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not so many greenfly or whitefly either tho plenty of blackfly on the elderflowers in next door's garden and on my tall thistles. Well, I got so fed up of waiting for a photograph on this page, that I googlesd it. Now I've seen that, thankfully I know

affected shoots, the bugs will have sucked the sap from the leaves and even if you use a spray which kills the bugs the leaves left will be distorted, you'll also have less bugs to kill. Aphids - black/greenfly breath through their skin. I use a mix

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

As the title says I'm having problems with my indoor herbs. I noticed white 'dust' on the table and then realised it was all over my herbs mostly on the stems but some on the leaves too I believe they are greenfly eggs they are like tiny white seed

the cold spells. It did last year but came back but I'm wondering if the fungus is telling me the tree is dead? Can anyone help please. to eradicate of greenfly i add a couple of crushed cloves of garlic to half a litre of water and boil

that send sticky dew over my garden; today we have had swarms of greenfly coming off the tree & into the gardens. These have been followed by ladybird larve but they aren't fast enough to stop the aphids attacking my broadbeans! This feels far too early

had a bad attack from Greenfly, I got some spray and drenched it , Greenfly have gone now but the leaves have started to turn brown on the edges and some have fallen off?? I am concerned as I have only had it a few weeks and it looks to be about

in whitefly and some greenfly, I'm fighting a daily battle spraying them with soapy water as I don't use chemicals. I think I'm fighting a losing battle, help! Well, with a 16 month old, washing, cooking, shopping, it's not so easy to get around, but by and by

colour, the scent is gorgeous without being overpowering, it repeats, the insects love it and, if it gets greenfly, the little birds (sparrows particularly) are very quick to clean it up for me. What more could I want? Well, a bit more black spot

won't use this type of killer. The RHS suggests trying to prevent the insects laying eggs with the use of Deltamethrin (Bayer Sprayday Greenfly Killer) or lambda cyhalothrin (Westland Plant Rescue Fruit & Vegetable Bug Killer), which do not have