ants and broad beans

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ants and broad beans
« on: May 13, 2009, 12:58 »
hi folks, i planted my broad beans a few weeks back and my wife went to check and water them and they were swarmed with loadsa ants eating them so they are just stalks now, is there any way of stopping this next time, am i going to have to kill the ants? whats the best way? my plan is to up the stalks and put my french beans in their place but am i going to have the same probs?!
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Re: ants and broad beans
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2009, 16:05 »
They have probably been attacked by black fly - the ants "farm" them. And black fly like runner beans as well. You can nip out the tips of the broad beans, which has some effect or spray them with dilute washing up liquid, which will get some off or spray with chemicals, which does work. Last year I had to abandon my broad beans to the flies. This year I'm spraying.
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Re: ants and broad beans
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2009, 19:53 »
cheers for that i think they are past saving so i'll live an learn, i will plant the french beans in there place and spray them!!!

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Re: ants and broad beans
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 07:42 »
You can put a dab of jam on the top of the beans. It seems the ants prefer this to blackfly, and so murder the blackfly.  :)


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