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enclosed situation suchasagreenhouse.Ladybugslovetosnackonaphidsandsoareideal
for the purpose of organic pest control.
There is however a downside - if they eat all the aphids, then they will go hungry, and so
you cannot effectively get rid of all the aphids as you would hope to do with spraying.
Companion planting with marigolds around your tomato plants for instance is known to be
quite effective against green and blackfly, as they hate the strong smell of them apparently.
Cabbage looper:
Again the cabbage looper caterpillar can be treated by spraying with you insecticidal soap
mixture. However it is probably easier to cover all your cabbage plants with gardeners
fleece. This still lets through the water and about 85% of the sun's rays, and so is very ef-
fective against any flying moths, butterflies etc.
