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lakelady · May 18, 2012

James, you have a New Big Dwarf that is 6'? LOL call it New Bigger Dwarf.

I am battling aphids for the first time on tomatoes. I've never had them before in my gardens except on roses. Now they are attacking my tomatoes. My Venetian Market and Sandul Muldovan especially were covered all over the stems until I sprayed with Neem the other day. They do seem to LOVE fava beans though and I interplanted the favas with the tomatoes in that particular bed and they are going to town on the favas. I'm wondering if you could use them as a trap crop. Unfortunately the two tomato plants they attacked got a little weaker as they are "leaning" now whereas they were not before so they are getting more TLC. About 18" tall already but these were plants I had out with wows earlier in late March.

May 18, 2012	#8
lakelady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: northern NJ zone 6b Posts: 1,862	James, you have a New Big Dwarf that is 6'? LOL call it New Bigger Dwarf. I am battling aphids for the first time on tomatoes. I've never had them before in my gardens except on roses. Now they are attacking my tomatoes. My Venetian Market and Sandul Muldovan especially were covered all over the stems until I sprayed with Neem the other day. They do seem to LOVE fava beans though and I interplanted the favas with the tomatoes in that particular bed and they are going to town on the favas. I'm wondering if you could use them as a trap crop. Unfortunately the two tomato plants they attacked got a little weaker as they are "leaning" now whereas they were not before so they are getting more TLC. About 18" tall already but these were plants I had out with wows earlier in late March. __________________ Antoniette