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blackfly all over my bean plants

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Bing

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blackfly all over my bean plants

« on: July 13, 2013, 21:34 »

they are under almost every leaf and vine, should I pull all of them up?

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Beetroot queen

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Re: blackfly all over my bean plants

« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2013, 22:05 »

Spray with a soapy water solution should send them on their way, i am going to do mine tomorrow

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Fairy Plotmother

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Re: blackfly all over my bean plants

« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2013, 22:17 »

ladybirds have moved in on mine now.. they will be getting very fat!!!!

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Re: blackfly all over my bean plants

« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2013, 22:20 »

Whether you do it organically or inorganically, there is no need for a knee-jerk reaction of pulling them up. It happens to us all and we'd get nowhere if we uprooted everything at the first sign of a problem!

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