Re: Gardenia bugs

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Posted by Mike G on May 20, 2003 at 23:11:52:

In Reply to: Gardenia bugs posted by Liz on May 05, 2003 at 10:09:36:

: I have 3 beautiful gardenia bushes and all have lots of booms going on. Every time a flower opens, it has some black knat looking bugs crawling all over it? What are these and how can I get rid of them?

Hi, if there is a sticky residue left on the leaves this is a aphid problem. The sticky reisdue is called honeydew. Safer's insecticidal soap will eliminate your problem and make your plant allllll better.

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: : I have 3 beautiful gardenia bushes and all have lots of booms going on. Every time a flower opens, it has some black knat looking bugs crawling all over it? What are these and how can I get rid of them?

: Hi, if there is a sticky residue left on the leaves this is a aphid problem. The sticky reisdue is called honeydew. Safer's insecticidal soap will eliminate your problem and make your plant allllll better.



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