[clarabel]

hiya

I've been out today, and the flowers on my pumpkins and squash are covered in blackfly, wilting and dropping off. :evil:

It is breaking my heart, as I was so pleased with my first attempts at these. :cry:

I've researched this here, and people talk about a 2% soft soap solution. Can you tell me how to make this please, is it just 2% washing up liquid in water? would ecver washing up liquid work as that's what I use? I'm sorry if I sound thick! :oops:

Oh, and another thing. SOMETHING is eating the leaves of my spuds. they are covered in tiny holes...could it be earwigs, as I seem to have an infestation of these?


thanks guys.


Loving the rain though!!

clara.xx

[clarabel]

no one can help me? really?

 :cry:

[DD.]

Hi clarabel,

Sorry no one has answered, can't help re the soap spray, but now the question has surfaced again, hopefully someone will see it.

Re the holes - could be any one of a number of bugs, capsid bug for instance, but this usually does not affect the yield and they can just be left alone.

[johnathome]

I used water with a bit of WUL to spray on my runners to get rid of blackfly, it worked for about 3 weeks, although the weather may  have had something to do with that as well.

Apparently it coats their skin and stops them breathing, or just spray them right off the plant.

[loubylou29]

Liquid derris if the soap spray doesn't work.
I don't measure the WUL, just put a good glug in the srprayer bottle. and spray away, you have to repeat it fairly often.
I need to get round to it tmo, my courgettes are covered.

Good luck.
xx

[clarabel]

thanks guys, will try WUL!

hoping spuds come out unscathed!

 :roll: