Category: Chemical
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Product: Aphids – Life Science Provanto Ultimate Bug Killer
This is the spray I used (after trying the washing up liquid and water approach) with great success on the aphid infested fruit trees in the back garden. Well, I say success, it killed off the aphid infestation but I left it too late to save one of the pear trees and one of the…
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Control: Aphids – What to do?
From the experts: RHS https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=181 Non-pesticide control Where possible tolerate infestations of aphids. Aphids have many natural enemies (aphid predators), including ladybirds, hoverfly larvae, lacewing larvae and parasitic wasps. Some of these are available for biological control of aphids in greenhouses. Out of doors, aphid infestations can build up in spring before the natural enemies are active in sufficient numbers…
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From the Archive: BBC – Coffee and Slugs
Take a look at this BBC archive article assessing the viability of using coffee, well caffeine, as a control for slugs, you can always rely upon the Radio 4 listener to provide just the right amount of constructive feedback. The War on Slugs – Listeners’ Emails We spoke to Dr Robert Hollingsworth about his research…
Eaten by Slugs 