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Broad Beans and Blackfly
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| White Van Man 2007-05-26, 9:25 am |
| Has anyone got a natural Blackfly deterrent spray or mix they use to reduce
the little buggers?
Broad Beans look like a war zone at the mo.
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| Nick Maclaren 2007-05-26, 9:25 am |
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In article <5bqi7kF2u4nggU1@mid.individual.net>,
"White Van Man" <notachance@there.com> writes:
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|> Has anyone got a natural Blackfly deterrent spray or mix they use to reduce
|> the little buggers?
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|> Broad Beans look like a war zone at the mo.
Horticultural liquid soap (e.g. Savona), available from Green Gardener,
Tuckers etc.
Diluted washing up liquid with a squirt of methylated spirit.
In both cases, you can spray the plants until they are soaked, and do
it several times a week with no major harm.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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| White Van Man 2007-05-26, 9:25 am |
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"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <5bqi7kF2u4nggU1@mid.individual.net>,
> "White Van Man" <notachance@there.com> writes:
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> |> Has anyone got a natural Blackfly deterrent spray or mix they use to
> reduce
> |> the little buggers?
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> |> Broad Beans look like a war zone at the mo.
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> Horticultural liquid soap (e.g. Savona), available from Green Gardener,
> Tuckers etc.
>
> Diluted washing up liquid with a squirt of methylated spirit.
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> In both cases, you can spray the plants until they are soaked, and do
> it several times a week with no major harm.
Blimey....quick response Nick..I'll try that many thanks...
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| Will Wilkinson 2007-05-26, 9:25 am |
| In message <5bqi7kF2u4nggU1@mid.individual.net>, White Van Man
<notachance@there.com> writes
>Has anyone got a natural Blackfly deterrent spray or mix they use to reduce
>the little buggers?
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>Broad Beans look like a war zone at the mo.
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I use a 10% solution of Ecover washing up liquid - works a treat and is
plant based so pretty much an organic solution ;-)
Will
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| Brian Watson 2007-05-26, 1:25 pm |
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"Nick Maclaren" <nmm1@cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Diluted washing up liquid with a squirt of methylated spirit.
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> In both cases, you can spray the plants until they are soaked, and do
> it several times a week with no major harm.
That's what I use and it works a treat on greenfly and whitefly too.
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Brian
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| Broadback 2007-05-27, 9:25 am |
| Will Wilkinson wrote:
> In message <5bqi7kF2u4nggU1@mid.individual.net>, White Van Man
> <notachance@there.com> writes
> I use a 10% solution of Ecover washing up liquid - works a treat and is
> plant based so pretty much an organic solution ;-)
>
> Will
On the basis that prevention is better than cure I always remove the
tops of broad beans, this seems to stop blackfly. I then eat them, no,
no I mean the broad bean tops! ;-)
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| Alan McKenzie 2007-05-28, 3:25 am |
| I,ve seen that advice about removing the tops to prevent black fly - but
when and how do you do it please?
many thanks in advance.
Alan north of Portsmouth
"Broadback" <wen@towill.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Will Wilkinson wrote:
> On the basis that prevention is better than cure I always remove the tops
> of broad beans, this seems to stop blackfly. I then eat them, no, no I
> mean the broad bean tops! ;-)
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| Alan McKenzie <rokerman73@ntlworld.com> writes
>I,ve seen that advice about removing the tops to prevent black fly - but
>when and how do you do it please?
>many thanks in advance.
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When the beans are about the height they say on the packet, or when they
have a reasonable number of clusters of flowers or leave it till you see
the first one or two blackfly.
Just snap off the top 3 or 4 inches with your fingers.
>Alan north of Portsmouth
>"Broadback" <wen@towill.plus.com> wrote in message
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