Quote Originally Posted by loveplants420
(not thinking I need a form for a bug question, correct me if I am wrong)

I have Blue Dream started flowering dec.1st. Also grow herbs and stuff, I cloned some mint and it had bugs but I didn't know it. I know I know a classic NUBE mistake, don't put any other plants around the girls. Mistake made lesson learned but so now I have aphids. I have taken 5 or 6 of the worst leaves off, I am in close contact with this plant all the time so I immediately see & deal with any bugs I see.

I have sprayed with the diluted soap water solution, however I wont be able to keep doing that once the buds start forming..

So 3 questions.

1: If they really get bad how many leaves is ok to remove? If they are in flowering then is it more or less important for them to have abundant leaves?

2: How far into flowering can I use the soap water cuz I really don't want to deal with mold and such either.

3: Do I need to completely change out the soil? eggs are on the leaves and soil from what I understand, I am getting the leaves but what about the soil?
get some ladybugs problem solved