I've got Tropaeolum peregrinum (Canary Creeper) growing with sweet peas,
runner beans and tomatoes. And a clematis.

The Tropaeolums are being eaten alive by turnip fly - the same metallic
green flea beetles that attack my purple sprouting. They don't just eat
the leaves and flowers, they gnaw through the stem and kill the whole
plant.

Derris dust helps but it's really hard to dust a climber effectively. A
website said the "organic insecticide" spray with amino acids would kill
them so I bought it - but the label says not to use it on sweet peas.

Is there anything that'll kill the little b*stards without harming my
other climbers or making the beans and tomatoes unsafe to eat?

I don't care about the clematis.

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Sue ]

Could try provado ultimate bug killer but read label first, it is systemic
but there are restrictions in harvesting


"MadCow" wrote in message
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I've got Tropaeolum peregrinum (Canary Creeper) growing with sweet peas,
runner beans and tomatoes. And a clematis.

The Tropaeolums are being eaten alive by turnip fly - the same metallic
green flea beetles that attack my purple sprouting. They don't just eat
the leaves and flowers, they gnaw through the stem and kill the whole
plant.

Derris dust helps but it's really hard to dust a climber effectively. A
website said the "organic insecticide" spray with amino acids would kill
them so I bought it - but the label says not to use it on sweet peas.

Is there anything that'll kill the little b*stards without harming my
other climbers or making the beans and tomatoes unsafe to eat?

I don't care about the clematis.

--
Sue ]