Morning Cucumber Update

So I walked out this surprisingly cloudy and cool morning, my hands half covering my face, prepared to see the cucumber havoc I'd wreaked....and everything was all good. No leaves were burned. It lookes like I've killed most of the aphid colonies, but the ants have moved whatever survivors there are onto different parts of the leaves, and are still crawling all over, despite my spicy pepper, soap, and garlic brew! Perhaps I made it too weak...

So I sprayed the marinated overnight leftover onto the leaves, and am now preparing a NEEM tea brew to add to the mix. Usually the NEEM seeds are used in such preparations, but I have some leftove NEEM tea from India Sweets and Spices, so I'm going to give it a shot.

Gotta run! More on NEEM, ORGANIC PEST CONTROL, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, and how ANTS HERD APHIDS BECAUSE OF THEIR HONEYDEW later!

Here are some recent cucumber pics- horny bee:



And cucumber baby pic: