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Nasturtium massacre

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  • GardenGrower11GardenGrower11 Posts: 312
    wrightt said:
    Are they insects? if so try washing the leaves with a bit of soap. if not try spraying with a bug killer if this is what they are.
    Surely a 'bug killer' should always be a last resort to anything, and only if really necessary, certainly not a first suggestion.

    @wrightt I see in your profile you say you are 'Winner of Dorset large wildlife garden featured in the Mail on Sunday'. I would have thought 'bug killer' was not particularly wildlife friendly.

    My nasturtiums are also ravaged by blackfly more than usual this year. But as others have said, nasturtiums are great for the 'good' insects like bees, and act as sacrificial plants for the 'bad' insects. And if you don't use 'bug sprays' on the blackfly, they in turn also become food for the 'good' insects like ladybirds and hoverflies.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I have never seen so many hover flies as this year, in my garden, also bees. Are they desperate to survive. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    To be clear - the black fly won’t just build up on the nasturtium and then move on to ravage he rest o
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    It's just awful to see a plant destroyed by blackfly.  Only tonight I was squishing hundreds on one of my dahlias, horrible things.
  • Valley GardenerValley Gardener Posts: 2,851
    My Little Gem nasturtiums have gone the same way,I've practically bathed them in soapy water but still the Blackfly have come back.
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