Green flies on my plants!!!What is best to use?

Hallo,i noticed loads of green,tiny flies and red ,tiny spiders on my roses also on clematises.Bought one of these bug sprays but it does not work..i mean i have to spray twice a day and the little creatures still come back.What is the best available spray on the market?
Please help,my rose is getting poorly now..

 

Hi Celine

Give those green fly a squirt of Provado Ultimate Bug Killer, it's a good general purpose insecticide. Most garden centres and DIY sheds sell it.

 

If you dislike the idea of insecticides ( I don't use them, but if you do provado is a good one), then you can squirt the little blighters with a spray made up of a good squirt of washing up liquid and water. It suffocates them, and after a day or so you can wipe the carcasses off.

A word to the wise though, don't do it yet, the sun is a bit too strong-it may result in burnt foliage. ( From experience.)

 

I have successfully used Marigolds to get rid of greenfly - it worked a treat!! I just planted them up next to the affected plants and the blighters were gone within 24 hours!! Only thing is the slugs are starting to munch my marigolds so have had to get some copper tape for my pots - i don't like to use pesticides 'cos of my rabbits.

 

Ah now slugs!! I have somehow managed to keep my hostas in good and undamaged condition for the first time, I don;t know how much is down to the fact that I have recently placed a bird feeder practically above them but the facts are there anyway.

 

Hello celine and welcome to GC.

I agree with Claire and I only use washing up liquid in water in a spray bottle .... I also agree not to use it in full sunlight (would be a disaster with me). I use this for ants also and it is especially good for use if you get them in your kitchen ... no chemicals whatsoever.

Another cure is vinegar in water, very mild mixture. Both are good for ants, especially the vinegar concoction as ants lose their 'trails' with vinegar water.

Enjoy the forum.

 

I used Provado on a whitefly problem on my peppers, that worked. I also noticed greenfly on my tomatoes and gave them a zap at the same time... no problems since.
I guess it depends on whether you are happy using pesticides. I assume you are since you mentioned previous bug gun use.
Provado comes in a bright yellow bottle and is available at homebase.

 

I don't remember the name of the product - but it too was in a bright yellow bottle. You can purchase it in a concentrate form, a 1 litre bottle or a 5 litre bottle with spray attachment. It worked a treat

 

Provado is good, also squash them with your fingers, They always colonise the tips and buds of roses so keep an eye out and be proactive.

I very rarely insecticide spray for aphids, squashing and regular fungicide spraying (for blackspot) seems to almost stop them.

 

Yes I have been using Mild Green for years, but this year a bit over vigorous I have burnt the leaves of my heavily infested Victoria Plum. It will recover but a lesson learned. Bad year for greenfly for me.

 

hi celine ive been having a lot of green fly on my climbers ive gone through 3 sprays having to check my plants every day.
ive just bought up at morrisons a baby bio house plant insecticide spray it says fast acting up to 4-6 weeks protection, effective control of most common and difficult insect pests on house plants in the home, garden, greenhouse and conservatory, dont know whether anyone has tried this and how effective it is, ive sprayed this yesterday not seen a green fly as yet

 

After a bug free year last year I have to report I am seeing greenfly on my young runner bean shoots and a mixture of white fly and greefly on the lettuce I picked this morning. A quick zap depatched them but I must get around to using a bit of the old fairy to get rid of them. Dont really like spraying the food I am going to eat. A few greenfly are ok for a little bit of extra protein!
robert

 

Marigolds are well recognised as aphid deterrents, but they do seem to attract slugs (mine have been eaten). To get round this problem (in theory - I've not tried it yet) you can make slug traps. a yogurt pot or similar sunk into the ground, with a lip just a few millimeters above the soil so that some beneficial beetle doesn't fall in, filled half to three quarters full of cheap beer. Then to stop bigger things like hedgehogs or your rabbits getting drunk, place an upside down saucer (or similar) over the top, resting on something so it is raised about an inch off the ground. Slugs smell the sweet fragrance of the beer apparently, make a beeline for it, fall in and drown.

Like I said I haven't tried it yet, but that's what my books say, so one day I will get round to trying it.

 

re: your slug pub idea.
This has worked fantastically well for me
We had a real slug problem (i mean serious) when my parents moved into their new house...
I managed to fill jars and jars of drunk slugs over a few weeks, it really does work!

good luck

 

If I have to use anything I use savon noir, it is a really good and safe for the plant and environment. However by chance yesterday I discovered a plant in my garden that is a magnet for aphids even though it is really close to my vegetables, it was kindly identified by Marley as being Mugwort, the plant is big enough to look after itself so as long as they stay on there, the hoverflies and ladybirds can eat them.
I found a link for a place in the UK that sells savon noir, not connected to them or ever used them. http://www.petershamnurseries.com/catalogue_detail.asp?nShopProd_ID=%7BD0ACB52F-6897-4CFD-95D0-480995F06AC9%7D