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I have seen some aphids this spring on the leaf lettuce, mainly with concentrated infestations on just a few plants. Because I've planted so much leaf lettuce, I just yanked the plants and threw them in the compost bin. I'd prefer not to spray pesticide on the lettuce if I can help it, since we actually eat the leaves.

I did break out the Sevin on two cabbages in the garden however, as the cabbage worms have been going to town on them. A fortnight later they're looking much better. I have also used the Sevin on my volunteer yellow summer squash, which is prone to squash bugs, and the young hot pepper plants. I'm not sure what eats hot pepper plants, but the leaves were looking like swiss cheese, so they got the treatment.

Sevin was my bug killer of choice, since I remember using it as a kid. It's what my dad bought for use in the garden.