Bugs Eating "Okra" (Lady Finger) Leaves / myLot

@acelawrites (19272)

Philippines

July 30, 2018 4:56pm CST

My okra plants (lady finger) are about to bloom and bear fruits, but I was so sad seeing the leaves with little holes. I gently tapped the leaves and saw bluish little flying bugs on it. This is the first time I planted okra, and I do not want to use chemical pesticides. So I thought of mixing dish washing liquid with water then spray it on the leaves. I thought it is safer to use dish washing liquid, although it also has chemical ingredients. Talk of "lesser evil!" I hope it will work.

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

there are many okra plants at the backyard but the fruits dry up because our neighbors who planted those, do not harvest the ripe ones. okra is the only fruit vegetable that i eat, and which i planted before that grew because it did not need to be well taken care of.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

I agree, it does not need so much maintenance/care but I wonder why there are those little flies/bugs that eat the leaves.

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ingrid

@ridingbet (66854)

• Philippines

1 Aug 18

@acelawrites maybe your okra plants are growing near some flowering plants?

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

1 Aug 18

@ridingbet no, it is far from my ornamental plants.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

31 Jul 18

Try adding a bit of Neem oil to the solution and spraying it. It may get rid of the bugs.

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Pitstop

@pitstop (15551)

• Australia

31 Jul 18

@acelawrites hope it works for you

@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

Wow, that's a nice idea too!Thank you!

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Sreekala

@Sreekala (34312)

• India

31 Jul 18

There may be some natural medicine to avoid the bugs from the plants. Please do some searches on it.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

Yes,I will do it. I do not want to use chemical pesticides.

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Arthur Chappell

@arthurchappell (44941)

• Preston, England

31 Jul 18

hopefully it will help get rid of the little blighters

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

Yes, I hope it can help rid of those bugs.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (14591)

• India

31 Jul 18

It is next to impossible to save okra from these bugs without pesticides. I plant some okra behind our kitchen every year but rarely do I get healthy okra plants. Farmers who grow okra for money spray pesticide on the plants without hesitation.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

Pesticides surely work against bugs; but I do not like it's effects on humans who might absorb the harmful chemicals in it.

Icydoll

@Icydoll (36713)

• India

31 Jul 18

I hope it will work.. using pesticides is not good.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

1 Aug 18

Yes, I agree with you.

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Toni

@toniganzon (77227)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

I hope it works. But those who are into organic planting would remove those bugs by hand. That's why they charge a lot of money in selling organic vegetables and fruits coz they require a lot of manual labor.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

31 Jul 18

I do it also when I find them on the leaves;that is mechanical instead of chemical means.