After a really bad aphid scare on my Colocasia 'Black Magic' I spent the day doing the repots I'd been meaning to do for ages and pest inspected everything as it was repotted. After that I moved them into my bedroom, tomorrow I've gotta do the rest of them, but it'll all be worth it in the end. I didn't have anything on hand to deal with the aphids so I chopped the whole plant down to an inch above soil level, bagged and binned the waste and sprayed the remaining "stump" with 70% isopropyl alcohol to take care of any survivors. It should resprout in no time at all and I'll grab some pyrethrum concentrate on Friday to deal with any future breakouts. I'm also ordering a proper plant shelf on Friday, I can't wait for it to arrive and I'll set the grow lights up tomorrow as I'm too tired to do it now 😴
by MHarrisFNQAUS