Aphids on Fava Beans attract beneficial insects
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Maria uses her macro lens to close in on our Fava Beans, which are covered in black aphids. Instead of reporting a bad news story, she points out all the beneficial insects dining on the aphids and shows us a bucket of ripe beans that survived despite the pest attack. Later she turned the harvested beans into a delicious Fava Bean humous.
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Great article! You really have got to keep a food source around for your beneficial bug buddies. Growing ‘trap’ species that are thought of as problems plants by new gardeners is always a good idea.
Keep the growing knowledge growing!
J
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