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Appendices
to hand pollinate your flowers
every other day, as described on
page 16 of this guide.
What do I do if I see bugs?
Occasionally bugs might decide
to visit your tomato plants. You
will mainly see aphids who
usually find their way into
homes by hitching a ride on
clothing or cut flowers. They
are clever about hiding under
leaves and in the joints between
leaves and plant stems, so they
can be difficult to see at first.
Initial signs that you have bugs
are either unhealthy-looking
plants or a sticky substance
on your AeroGarden’s
Grow
Surface
.
To identify the bugs, we
recommend you visit either
www.whatsthatbug.com
or the
entomology (bug) department
at Texas A&M University at
http://vegipm.tamu.edu/
imageindex.html
.
This is the easiest way we’ve
found to get rid of bugs:
Remove the
Bowl
from the
Base
.
Carefully lift the entire
Seed
Pod
and plant out of the
Grow Surface
.
Turn the plant upside down
in a sink and gently run
room temperature water over
the underside of the leaves
to rinse the bugs off.
Check your plant for any
remaining bugs – rinse again
if necessary – and then
return the plant and
Seed
Pod
to the AeroGarden.
Check all surrounding
plants to make sure the bugs
haven’t spread. If they have,
follow the above steps with
any other buggy plants.
Replace
Bowl
onto the
Base
.
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