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Natural bug controls - also available free...
I saw details of a place that sold Ladybird eggs (to hatch yourself)
and thought it sounded like fun. This was the Adalia kit, in the Organic Gardening catalogue. It was pretty expensive, but I was still game to try alternative ways of aphid control. Anyway, the kits and eggs turned up, most of them hatched, turned into wriggling larvae. Then died. It was at this point that I noticed that the Stinging Nettles along our road were *COVERED* in Aphids, Ladybirds and lots of Ladybird larvae. I don't reckon my harvesting will have depleted the environment much, and I was able to place the larvae directly on my worst affected plants. I'm still waiting for some replacements from Adalia, but reckon their model is probably flawed anyway. They recommend you keep the results until they've changed into Ladybirds (at which point you have no control over where it will fly off to). By contrast, the larvae eat a greater quantity of aphids and are slightly easier to control (though still very quick & wriggly). Colin ----- (Please reply via the newsgroup) |
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Natural bug controls - also available free...
In article , Colin Malsingh
wrote: [snipped lady bug stuff] It was at this point that I noticed that the Stinging Nettles along [...] Colin If you need any really rich dirt, dig up that stuff that the Stinging Nettles is growing in. It only grows in the *very best* dirt. It's what I call a "bio-indicator of dirt to haul home." Jan |
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