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will subsequently use for pesticides (for blackfly,greenfly etc). I made that mistake once, washing the spayer out very thoroughly and pumping plenty of clean water through the sprayer too before spraying for cabbage caterpillars. A week or so later my cabbages all

the slugs go mad for them but many years ago  when I had my first proper garden I had huge probs with greenfly so didn't really bother with them after that. I grow my plants 'hard' so that they can stand on their own feet - so to speak! Having a good supply

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

I've been hand weeding all day and I haven't seen one single ladybird - nor any larvae.  What's happened to them all?  I was amazed at the amount of ants there are out there.  Also the greenfly and blackfly population has expanded on last year

to stop squirrells eating the new buds on my lovely climbing rose,and is there anything i can put on the rose to stop greenfly...i cant use a spray as i cant reach the buds[about 10ft high],is there anything i can put round soil so roots will take it in