Seafret1412
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I have aphids/Greenfly on my Buddleas (steady on now).
They also flit on to my Honeysuckle (Take it easy) and I end up with few flowers, if any, or holes in practically every leaf.
I wanted to get a natural helper, such as hoverflies (which we get a lot of) or ladybirds etc, however, it would seem that ants are patrolling the plants.
As ants defend the greenfly/aphids against predators is there any other way (than jet washing it with pesticide) to get rid of them. I know you can squash them, but there are literally hundreds of them, I will never get them all.
Can anyone give me advice? What did or would you do, to all those keen gardeners out there. I don't know if it's relavant, but it's a small garden.
They also flit on to my Honeysuckle (Take it easy) and I end up with few flowers, if any, or holes in practically every leaf.
I wanted to get a natural helper, such as hoverflies (which we get a lot of) or ladybirds etc, however, it would seem that ants are patrolling the plants.
As ants defend the greenfly/aphids against predators is there any other way (than jet washing it with pesticide) to get rid of them. I know you can squash them, but there are literally hundreds of them, I will never get them all.
Can anyone give me advice? What did or would you do, to all those keen gardeners out there. I don't know if it's relavant, but it's a small garden.