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    Hi,
    I have got a bout of black aphids on my broad beans. I was just wondering, a daft question, are all aphids the same?
    Can you control them the same either the organic or spray way?
    Thanks
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    There are thousands of different kinds of aphid, each with their own favourite plants. They all succumb to being squished between finger and thumb, though.
    My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
    Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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    • #3
      Are these aphids - on a kale that's going to seed.

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      • #4
        Yep, thems are cabbage aphids.
        My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
        Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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        • #5
          Thanks Martin Best I get rid of them toot sweet

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          • #6
            Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
            Thanks Martin Best I get rid of them toot sweet
            Yes, if you leave them they can take over. They made a right mess of my PSB last autumn and winter and were still sucking away in April.
            My gardening blog: In Spades, last update 30th April 2018.
            Chrysanthemum notes page here.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by noviceveggrower View Post
              are all aphids the same?
              Originally posted by Martin H View Post
              if you leave them they can take over.
              6 legs good, 2 legs bad.

              Am I correct in thinking that some aphids are born pregnant?

              I also seem to recall something about it taking several generations of wingless aphids till they pop out with wings - it this correct?

              There's also a strange little niggling about live births aswell.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Jay-ell View Post
                6 legs good, 2 legs bad.

                Am I correct in thinking that some aphids are born pregnant?

                I also seem to recall something about it taking several generations of wingless aphids till they pop out with wings - it this correct?

                There's also a strange little niggling about live births aswell.

                Forgive me for replying to myself but

                ITS TWUE IT'S TWUE

                Aphids, Hemiptera, life-cycle and behaviour, reproduction, feeding, damage to plants. Biology article by D G Mackean

                Weird little things aren't they.

                New all singing all dancing blog - Jasons Jungle

                �I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
                ― Thomas A. Edison

                �Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
                ― Thomas A. Edison

                - I must be a Nutter,VC says so -

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