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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: flossy on June 28, 2009, 19:11:03

Title: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
Post by: flossy 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

Title: Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
Post by: PurpleHeather 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.

Title: Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
Post by: manicscousers on June 28, 2009, 19:22:26

try the garlic spray, it works on greenfly  :)

Title: Re: Runner beans, black fly ...... ?
Post by: flossy on June 28, 2009, 20:10:16

 

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

    floss xxx