Author Topic: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?  (Read 2358 times)

flossy

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Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
« on: June 28, 2009, 19:11:03 »

   Got loads of black fly on our runners ....   will washing up liquid solution do the trick ?

    Don't want to use chems,  help please !   ???


    floss xxx
Hertfordshire,   south east England

PurpleHeather

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Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2009, 19:21:07 »
No..It is detergent.

grate some of a bar of soap into some warm water to make a spray or use soap flakes.

Not a lot of soap needed  but please do not use detergent it could kill the beans as well as the blackfly.

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Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 19:22:26 »
try the garlic spray, it works on greenfly  :)

flossy

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Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2009, 20:10:16 »
 

   Whoops, thank you both  --  have laods of soap !        :D

    floss xxx
Hertfordshire,   south east England

 

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