'Good bugs' control pests at Madison (ME) tomato greenhouse - without chemicals

[jpak]

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/3924167.html

MADISON -- Unfortunately for commercial growers of tomatoes, aphids and greenhouses have an affinity for each other.

The bad news for the aphids is, those commercial growers have identified other insects that will kill them. At Backyard Farms, those "good bugs" are on the job, every day.

The result is beneficial not only for New England's largest tomato greenhouse, it is also environmentally friendly.

"We're using elements that occur in nature," said Erika Roderick, a biological control manager at Backyard Farms. "We're not using chemicals."

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[phantom power]

1. gardeners have used ladybugs for a long time, haven't they?

[TheWraith]

2. Yes. Almost all of the gardening supply catalogs sell them in bulk. NT

[zbdent]

3. Dharma and Greg ... Abbey: "But we have ladybugs!"

Kitty: "That's why I brought the bug killer."