permaculture

[Marijana Lesar <marijana@kneja.hr>]

Hello,
i don't know the answer of the subject line, but i observed my sage 
that was really full with aphids. I left it untreated and just 
watched what was happening. First i saw ladybird larvaes eating the 
aphids (i tried to ad a picture, but my mail retourned), and two days 
later, when the sage began to bloom, no aphids where on the sage! i 
don't know what caused the aphids to disappear... heavy rain fall 
after a drought period, before the aphids disappear, maybe it washed 
them away, but the aphids still sucked another sage bush that didn't 
bloom after rain. Maybe the scent or something else of the sage 
flowers has a repelent effect on them. I saw also on other sages in 
the garden that the aphids were gone after they opened their flowers. 
This year we have realy problems with aphids and slugs.

See ya on IPC8!
Marijana


At 22:37 12.5.2007, you wrote:
> This tree has been cared for as almost all trees are cared for.  Grass
> growing right up to the trunk.  No water in the summer.  Crowded
> between other trees in the area.  Not properly pruned for many years.