Jeremy Carter

In the summer of 2020, I had an infestation of aphids in my main tomato greenhouse, an event that I had not experienced in about thirty consecutive years of growing tomatoes. I don’t use synthetic pesticides, so I needed to figure out some form of control or remediation. I tried spraying with mint, tea tree oil, lavender, essential oils, soap and neem oil in succession. None of this seemed to have much more than a temporary effect. I opened a large section of the greenhouse to the outside to...