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Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
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Alan

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On Sep 15, 9:33*pm, "Pete C" wrote:
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Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
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Alan


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.....spread on Jacobs Cream Crackers with a little mustard pickle -
very nutritious!
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On Sep 15, 9:33 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
sort perhaps?
Alan

Finger....thumb....squeeze...


....spread on Jacobs Cream Crackers with a little mustard pickle -
very nutritious!


Not so good on a lettuce sandwich though or they may eat it first!

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moghouse wrote:
On Sep 15, 9:33 pm, "Pete C" wrote:
alan.holmes wrote:
Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some
sort perhaps?
Alan
Finger....thumb....squeeze...


....spread on Jacobs Cream Crackers with a little mustard pickle -
very nutritious!


Not so good on a lettuce sandwich though or they may eat it first!

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my cabbage patch is known as the butterfly antenatal unit now!
I gave up trying to get rid, happy with the thought of all them pretty
butterflies.
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Is there anything I can do to stop the damned things, a spray of some sort
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Liquid soap - ie washing-up liquid.

Spray/ water the plants with the washing up or bathwater.
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says...

are there any aeoniums that are frost hardy?




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On 2009-09-17 10:33:04 +0100, Charlie Pridham
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In article ,
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are there any aeoniums that are frost hardy?




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Even Tresco lost a very few last winter.
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