Greenfly- I use cayenne pepper mixed into soapy water and just sprinkle over the affected area with a watering can. Worked really well on badly infested young aubegines.
I like the cayenne pepper idea. With repeated sprays of soapy water we seem to have kept them off recently, but the honeysuckle has taken such a hammering it looks terrible. Gutting when all the other honeysuckle I pass locally is in rude health.
ha. there are a lot of flats round here with communal gardens that will be managed by professionals. I tell you what... they look damn good. Whoever's doing it is a class act.
I tell myself they use loads of chemicals though, and that's how everything looks so beautiful.
This might be a really stupid question but what's to stop the "bought in" ladybirds from flying away?
Re the garlic spray it really does work at keeping slugs and snails off the hostas! I heard it on gardeners question time last year and gave it a go and it's very effective. Not sure about just mashing a bulb up in cold water tho - I use a whole bulb and simmer it in water until it's really soft and mushy then use a masher to squish the cloves and then strain it. That goes into a sprayer which I top up with cold water and the mugs goes round the plants as an extra deterrent!
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Figrat, neither have I.
I saw one without spots early in the year, but not many since.
do birds eat ladybirds, i cant remember the last time i saw a ladybird but we have a large collection of birds
Another winter casualty?
Greenfly- I use cayenne pepper mixed into soapy water and just sprinkle over the affected area with a watering can. Worked really well on badly infested young aubegines.
I like the cayenne pepper idea. With repeated sprays of soapy water we seem to have kept them off recently, but the honeysuckle has taken such a hammering it looks terrible. Gutting when all the other honeysuckle I pass locally is in rude health.
They never seem to go for anyone else's plants, do they!
ha. there are a lot of flats round here with communal gardens that will be managed by professionals. I tell you what... they look damn good. Whoever's doing it is a class act.
I tell myself they use loads of chemicals though, and that's how everything looks so beautiful.
This might be a really stupid question but what's to stop the "bought in" ladybirds from flying away?
Re the garlic spray it really does work at keeping slugs and snails off the hostas! I heard it on gardeners question time last year and gave it a go and it's very effective. Not sure about just mashing a bulb up in cold water tho - I use a whole bulb and simmer it in water until it's really soft and mushy then use a masher to squish the cloves and then strain it. That goes into a sprayer which I top up with cold water and the mugs goes round the plants as an extra deterrent!
I meant I put the mushed garlic round the plants - not mugs! ??????