Black fly and greenfly!!

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Dotty

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Black fly and greenfly!!
« on: June 23, 2010, 06:01 »
Oh my word! I woke up very early this mornig and had a coffee in the garden. To my horror, I have been invaded overnight by blackfly on my cucumbers and what i think might be greenfly on my pepper plant. The pepper plant is by far the worst affected and is smothered in the little blighters! I did a search and found out the est cure is to spray diluted washing up liquid on them. I have just done this, but I am now worried i may not have diluted the washing up liquid enough as i do admit i was a bit heavy handed with the squirt i put in the spray bottle.
Will this affect the plants?
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m1ckz

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Re: Black fly and greenfly!!
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2010, 06:34 »
hi dotty,i tried the soapy spray, didnt work for me,i use rhubarb tea which i found very good,soak a few rhubarb leaves in water for a day or 2, it will stink lol, dilute it 5 to 1 an spray or just buy some bug spray,,tc mick

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Dotty

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Re: Black fly and greenfly!!
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2010, 07:17 »
Thanks Mick. I shall give that a go, but i am still worried i may have sprayed too much washing up liquid onto the plants.

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savbo

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Re: Black fly and greenfly!!
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2010, 07:30 »
Spray on some water if you think there's tooo much WUL...though i wouldnt be worried...


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