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Talkback: Dealing with aphids

wildlife garden. i have both and, although Bristol weather has been ideal for aphid proliferation lately, no signs either outdoors or in the conservatory. The roses have good populations of ladybirds on them so they must be finding enough to eat by peter dee

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07/06/2012 11:08:51

by discodave

Talkback: Autumn heatwave

to the official calendar......there is a constant stream of queen wasps coming into our house (nasty sting from one last week when I picked up an airing shirt it had decided to hibernate in!), window frames full of ladybirds and cluster flies. So what does lie by Anonymous

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28/11/2011 18:44:16

by Denise Smith

Lupin problems

hundreds of ladybirds and I certainly do not want to kill those, or their strange looking young. I prefer to grow lilies in pots of which I had two white and two orange up until last year when I decided to test the garden with a pot of each variety, but I by Yellow Daisy

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05/06/2012 12:34:56

by Wintersong

SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES

, and this is potentially catastrophic for bees. There is really no need for gardeners to be using these pesticides, I don't think any plants are worth losing our bees over, there lots of natural controls; in the case of aphids just wait for the ladybirds and hoverflies by borderbeeman

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30/07/2012 17:05:04

by ChapelGirl2

Nematodes...every slugs enemy:)

caulis, sprouts and broccolli this year, and I've heard that the slug gone is very useful to use as a mulch around them. They also have other stuff in there, including ladybird larvae, glue bands, sulphur rose (for treating blackspot), you name it by The Manic Slughunter:)

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28/02/2013 11:09:31

by Mummy Muddy Paws

Thugs

down before the seeds set as they are nice in the winter plus as homes for ladybirds etc. So I end up with a little aniseedy forest, I find that they tend to lose their graceful semi see through-ness after a few years so pull them out and leave a by pamajo

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22/07/2012 21:11:27

by christopher2

Talkback: Spiders

spider, but didn't turn into ''SPIDERMAN'', shame! I quiet like spiders too,anyway if a ladybird can bite and really hurt I don't see why any one would think a spider couldn't bite, although I have never been bitten by one, had a funny thing happen when a by jcm

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28/11/2011 18:38:00

by fvgbvjhbhjn

Talkback: Bumblebees in the compost bin

are harmful. I think they are beneficial to the bees as they help keep the bumblebee nests clean. I live in North Yorkshire,& so far this year I have only seen 1 ladybird! This is strange,I usually have lots,as I garden organically,anyone else noticed the lack by mab

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28/11/2011 18:38:46

by Richard Jones

Talkback: Snails and song thrushes in the garden

, if they couldn't find anything nice to eat i doubt they'd keep returning?? i've never heard of growing a patch of nettles to attract butterflies, but i have heard of growing them to attract ladybirds, who play a big role in an organic garden! If you have a by Dragonfly

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28/11/2011 18:40:29

by 2012story.in

Talkback: Unseasonal weather

usually flower first aren't even showing leaves earlier this year i decided to try ladybird larvae in my garden in order to keep bugs at bay-well they did a great job-but there are still hundreds of them all over my bean stalks (which are incidentally by kathryn.brock

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06/01/2012 22:39:12

by Benjet04

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