interesting - thanks for all you replies - not noticed many on my roses ans sedums and certainly no immediate damage, but they are unsightly, so I may hose them away yes.
A few doesn't sound like a major infestation. I haven't seen any of these in years, I remember them in my parents garden and always found them really interesting. When my dad first told me they were cuckoo spit I took it literally and thought it was great that cuckoo's were spitting in our garden.
I too remember these from many years ago - we used to find them on loads ofplants but hadn't seem them forages. Now I've got them on my lavender bushes but not too many. I'll leave them alone since the concensus seems to be that they are harmless. What exactly are froghoppers and what do they eat when adult?
S'ok. Just looked at the link that Dovefromabove gave. They apparently can harm gardens that have fruit bushes as they eat the sap and weaken the plant. Only fruit I have is strawberries and an apple tree that has never produced any fruit in the three years I've had it so I'm not going to do anything. Thaks for the link, Dove.
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They also can cause a certain amount of distortion to stems on susceptible plants. I certainly do not allow them to stay on plants in the Greenhouse.
it's agreat many years since i've seen enough of these to qualify as an infestation.
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interesting - thanks for all you replies - not noticed many on my roses ans sedums and certainly no immediate damage, but they are unsightly, so I may hose them away yes.
They only seem to love my Rosemary plants, have not found them on anything else
Yes, just kill them Jess, why not
In the sticks near Peterborough
A few doesn't sound like a major infestation. I haven't seen any of these in years, I remember them in my parents garden and always found them really interesting. When my dad first told me they were cuckoo spit I took it literally and thought it was great that cuckoo's were spitting in our garden.
I think I may squish them - almost impossible to water jet them off a sedum roof without drowning my neighbour and his garden in the process!
I too remember these from many years ago - we used to find them on loads ofplants but hadn't seem them forages. Now I've got them on my lavender bushes but not too many. I'll leave them alone since the concensus seems to be that they are harmless. What exactly are froghoppers and what do they eat when adult?
S'ok. Just looked at the link that Dovefromabove gave. They apparently can harm gardens that have fruit bushes as they eat the sap and weaken the plant. Only fruit I have is strawberries and an apple tree that has never produced any fruit in the three years I've had it so I'm not going to do anything. Thaks for the link, Dove.