I’ve been having trouble with aphids(I think that’s what they are)in indoor herbs and other houseplants. I don’t want to use insecticide. A friend says to mist them with water and dish detergent. This seems to work on hardier houseplants, but not herbs or flowering plants.
I live in Everett WA. I’m planning to start my tomato seeds in the house in March as I did last year, and move them out in May. Last year they were somewhat successful. A few actually ripened normally either in the garden or after I brought them in. But many more rotted before ripening, or had big brown spots. This was very disappointing, and seemed to get worse as the season wore on. Some I salvaged by cutting around the bad spots or picking and using green. But I would have had 3-4 times the tomatoes if this hadn’t happened. I have a plot in a p-patch that is organic gardening only, which doesnt bother me. I would do that anyway, probably. Somebody said that they sell “blight-resistant” seeds, but none if the packages Ive looked at say that. I do plan to get those wire cones to keep the plants upright this year. I think that a few other people had this problem, from what I could see, but none as bad as mine.