GREENFLY

vickydoodles · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:25 am Post subject:

can you help? i have green, white and reddy brown fly attacking my rose bush. i have sprayed with soapy water but what else can i do to stop them?

Tango Bunny · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:40 am Post subject:

buy a greenfly spray hun.
the white ones are whitefly the green and red ones are both greenfly they change colour according the the sap they suck and how mature they are.
Get a good quality animal friendly sparay in a trigger gun thingy that does all pests
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Trish · Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:25 am Post subject:

You can also try planting marigolds, as both black & greenfly are detered by the scent. Ladybird & hoverfly are the best at eating green (and black) fly. Plant things that will attract these and you'll have far less problems. (poached egg plant is excellent for this & will self seed each year)It's a lot safer and a lot more green than using chemical, which can kill the "good" insects as well as the bad. Encouraging natural predators is the best long term solution.

chocaholicsanon · Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 9:02 am Post subject:

or garlic plants.....
or pick them off...yukkky

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