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title: "I found these little bugs in my basil; they’re also attacking my…"
description: "I found these little bugs in my basil; they’re also attacking my garlic. How do I get rid of them. Please help!"
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# I found these little bugs in my basil; they’re also attacking my…

_Geplaatst door John L op 2025-04-21_

I found these little bugs in my basil; they’re also attacking my garlic. How do I get rid of them. Please help!

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## 6 reacties

### Springvision reageerde op 2025-04-21

Aphids, I find just taking your hose and giving him a good spray to get them off.

#### Laura B antwoordde op 2025-04-21

This, and you can burn them with alcohol on a cotton swab. Be very thorough, look under every leaf.

### KJM reageerde op 2025-04-22

I would do what springvision said, give it a good hosing. Flush the pot so you drown any little babies in there. You could also spray it with horticultural oil afterwards just to catch anything you've missed. Make sure the horticultural oil dribbles down into the leaf axles and get the back of the leaves.

#### John L antwoordde op 2025-04-22

is the basil still safe to eat

### KJM reageerde op 2025-04-22

Yes, I would rinse off the All seasons oil but that is an organic treatment.

#### John L antwoordde op 2025-04-22

Ok, thank you!

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