Aphid Battle

I bought some Pansies back in November from Lowes. I thought they were nice, but they were dry and on sale because they were clearing out their plants. I thought they would do fine in the greenhouse with some TLC. Well, they did pick right up and starting looking great.

In late December I noticed something awful. The plants started to look droopy again. I thought maybe I had started to overwater so I stopped watering for a few days and they did not recover. I then figured out why.

The beautiful plants were being attacked with APHIDS. I sprayed some organic pesticieds on the plants and they seemed to double over night. I moved them to anothert room so the aphids could not spread to my other plants. I repotted all and gave each plant a bath in water/vegetable mix. This seemed to work. The aphids were gone. I left them on friday. On Monday I returned and the aphids were back. Sadly two weeks ago I decided that the plants were beyond hope and I added them and their soil to the composter. This was truly a sad day for the greenhouse.