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5rod

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blackfly are back
« on: April 21, 2008, 12:23:39 »
HI all
went too lotto today, blackfly on my broad beans
thats the bad news.
Good news   also got good old english ladybirds
eating them. nice to see .so keep an eye out
                    5rod   ;D
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PurpleHeather

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Re: blackfly are back
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2008, 06:58:29 »
That sounded pessimistic, see it from another angle.

Ladybirds NEED the black fly on your broad beans to thrive so that they are strong enough to live on to eat the aphids from your other crops later.

 
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