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simmo116
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parsnip pests?????
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July 18, 2009, 13:08:45 »
hi i noticed that on my parsnips that around the neck they seemed to be earthed up by ants. and on closer inspection i noticed hundreds of small brown aphid like bugs on the whole parsnip i've taken some pics but there not very clear. also there was a patch of like a cloudy pale slime on one????
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July 18, 2009, 13:15:08 »
Mine have got blackfly this year - never had it before. But everything has blackfly this year. The ladybirds were very slow off the mark.
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simmo116
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July 19, 2009, 18:40:24 »
am depressed now as i've pulled alternate parsnips and every one has bugs on! i've looked in all my books and none of them list what i've got... >:(
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LesH
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July 19, 2009, 22:53:16 »
Parsnip aphids.
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saddad
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July 19, 2009, 22:54:46 »
Root aphids... rare on Parsnips, prefer lettuce. Bad luck. :-\
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simmo116
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July 20, 2009, 16:43:50 »
what can i do to clear/prvent them preforably organic?
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simmo116
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July 20, 2009, 18:51:48 »
ok so i've been doing some googling... and waht most people recomend is that i spray as for leaf aphids with a fatty acid soap or derris wich i believe is banned... ??? can any one recomend an organic reliable soap?
also as they are being farmed by the ants i need to get thm under control... i have aphids in at least two seperate beds now both on parsnips(succesional) the snips them selves seem fine'ish maybe be a litle canker wich i presume is transmited by the aphids. its not looking good first i lost all my alliums. now it seems i may lose my snips. the only thing thats doing well is the bloody mares tail!!! anyone tried eatting it? lol
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davyw1
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July 20, 2009, 21:10:42 »
This may help you some different recipies, or you can buy Savona, my preference which i have put on before is Stergene washing up liquid.
Whatever you use organicaly remember the resuts are slow.
http://www.lpgardening.co.uk/Pages/16%20recipes.htm
If anyone has a problem with white fly try Stergene it does work.
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July 20, 2009, 21:19:45 »
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they are being farmed by the ants
I keep tell people that blackfly on the broad beans etc are farmed by the ants and everyone thinks I am mad.
There will be an ant day soon and I get squashing all those flying princes and princesses before they get time to become queens.
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simmo116
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July 22, 2009, 19:09:37 »
there on my radishes now!!!! also little maggots on me snips. im thinking carrot fly?
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saddad
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July 23, 2009, 23:39:38 »
Carrot fly can attack parsnips... :-X
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