who's doing this to my beans

[mothhawk]

Cheers both

i was swayed towards them ,although they have left my neighbours alone ,only about 2 metres away .Well now we've named the buggers how do i stop them enjoying there nightly meal out.

Hmmm...... 2 metres is easy lobbing distance, isn't it?

[anton002]

Well heres an update

I have put a beer trap down and also a water and olive oil trap so i wait to see what comes of this .

Also one plot holder said could it be pigeons

But the biggest shock was when i pulled 5 kale plants up that the previous plot holder had left behind ,as i shook the first plant whitefly flew everywhere.
The kale plants were right by the beans and im not sure there the only culprit but i think they are part of the problem as leaves further up are starting to get holes in.

i have cut all of the kale plants down and bagged them ,should i burn them or take them to the skip ?

im going to treat the beans but dont know what with yet ,

[Martin H]

Don't worry too much about the whitefly, they are almost certainly the kind that is only interested in brassicas. So they might spread to your cauliflowers but not to the beans.

Personally I would compost the kale plants.

[anton002]

Martin

I would normally compost them but as they are covered in whitefly ,which i have hopefully trapped any larvae in the black bags i thought it was best to get rid or destroy as the whitefly may live in the compost bin. Im no expert so let me know if i'm completely wrong here?

[Martin H]

Any adults may fly off and lay eggs on other brassicas. Any eggs or larvae will die on the compost heap.

[anton002]

Have i final found out what is damaging my leaves ,i know the previous picture may be slug damage but are the holes higher up due to these ?