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flossy
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Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
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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
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PurpleHeather
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Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
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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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manicscousers
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Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
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June 28, 2009, 19:22:26 »
try the garlic spray, it works on greenfly :)
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flossy
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June 28, 2009, 20:10:16 »
Whoops, thank you both -- have laods of soap ! :D
floss xxx
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