Greenfly now?!

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    Just in my greenhouse which i keep heated between 5-10C....looking at my pelargoniums and noticed greenfly and whitefly on them!! Is that normal at this time of year???

    Should i move the pelargoniums to my cold frame instead?
     
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    I find greenfly fairly common on protected plants at this time of the year.
    I keep an aerosol spray handy as I hate wetting plants that are basically dormant and in cool conditions.
     
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      Thanks @pete first time having a heated greenhouse so wasn't sure. Although the pelargoniums haven't gone dormant....they've all kept flowering!
       
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      Yeah, pelargoniums dont really go dormant as such, just a few sunny days and they perk up, I assume you are keeping them fairly dry at the roots?
      Best to tackle the greenfly now, as the population will explode come March in the greenhouse.
       
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        Yep-minimal watering. Only a dribble when they've gone bone dry. Turned out only two had greenfly/white fly. Chucked hem outside in an empty cold frame after spraying them. Sprayed everything else in the greenhouse too just in case.
         
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          I had Greenfly on Cannas in my unheated greenhouse until I got fed up with waiting for them to die down (both Canna leaves and Greenflies), so I cut them down to soil level and got rid of them both.
           
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            I often get greenfly at this time of year on the freesias in the unheated greenhouse.
             
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              Also, whitefly are always around. I always take plants out of the greenhouse to spray them as there are plants in there that mustn't get the spray on them. With those I wipe the aphids off by hand.

              I don't use chemicals on plants in the garden so the greenhouse plants are taken out to the footpath for spraying.
               
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                I noticed greenfly on one plant in my heated greenhouse last weekend, gave them a quick spray to stop them spreading.
                 
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                  I`ve seen some whitefly in my unheated polytunnel in the past week.
                   
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