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  • #16
    Perhaps it was all the rain washing the soapy water away that allowed the blackfly back? Perservere a little longer now it seems to have dried up. I've had a large mock orange for years and have never had any aphid problems - but last year we had an infestation of stag beetles in there, that was nasty! Hope you get lots of lovely flowers PT.
    Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

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    • #17
      I'm knew to all this and have got what looks like little black aphids on my runner bean plants, I take it that this is black fly, I take it the soap spray is ok to use on my runner beans?

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      • #18
        hi spud man, thats what mine look like on my mock orange. I also have them on my broad beans will have to invest in a new bottle of washing up liquid!

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        • #19
          Or you can just squash them, if you're not so squeamish. Get some nasturtium plants, last year the black fly I had were almost 100% on them, they love it. They killed all the Nasturtiums but I'd planted them specifically to attract Black fly away from my Toms, though I was very surprised how effective they were.

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