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'm having the same but no lupin aphid of other pest damage, although the majority of mine have all now collapsed! I'm guessing it's a combination of weight of stems and being battered by rain but, as a relative novice, i'd welcome any thoughts. I've also got

blight I don't know. A squirt or washing-up liquid  with water in a spray bottle is a formula for spraying aphids Add 20 grams of copper sulphate to 35 grams of washing soda to 5 liters of water and stir , this solution is for spraying against pottato

spread over the garden.  It is delicious in mash with potatoes though. hi can you help me i have 3 apple trees and 1 as got woolly aphids all over have put grease around trees and i winter wash in winter and spring but its still there have looked on inter

. It's always fascinating to see what they can find and so rewarding to be able to tell them how many legs a woodlouse has (14) or how a hoverfly larva skewers an aphid then sucks out its guts. The more gruesome, the better.Unfortunately this year

with chives, they'll provide welcome pollen to adult hoverflies. My hope is that hoverflies are attracted to my garden to breed, laying their eggs on surrounding fruit trees and crops. Eggs hatch into larvae with a good appetite for eating aphids and pests, so

. It is not one of those gardener-friendly hoverflies lauded for its voracious aphid-hunting larvae. Instead, its large glutinous maggots chew away at the insides of daffodil bulbs; at best leaving a large open wound in the damaged and weakened bulb, at worst

surprise guests joining us too.Fighting pests is one theme we'll cover, as many people are hesitant about using pesticides around the garden, particularly on things they're going to eat. One way to combat greenfly and aphids is to encourage beneficial

of aphids in the United States and Europe. It was free to breed and spread over the continents and eventually all it needed to do was hop over the Channel to the UK. So it did.First spotted in Essex, the harlequin is now virtually everywhere, except for more

- all of which are rich in nectar, and are particularly attractive to hoverflies and lacewings whose larvae, in turn, eat aphids.Stinging nettles are essential food for the caterpillars of butterflies such as red admirals, tortoiseshells and peacocks

don't have clusters of eggs they are little dots all over the place and are all white. If you scroll to aphids the first 2 images are what I have.    http://www.psykick.de/salvia/en-gallery-problems.html#pest_whitefly There are many sprays to get rid