselves when conditions are good, leading to the fast formation of dense colonies of daughters, and their daughters, and so on, sometimes for 30 or more generations. Some of the more common species are listed below. The cabbage aphid belongs to the genus Brevicoryne. It’s been a very warm winter for us in Southern California. Your email address will not be published. Thank you so much for the info. At lower numbers, aphids are more of a nuisance than a killer. Cabbage Looper. Host Plants: In the wild: Wild radish, shepherd’s purse, charlock On Crops: Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, swede oil seed rape Where Found: Worldwide, wherever cabbage family crops are grown. Happy I left it. Good thing I’m not a farmer. Here’s a gallery of some common garden spiders in California: http://ipm.ucanr.edu/QT/commongardenspiderscard.html. Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. The damper, cooler weather is perfect for cabbage aphids. As it stands here on February 2, 2018, we’ve had a single day of rain, nearly every other day having been sunny and warm. Science at work. The cabbage aphid, Brevicoryne brassicae(L.), and the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae(Sulzer), are found on cole crops worldwide. Brevicoryne brassicae, commonly known as the cabbage aphid or cabbage aphis, is a destructive aphid (plant louse) native to Europe that is now found in many other areas of the world. Description: Cabbage aphids are bluish-grey in colour with a pale powdery waxy coating. When I need information about a garden pest, one of my favorite resources is the University of California Integrated Pest Management website. You can’t really clean aphids from broccoli, so I gave the head to the chickens and assumed the remaining plants would be infested, too. How can I protect my veggies from the beginning against aphids? Another reason I prefer blasting with water is that then you’re also giving the plants a little drink, which never hurts, especially in a dry winter such as this. I’ve been blasting aphids off my broccoli, caulflower, and cabbage daily the last week or two. Broccoli seems to have a large number of predators (is that the right world when it’s a plant?). And beneficial in a garden. This farmer says he only removes his row cover once the plant, say broccoli or cauliflower, has started forming a head. In short, the pattern is that adjacent plants have extremely variable levels of aphids. Hey Greg, I found a curled web in a washington navel orange leaf and was about to pick it up when I realized there was a large spider alive inside with its egg sac. I buy the liquid at epest by the case and fill each station by weight, 250 grams of bait and 250 grams of water. You end up with sticky aphid guts covering your fingers and the plant leaves. Greg, keep the stations filled, measure and dilute 1:! BTW, with your acre of plants. Organic sprays, such as natural pyrethrum (e.g. Without a live plant host, they will soon perish. Some researchers have called them “walking mustard oil bombs”. I put a normal squeeze into a 16 ounce bottle. Just a quick walk down the bed once a day. Found it through that link you shared. Fingers crossed! Now after reading your article, I understand why I have not seen one ladybird or nymph. Check for cabbage aphid in the youngest, highest, and innermost leaves of young plants. It works great. The name is derived from the Latin words brevi and coryne and which loosely translates as small pipes. It cures so many pest problems: mites, scale, aphids. I assumed any minute now they would migrate over, I am glad to hear that may not be the case. Males often don’t appear until late summer, when they are needed to help produce fertile, overwintering eggs. I used an empty planting container to catch the water I was spraying on the plants so ideally they couldn’t climb back on the plant and skipped the Neem oil this time although I think in the future applying the Neem oil at this point would be best. There are two types of cabbage white butterflies — large and small. After heading, check the flowering parts of broccoli and cauliflower and pull back wrapper leaves of cabbage. Cabbage aphids can harbour and transmit more than a dozen viruses, so limiting how many survive winter is a smart strategy. Thanks for the contribution. Tiny braconid wasps are willing helpers with cabbage aphid control, but ladybird larvae and other aphid eaters avoid this species because their bodies accumulate bitter mustard compounds as they feed on cabbage family crops. I’d leave the spider alone. Aphids will feed on a wide variety of plants, and are especially drawn to tender new growth. What plants are aphids attracted to? Cabbage aphids are pests only of brassicas, with cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts being most severely affected. Turnip aphids on the roots of cole crops can seriously stunt and even kill plants. I’ve been blasting aphids off my broccoli, caulflower, and cabbage daily the last week or two. They also transmit viral diseases. I’ve never sprayed any sort of pesticide in my yard, but still natural enemies of the aphids can’t control them well enough. After consulting with a couple of local nurseries and a friend who knows agriculture, I’ve gone the nematode route instead of pesticide. I’ve had more ladybugs crawling and fluttering around my garden than in any January I can recall. It’s very encouraging to hear your results in a situation similar to mine. Then drain, rinse them off, and dry them. As you can see, it’s named after its host plants: members of the Brassica genus, also commonly called cole crops, and sometimes called cruciferous vegetables. Ok, the FDA says aphids and thrips are ok to ‘kick it’ in our broccoli, but what are they? If only ladybugs ate more aphids. The Brussels sprout plant shown below is frozen solid, but the cabbage aphids on it will resume feeding as soon as it thaws. I use the dish soap solution every year. I’ve also hit them with the water spray, but have better luck with the dish soap. I have Aphids on moth Brussels Sprouts and Broccoli this year, BAD! Thank you! So I’ve had to try out a couple of extra control methods. Developed by entomologists, non poisonous (except mechanically in the gut of various pests) Your comment has me thinking I should locate a station right next to a bed of brassicas and observe the aphid levels in that bed. Lift up any leaf on a brassica plant and you’ll find a handful. You’ll still probably have to peel and discard the outer leaves. ), A list with links to all of my Yard Posts is HERE. Aphididae. Should I leave them as a sacrifice? The turnip aphid looks very much like the cabbage aphid but lacks the waxy bloom. What are cabbage aphids? ), By clicking 'Add Comment' you agree to our Terms and Conditions, "We live on the Somerset levels and have an allotment, each winter everyone is affected by these aphids, there is absolutely no way of getting rid of them, they are all on the underside of curly kale cavalo Nero and any other brassicas, they are extremely hardy against all weathers and come off in a cloud when you pick the leaves and shake them the only way is to wash them off after picking and they come off quite easily. Fascinating creature to read about. Wiping aphids really ends up being squishing aphids. If you try it, please let us know what you observe. Do you really not find any more Argentine ants? Because of this pattern, my approach to aphids in the past has been to just do nothing. 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