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Aphids on broad beans
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I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Thanks Adam |
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In article , Adam writes: | | I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be | growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. | Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about | it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Spray the aphids with soft soap or detergent and methylated spirits, and the ants will go elsewhere - they are merely collecting honeydew. The aphids can damage the crop. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Adam writes: | | I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be | growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. | Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about | it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Spray the aphids with soft soap or detergent and methylated spirits, and the ants will go elsewhere - they are merely collecting honeydew. The aphids can damage the crop. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Or go around and squidge the blackfly between your fingers |
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On Mon, 12 May 2008 08:25:24 +0100, Adam wrote:
Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Thanks Adam Broad beans always attract blackfly, it's a fact of life. You don't need insecticide - A regular spray with a weak washing-up liquid solution is all you need. |
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Adam wrote:
Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. |
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On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth
Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't go near tomatoes. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On May 14, 10:20*am, Sacha wrote:
On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants.. *Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't go near tomatoes. *;-) Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? Cat(h) |
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Cat(h) wrote:
On May 14, 10:20 am, Sacha wrote: On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't get it on your fingers. Nicotine extracted from just a single cigarette with the right solvent could be a lethal dose in a human. This is one very ill advised piece of kitchen sink chemistry. And don't go near tomatoes. ;-) Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? Despite the name tobacco mosaic virus is quite capable of infecting a range of plant species with damaging results. ISTR orchid growers are quite paranoid about it as the live virus can survive in the smoke. Regards, Martin Brown ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com ** |
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"Cat(h)" wrote in message ... On May 14, 10:20 am, Sacha wrote: On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't go near tomatoes. ;-) Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? What are the symptoms of balderdash and is there a treatment? Mary Cat(h) |
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In article , "Cat(h)" writes: | | Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... | Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the | tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? It used to be a significant risk, but I believe is now very unlikely. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On May 14, 1:49*pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Cat(h)" wrote in message ... On May 14, 10:20 am, Sacha wrote: On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't go near tomatoes. ;-) Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? What are the symptoms of balderdash and is there a treatment? Balderdashed tomatoes are a delicacy in some parts of Italy, I'll have you know. Cat(h) |
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In article , "Mary Fisher" writes: | | What are the symptoms of balderdash and is there a treatment? One of the symptoms is attempting to use eminent authority[*] to disprove people who are making claims based on actual experiment and analysis. There is a simple treatment: do the experiments or analysis yourself, and post (or even publish) the results. You will then be thoroughly flamed, which will cure you of balderdash for good. [*] In bad cases, Wikipedia is used as 'eminent authority'. In really extreme cases, even public statements by local or national government are. It's hard to believe, but true. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Cat(h)" wrote in message ... On May 14, 1:49 pm, "Mary Fisher" wrote: "Cat(h)" wrote in message ... On May 14, 10:20 am, Sacha wrote: On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't go near tomatoes. ;-) Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? What are the symptoms of balderdash and is there a treatment? Balderdashed tomatoes are a delicacy in some parts of Italy, I'll have you know. Never been so I'll take your word for it :-) Mary Cat(h) |
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On 14/5/08 12:52, in article
, "Cat(h)" wrote: On May 14, 10:20*am, Sacha wrote: On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth Snr" wrote: Adam wrote: Hi Everyone I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants. *Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically? Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the solution before eating. And don't go near tomatoes. *;-) Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back... Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash? Cat(h) No, it's perfectly true. And nicotine is in itself one of the deadliest poisons. I know it's an old 'remedy' but I'd never risk it on foodstuffs myself. I was talking to Ray about this at luncthime - he used to grow tomatoes commercially - and he says that when the organic movement was really getting going, the HDRA encouraged people to go round the pubs, collecting up old ciggie ends and diluting them in water for just this purpose. I don't think they do that now. ;-)) http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...re/DG1168.html "The most common sources of virus inoculum for tobacco mosaic virus are the debris of infected plants that remains in the soil and certain infected tobacco products that contaminate workers hands. Cigars, cigarettes, and pipe tobaccos can be infected with tobacco mosaic virus. Handling these smoking materials contaminates the hands, and subsequent handling of plants results in a transmission of the virus. Therefore, do not smoke while handling or transplanting plants." In addition, I found some information on pesticides and bees, including the newer nicotine based pesticides and GM crops: "Nicotine-Based Pesticides Interfere with Honey Bee Memories In the past six years, a new group of nicotine-based pesticides have emerged called neonicotinoids. The most common is imidachloprid. Ironically, these were originally manufactured to be less lethal. But about four years ago, French and Italian beekeepers complained that imidachloprid crop spraying was killing their honey bees. So the French and Italian governments banned the nicotine-based pesticides. American scientists now studying the Colony Collapse Disorder wrote in their first preliminary December 15, 2006, report that even though* the* neonicotinoids will not kill adult bees directly on flowers and plants: "Recent research tested crops where seed was treated with imidacloprid. The chemical was present, by systemic uptake, in corn, sunflowers and rape pollen in levels high enough to pose a threat to honey bees. Additional research has found that imidacloprid impairs the memory and brain metabolism of bees, particularly the area of the brain that is used for making new memories. "Implication: If bees are eating fresh or stored pollen contaminated with these chemicals at low levels, the pesticides might not cause mortality, but might impact the bees' ability to learn or make memories. If this is the case, young bees leaving the hives to make orientation flights might not be able to learn the location of the hive and might not be returning, causing the colonies to dwindle and eventually die. It is also possible that this is not the sole cause of the dwindling, but one of several contributing factors." http://www.organicconsumers.org/arti...ticle_4557.cfm -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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