Black Fly.... what's the answer??

[Veggie Mackem]

Got some really nice healthy corgettes growing, just started flowering (mostly male) everthing looking good!!! Did the morning inspection and watering and found a couple of the plants had become home for black fly aphyds, went to the garage to arm myself with the bug spray and found to my horror that all the sprays that I have for veg and fruit state that it's not advisable to use these products when crops are in flower....... well if I'm not mistaken these crops are going to be in flower now and for the rest of the season so please does anyone know how I can rid my plants of these pests??

[Two_Sheds]

squish them with your fingers if it's blackfly. They are sap suckers, so don't attack flowers, just the new green stems of plants.

Mind you, if they are on yellow flowers, it's more likely to be pollen beetles. They're harmless, just annoying, and there are swarms of them in this hot weather.

[Veggie Mackem]

Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier two-sheds, anyway thanks for the advice, I took a closer look and you were right it wasn't black fly but scores of tiny beetles so i guess I won't worry to much.

[greasyfire]

Soapy water the most effective, of ladybird larvae

[Snadger]

I have a Cardoon that seems particularily susceptible to them. Sick of squishing the little blighters!