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Originally Posted by robguz24
I think there are different aphids on different plants. I see them all the time on my bananas on the Big Island. I check them daily and the past 3 months they have gotten bad. They've improved as it has gotten cooler and I have been spraying them with soapy water. They are most concentrated on the cigar leaf. No BBTV where I live. Never seen a BBTV infected plant here, but we are very rural and far from banana farms. Kona is a different story. Oahu is apparently much worse. There are other bananas in my neighborhood and most don't tend to them at all, so if (when) it does come, we're all screwed. I'm in a 100"+ rain per year area, so I don't know if that encourages or discourages aphids and thus BBTV.
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Aloha from the Kona side,
We had a BBTV plant a few miles from me. I spoke with the homeowner and helped them remove and destroy it. I have over 100 potted banana plants and have seen aphids. Like Rob, I spray with soapy water every few weeks. Its easy to control pests while they are potted. It will be a different story once they all go into the ground.