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Old 27-05-2007, 10:29 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Broad Beans and Blackfly

Will Wilkinson wrote:
In message , White Van Man
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Has anyone got a natural Blackfly deterrent spray or mix they use to
reduce
the little buggers?

Broad Beans look like a war zone at the mo.


I use a 10% solution of Ecover washing up liquid - works a treat and is
plant based so pretty much an organic solution ;-)

Will

On the basis that prevention is better than cure I always remove the
tops of broad beans, this seems to stop blackfly. I then eat them, no,
no I mean the broad bean tops! ;-)