re blackfly, I can't speak from experience on broad beans but I did plant French marigolds in my tomato plant pots last year in the GH and didn't have any aphids at all, so this year will be doing the same and I'm going to sow some on the veg patch too this year. I'm not a very experienced gardener but after such a mild winter in thin we are going to struggle with all types of pests this year.....the baby slugs are out already
Marigolds contain pyrethrum (that's the stuff with a pungent smell when you rub the leaves) the same stuff is processed and sold commercially as an insecticidal spray.
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Thanks Gemma they look like the ones will carry on with the sowing
Any ideas how to control woodlice? Apologies, my predictive text turned woodlice into wildlife!!!!
re blackfly, I can't speak from experience on broad beans but I did plant French marigolds in my tomato plant pots last year in the GH and didn't have any aphids at all, so this year will be doing the same and I'm going to sow some on the veg patch too this year. I'm not a very experienced gardener but after such a mild winter in thin we are going to struggle with all types of pests this year.....the baby slugs are out already
Marigolds contain pyrethrum (that's the stuff with a pungent smell when you rub the leaves) the same stuff is processed and sold commercially as an insecticidal spray.
Is that just French marigolds? Not calendula? (I was given some assorted calendula seeds last autumn which have germinated really well.)