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[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

I was thinking that removing the leaves that are hosting the majority of the
aphids will allow the plants to outgrow them...

What's even more interesting to me is that I bought a bunch of Consort Black
currant seedlings a few months ago & the aphid is showing up on them.  They
were all potted up with fresh potting soil & are at a different location
from the Crandalls.  Did the aphids come on the bareroot plants?

~mIEKAL



On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

> Why pull off the leaf?  Even distorted, it is doing its job.  When I do
> anything, I manually remove/smush the aphids with my finger, leaving the
> distorted leaf in place.
>
> Sounds like the plants may have come infested with aphids.  They winter
> underground, and may not have emerged until after you'd put the pots out in
> the warmth for a bit.  If they are isolated from all your other plants (and
> haven't spread yet) it might even be worth springing for some insecticide.
>
> Ginda
>
> On Jun 4, 2011, at 10:02 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
>
> > These are little plants in containers.  I'm just pulling the really bad
> > leaves off.  It's weird tho because I've been growing currants for 20
> years
> > & this is the first time I've seen them.
> >
> > ~mIEKAL
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
> >
> >> That is my experience.  I often get current aphids, and the affected
> leaves
> >> look pretty ugly. But I rarely do anything about them, and the plants
> have
> >> remained healthy for years, now.
> >>
> >> Ginda
> >>
> >> On Jun 4, 2011, at 9:50 AM, mIEKAL aND wrote:
> >>
> >>> I just discovered Currant Aphids on a bunch of Crandall starts.  The
> >> leaves
> >>> are all puffy & slightly discolored.  Reading around the net it seems
> >> like
> >>> they mostly cause cosmetic damage & don't really injure the plants.
> >>>
> >>> ~mIEKAL
>