I have a wonderful apple espalier which I have trained against a sunny wall but no one told me about the ants! The minute a leaf touches the wall they have a bridge to invade and start 'farming' aphids. All trunks stakes and support wires are covered in fruit tree grease so they are unable to access the espalier by those routes but it is trained against a sunny wall as it is meant to be and leaves are going to touch!

Apart from daily vigilance has any one got a solution to this?

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All of mine seem to be doing the same thing

Happening a lot this year, I thought it might just be the random "white" potatoes I was buying, but these were marris piper that Id specifically upgraded to as I wanted some decent mash.  Last nights did the same so I'm ruling out user error.  Need to rethink the menu as it was a mash heavy week and Im just pouring it down the sink.   

Last of the casserole today, will have to do wedges.

Fairly bright and 13 degrees

Bright but not a lot of sun at the moment.