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joysie21 Senior Member Posts: 314	Blackfly May 29, 2016 9:27:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joysie21 on May 29, 2016 9:27:31 GMT My Philadelphus is covered in blackfly how can I get rid of it please

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Blackfly May 29, 2016 12:29:42 GMT SueA and daisy like this

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Try a soapy water spray, @joysie , if you don't want to use insecticide on the plant.... or spray something like bug clear if that isn't a problem.

You may also find that some ants are farming them, so check for ant's nests near the base of the plant.

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Blackfly May 29, 2016 17:12:37 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on May 29, 2016 17:12:37 GMT Bug Clear will do the job. If you go with the soapy water make sure no one catches you as it is illegal to use.

dianthus Top Member From the Garden of England Posts: 2,053	Blackfly May 29, 2016 17:16:56 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dianthus on May 29, 2016 17:16:56 GMT May 29, 2016 17:12:37 GMT daitheplant said: Bug Clear will do the job. If you go with the soapy water make sure no one catches you as it is illegal to use. Is it, Dai? When did that become a law, then?

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Blackfly May 29, 2016 17:22:22 GMT daisy likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on May 29, 2016 17:22:22 GMT About 20 years ago Di. It is illegal to use anything that is not a registered pesticide, for that purpose. IF caught you can be fined up to £5000.

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Blackfly May 29, 2016 17:38:02 GMT SueA, daitheplant, and 1 more like this

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May 29, 2016 17:22:22 GMT daitheplant said:

About 20 years ago Di. It is illegal to use anything that is not a registered pesticide, for that purpose. IF caught you can be fined up to £5000.

I remember that daitheplant and I still do it - I said I'll worry when the fairy police turn up at the door...fairy liquid is a walk in the park when you consider the lethal nightmare pesticides out there...shocking! The organic washing up soap is effective too which reminds me....

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Blackfly May 29, 2016 18:11:39 GMT daisy likes this

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May 29, 2016 17:22:22 GMT daitheplant said:

About 20 years ago Di. It is illegal to use anything that is not a registered pesticide, for that purpose. IF caught you can be fined up to £5000.

Well, really!!!

I'm just washing my foliage, in that case!!

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Blackfly May 29, 2016 19:13:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on May 29, 2016 19:13:35 GMT It is a law invented in Brussels and forced on all member states.

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Blackfly May 29, 2016 19:34:33 GMT daisy likes this

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May 29, 2016 19:13:35 GMT daitheplant said:

It is a law invented in Brussels and forced on all member states.

Why am I not surprised!!! Anyone would think they were spraying mercury about. As daisy says, the pesticides contain a lot worse than non-ionic surfactants and antibacterials.

daisy Top Member Posts: 1,216	Blackfly May 30, 2016 15:17:52 GMT dianthus likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daisy on May 30, 2016 15:17:52 GMT I say if a caterpillar can't eat it then neither can I

joysie21 Senior Member Posts: 314	Blackfly May 31, 2016 14:57:09 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joysie21 on May 31, 2016 14:57:09 GMT Thank you all Dianthus I did use fairy liquid in the end Why doesnt my philidelphus flower

dianthus Top Member From the Garden of England Posts: 2,053	Blackfly May 31, 2016 15:36:57 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dianthus on May 31, 2016 15:36:57 GMT Shhh, don't tell Dai ... he he.

daitheplant Top Member Posts: 6,385	Blackfly May 31, 2016 18:02:21 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by daitheplant on May 31, 2016 18:02:21 GMT May 31, 2016 15:36:57 GMT dianthus said: Shhh, don't tell Dai ... he he.

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