Thank you for your suggestion @war garden 572 do you find you end up with a sticky doughy mess? I imagine the idea is to suffocate the aphids? I wish I could get the blue tits to find the aphids! Also, I am not sure whether the wet flour, though natural/organic might harm the arbutus unedo. Then again, I think it is suffering from honey fungus. I think things are out of sync with climate change. If only the hoverflies and ladybird lava were here to help out but it has been really cold for stretches at a time much more than it usually has been on the coast here in England.
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Thank you @Obelixx I think I am going to have to remove some of the aphids and the hose is the way to go! I really was far too slow in realising the aphids were there as it has been too cold to spend too much time outside. In my mind I keep thinking if I could hoist the potted arbutus up to where the blue tits hang out, then they might gobble up the aphids pronto! I meant to say, I can just imagine the feasting slugs and snails on your hostas and hope you they will move on to some other plants that you don't mind so much!
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@clamarver I brought my hostas from my Belgian garden 6 and a half years ago. As they're in pots and it's drier here I didn't expect much bovver from slugs but it is snails-a-go-go here and one or two sluggs too.
Can't declare war with pellets as there are birds and other insects here so garlic it will be this year.
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@Obelixx Oh that sounds as if you have done well with the hostas then! I can really sympathise about the snails. In a drier area so that is a bit unexpected. It sometimes feels like a jungle here if it rains hard in the summer and the snails are munching loudly.... Maybe your snails are using the pots as some kind of b&b!? The slugs go more undetected in my garden but they are there. The birds don't always realise they are invited to the feast ...I would be interested to hear how your garlic campaign goes! I am trying to get my snails to live around the composting area but you know, best-laid plans...
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@debs64 thank you yes I am going to do that and then find a new place for the arbutus unedo. I might even buy some ladybirds or ladybird larvae ( I have seen them sold in pouches that can then be hung on branches). The flour will stay firmly in the kitchen!
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as for doughy mess you not using that much flour.
you then wash plant after 30 minutes.
Can't declare war with pellets as there are birds and other insects here so garlic it will be this year.
Enjoy your scones!