Doris wrote:Beast question, root aphids, they are almost microscopic aphids where it is visible to the naked eye? On turnips or other puny root vegetables I actually found ants or in the surroundings, on a turnip recently the roots seemed a bit thin, but I could not see aphids. After I really do not know enough, it's not yet light years that my sandy soil is willing to offer me this kind of vegetables.
This can be seen with the naked eye, by looking closely ... They are almost as big as the others, but "grayish" ...
Certain species hide in kinds of cottony masses ...
http://ephytia.inra.fr/fr/C/18286/Salad ... es-racines
But again, there are all kinds:
https://www.pthorticulture.com/fr/zone- ... s-racines/
With me, it looks more like this:
https://www.terrevivante.org/356-les-pu ... acines.htm
My ants are black, however.
I wonder if the sandy soil is not free enough ???
Often, what you also see is the ants which build like a sheath down the stem: it is to increase the stalling, to park more aphids again !!!