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Lupins destroyed by greenfly

On 06/10/2012 in forum

, there they are again the next day.  I bought a load of ladybirds, which all promptly flew away (home I guess ), and now my lupins are all dead looking, with grey/black foliage and very floppy.  Any greens bits are still smothered with greenfly.  Do you think


Greenfly

On 14/09/2007 in Glossary

See Aphid.


Dreaded Greenfly

On 20/01/2012 in forum

I brought my chilli and pepper plants in at the end of last year before the frosts.  After a few weeks I noticed small black flies then the green fly.  I had been using a weak solution of washing up liquid but today I lost the battle.  No damage to chilli /  pepper fruit luckily....


Holes in the leaves of my cherry blossom tree

On 10/06/2012 in forum

It sounds like bacterial canker. Full description and treatment options here. Oh no - I've noticed holes in the leaves of my young cherry tree too.  Been out to have a look at the trunk but can't see any oozing or dead patches.  Could there be any other reasons for holes in the l...


Aphid

On 14/09/2007 in Glossary

Minute plant-feeding insects within the super family Aphidoidea. Commonly known as greenfly, blackfly or plant lice.


Aphids on seedlings

On 08/05/2012 in forum

I am raising some Geums from seed - they are currently about 3" tall and are in 3" pots on a windowsill.  Somehow they have got greenfly.  I pick the greenfly off every day and squash them, but they come back very fast.  Is there anything else I can


I simply don't believe it

On 17/11/2012 in forum

Have just got back home from a week working away and was pleased to see a large yellow rose bush in bud; I looked closer and saw the buds were covered in greenfly. Greenfly on November 17th, is that normal? I was quite surprised to see a butterfly


Tiny white bits on plants.

On 11/05/2012 in forum

I've a smalll problem with greenfly on seedlings in the GH, nothing mega just a few insects, which have been sprayed with a watered down garlic mix and olive oil but just when they appear to have gone they reappear on other plants. I've also noticed


Talkback: Final preparations for Chelsea

On 28/11/2011 in forum

Good luck, this weather was definitely sent to try us,just like slugs,snails,greenfly,whitefly etc for those, dull days do not exist, ever more the optimist.I often say this to myself it was on a gardeners thermometer I bought for my dad 35 years


bugs on mint plant

On 13/04/2012 in forum

of little green lumps all up the stems, are these green fly waiting to hatch out?? No - greenfly are born live! On closer inspection some are moving, defo look like green fly.


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