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COMBAT APHIDS NATURALLY

GET GROWING CONTROLLING APHIDS

Every single vegetable grower will encounter pest problems in their garden from time to time. Pests don't know if you're an experienced grower or a beginner, they just see the juicy green stems and leaves in your garden! Last spring I was strolling around my garden, admiring my beautiful French beans, when I noticed that almost the entire vine was covered in tiny black bugs - black bean aphids.

UNDERSTANDING APHIDS

In order to control aphids, I think it's important that we understand them. When you think of aphids, you might think of tiny green bugs, but there are actually more than 5000 species

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