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Millie wrote:Boil up some beetroot and use the juice to spray onto the blighters. My mums neighbour uses that and they never come back apparently! Nice and organic

Will have to try that and also ask Nev about the chemical reason that it works?

Hedgewizard - I think he has flown off now not seem him for ages and the plants are all still aphid free

I wish I could say the same for the allotment I shall go up later armed with beetroot juice, nettle juice and some more washing up liquid spray. That was my first thought as well M3, I supose you could use
Burpes golden or something?

Hi,
We had a greenfly infestation in our conservatory this year, after lots of spraying brushing etc, which while keeping the numbers down was by no means a solution I came across the ultimate winner. they are pieces of yellow card with a sticky glue on them, the greenfly etc are drawn to the yellow and stick on the glue. I wouldn't use them outside, the prospect of finding a butterfly stuck isn't one I'd like to see, but for our conservatory it has been a real winner. I bought mine cos I was after a fast solution, but if I have a recurance I am figuring on trying some flour and water paste on some yello plastic I have. it should have the same effect.

Andy Hamilton wrote:I wish I could say the same for the allotment I shall go up later armed with beetroot juice, nettle juice and some more washing up liquid spray.

Good-o. If you can't find any aphids you can always make some soup up and clean the pan off afterwards! Colhut, let us know how you go on - I don't personally think the flour-and-water thing will work as it'll probably dry out pretty quickly... honey might work for longer but I can't think of anything natural that won't dry out. Soft paraffin's pretty harmless though.