I'm having a really rough start to the season when it comes to pests. I generally think of the time between planting and mid June as the honeymoon period where everything is healthy and happy and aside from an occasional slug, there is not much pest pressure here. I get aphids around now but they normally only bother my peas and roses. I applied the triple threat beneficial nematodes 5 weeks ago. I have been working on soil health. I have loads of ladybugs naturally. Multiple times a day I walk through and look closely at leaves. I had a ton of thrips come in seemingly overnight. I also seem to have a really bad mite problem and it's weird because I swear they're clover mites and I haven't ever seen them go after my plants like they are. It's too early for this! To add insult to actual injury, last night I screwed my back up dusting diatomaceous earth. I'm popping ibuprofen and laying on ice packs!
Thanks for "listening". I feel better. Maybe this means the rest of my season will be easy. 🤔
