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Bugs on fruit tree

Eileen107Eileen107 Posts: 94
in Problem solving
One of my patio fruit trees is infested with black bean aphids. Has anyone any idea what I can do about this?


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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    The first thing to try is blasting them off with a hose spray attachment.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    or brush them off between finger and thumb, wearing a rubber glove if you're squeamish ... or use an old two inch paintbrush

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    I have that too. My poor dwarf cherries. I have been squirting with a neem oil and castile soap water solution. Some of the leaves were so bad and had curled up, and too many bugs for scraping off to be feasible, so I pulled the leaves off, and put them in the kitchen bin. Mistake. The next day it was crawling with them.
    Anyway I will persist with the neem oil mixture. I don't think it's an instant solution so hard to tell if it's working. 
    I also received some RHS Bug & Mildew Control spray, today.
    Will let you know if I have any success. Will try to be scientific.
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