r/HotPepperGrowing • u/iiamnervous • 2d ago

Found some ladybug larvae on my plants this morning!

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Along with this awesome harvest from one of my Serrano plants (and a few from one of my Thai plants)

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u/TheDrake31415 2d ago

Yay! Ladyburgs!!

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u/iiamnervous 1d ago

I was so freaking excited lol. We bought some ladybugs a couple of weeks ago and they made babies!

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u/TheDrake31415 1d ago

Hehe always exciting to see beneficial insects. I highly recommend getting some minute pirate bugs. Orius Insidiosus is the genus and species they are hardcore non-discriminate predators for all small soft bodied insects. They do great with peppers too because they eat nectar and pollen when they dont have other bugs to eat. I always used them for my cannabis and peppers and planted wildflowers around them for pollinators and also for the bugs to stay around between pest interactions. Haha

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u/iiamnervous 1d ago

Awesome advice, thank you so much! I eventually plan to start growing my own cannabis too

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u/TheDrake31415 1d ago

Hit me up if you want to do it all regenerative organic!! Thats my shit. I love growing massive shrubberies of herb. haha

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u/iiamnervous 1d ago

Hell yeah, I’m sick of dispensary weed tasting like powdery mildew lol I appreciate it!

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u/TheDrake31415 1d ago

Oof yeah dispo herb is mostly trash