"Bertie Doe" wrote in message
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"Dave" wrote in message
I'm having an aphid problem with my VFT. It was near my tomato plants
during the summer & the aphids seem to have infested it.
I have rinsed it under a tap which got rid of the visible ones but they
soon came back. Then I rinsed it under the tap AND changed the pot & soil
but they're back again. The plant is on it's own so they're not coming
off something else.
I'm wary of using a soapy solution in case it has an adverse affect on
the plant.

TIA

Hi Dave, I have a few flytraps (Dionae) and mine are surrounded by
Butterworts and Sundews, that will scoff aphids with glee. But this
doesn't help your problem, unfortunately for a trap to close, it needs two
trigger hairs to be moved. Apart from being too small, the aphid is also
too lightweight. The trigger hairs mustn't be to sensitive, or breezes
will cause the plant to trigger and die of exhaustion.
I strongly recommend joining CPUK, a great crowd of guys and gals from
around the world. You don't need to join, you can lurk. I went to 'forums'
Spring Traps, Dionaea and typed aphids into the search engine and got :-
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ce88t5 If this doesn't work, I'll be quite
happy to ask the question.

Bertie

Cheers, I tried the submerging method yesterday but the water was quite cold
& the vft floated. Have left the water inside overnight & will look for
something to weigh it down. If that fails, I'll get some of that provado.
I've just had a look at getting some Butterwort & Sundew plants but they're
quite scarce at the moment.