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flyingbrass · February 21, 2015

This year I did things a little differently. I put my tomato seedlings out in the sun pretty much as soon as they came up. I didn't use much supplemental light inside. I also left them in the storeroom or on the porch at night for several weeks to get "cold treatment."

Peppers won't really kick into gear until the weather warms up.

I bought a couple tubs of Tanglefoot that were on clearance at a local Ace Hardware for $5.25 each. I cut up an old cat litter bucket to make plastic panels, glued on some sticks, spray painted yellow, and painted on the Tanglefoot. It works much better than Vaseline for catching bugs. All of these are full of trapped aphids, little green leafhoppers and other bugs. Even stuck a few houseflies.

February 21, 2015	#382
flyingbrass Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Glendale, AZ 9b Posts: 90	This year I did things a little differently. I put my tomato seedlings out in the sun pretty much as soon as they came up. I didn't use much supplemental light inside. I also left them in the storeroom or on the porch at night for several weeks to get "cold treatment." Peppers won't really kick into gear until the weather warms up. I bought a couple tubs of Tanglefoot that were on clearance at a local Ace Hardware for $5.25 each. I cut up an old cat litter bucket to make plastic panels, glued on some sticks, spray painted yellow, and painted on the Tanglefoot. It works much better than Vaseline for catching bugs. All of these are full of trapped aphids, little green leafhoppers and other bugs. Even stuck a few houseflies.