Blackfly

Just wondering if anybody else has a really bad infestation of these critters.   I cannot ever remember them being so bad.  This afternoon, I have had to remove the foxgloves and tall poppies and now I remember why I haven't grown Petunias for years !  But oddly enough they have left the salad crops and veg alone, I had one small attack at the bottom of the runners, which I rubbed out by hand, which seems to have done the trick.   But I have never lost so many flowering plants to them before.   I am not particularly looking for a cure, but I hoped the very severe winter might have 'kicked them into touch'        Please tell me I'm not alone.

Ok thats it, rant over      Mrs Bouquet

Got a lot on the unopened squash flowers, some of which are completely black with them. Did see some ladybird today, but not on them of course  right the other side of the plot.

Pick off the badly covered ones and carried over the ladybirds . Lets' hope they eat quick 

Hi Cath81, I am on top of the Downs in Findon Village, you would have thought the winds that always blow, would have blown them clean away, but no.   Have noticed today that the antirrhinums are now totally covered as well    regards, Mrs Bouquet  (at this rate there won't be many bouquets from this garden this summer  )

No blackfly here, not even on my broad beans (none last year either). However I did notice greenfly on the broadbeans so I cut off the tops, since they were already 5' high.

my marigolds were also covered in black fly but luckily our allotment is teeming with ladybird larve so brought some back to house seems to have done trick!!! green fly still a pest in greenhse tho.

Blackfly all along the south coast - I've got them too!!  Not me personally but my runner beans.... They hopped over from the broad beans I guess having chomped their way through those first.

Ladybirds have been busy but they'll be dieting all winter if they manage to get through the strings of BF munching on my beans!!