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Great wodges of blackfly on my nasturtiums
happycottontail
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What is the best non chemical way to get rid of these little critters?
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Turn the hosepipe jet on them - but there'll always be a few
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They are in amongst small love in a mist seedlings Dove, so I don't think the hosepipe is an option.
Then put on a pair of rubber gloves and remove them with your fingers - not pleasant but there's no better way really
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well, it does, but it also kills beneficial insects like ladybirds etc.
The good thing is that it's not systemic.
I must admit, I love nasturtiums, but when they get a bad blackfly infestation I just pull them up and put them on the compost heap .
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
i've grown nasturtiums this year for the 1st time, my little girl chose them, they're not my kind of thing, but mine had blackfly infestation overnight, I wiped them off with a damp tissue, that was few days ago not back yet, hurrah!
This year seems really bad for black fly. They are all over the garden and everywhere I go I seem to get covered in them myself!
All my cosmos are smothered in black fly - horrible.
I just squish them, I rather enjoy it! lol
I'll try the damp tissue rosemummy.