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Aquaponics in Hawaii Part Two - BUGS!!!
 Water, water all around you’d think the likely invasion of bugs bothering your plants would be reduced.  But, no – I have an invasion of aphids and ants on my leafy plants.  Here in Maunawili,  Kailua on Oahu, I have had, for the last year or so, an above average amount of ants in and about my yard.  The bug guy (thanks, Troy of Terminix) comes by once a quarter and keeps all buggy pests under control. 
But when I planted my Lilikoi vine, I started having problems with the ants invading the flowers and breaking them off before any fruit was made.  So I started to investigate non-poisonous ways to control the ants.  Pepper, Vinegar and soap sprays seemed to work so I would spray every day.  But the chili powder I was using clogs up the spray bottle.  Lesson number one, buy whole, hot chilies and steep in the boiled, hot vinegar water then strain and add the dish soap, voila – no clogs. However, the spraying every day gets a bit time consuming and I was still having flower drop off. So I switched to an organic insecticidal soap product.  
On the in-dirt plants – worked wonderfully and can be applied up to the day of harvest.  Then the  aquaponics system ... more

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