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Just wondering if the rest of you is have major bug problems this year , i moved 6 months ago and the plot was already made , its one of the best soil iv seen or grown in BUT seem to be fighting against
every type of bug pest around . white fly/green fly / maggots , killed my turnips >< /weevils red and black /slugs/black bean aphids /cents / ants /pea aphids/birds . etc .... saying all that stuff thats not been attacked is growing better then i have ever grown in the past . still keeping to my organic ways and il not change ( apart from the slug pellets ) never been so tempted to dump toxic waste and kill all the pest

Seems to me that you have good biodiversity on your new plot

You can find a posiotive in anything!

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Last year that was my problem,nearly everything destroyed, made me wonder what i would have to do different this year, my brother, a 1/4 mile away, laughed at me,better gardener and all that, this year, his garden/plot, is already heaving with blackfly/ whitefly, ... yeessss, not a problem on mine,YET, but it,s funny how things can be sooo different 12 months later, my turn next year?

Strange Dave, isn't it. I read about all these pests but I don't have them. Hardly a slug - so far I have found 3. I'm sure all that could change !
I'm sure the Grapes are sick hearing me banging on about the deer. Before I fenced them out that was like having slugs 5 feet high. They ate everything.
Now that I don't have them I have no pests. Long may it last.
I know the fox has had a very bad press, but I don't keep poultry, and as far as I can see the one who goes through here every night only eats the slugs, woodlice, voles and other critters I don't want.

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We've been inundated with blackfly this year, the broad beans were totally infested almost overnight. I am going to replant and they will be later but not to worry. Slugs have attacked a variety of things that I too have resorted to slug pellets this year, something I usually manage to avoid despite hubby's insistence.

The resident rabbit at home has had a nibble at most things but she seems to be learning that it is not a good idea. That only leaves cat disturbance which is waning now the spuds are up and nicely leafy - therefore no soil to "dig".

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Hi davefromthechipie

You seem to have encountered the good and the bad but watch out for the UGLY!!!

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I've seen the odd slug although there doesn't seem to be any slug damage. I do use slug pellets between the crops. I did have black fly on the growing tips of the broad beans, I pinched out the tips and this solved the problem. This is my first year and I've got a feeling things are going too well.

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Ok i got most things under control today killed about 1mill of green black fly eggs by hand on potatos /beans /peas /toms /lets/strews..etc sorted my nemo for wevvils and slugs seems to of worked wonders but my greatest enemy the cab root fly seem to be winning as i cant find a way of killing them ,they have started there attack on my radish and my carrots /bac /coul /kewl/cabs will be the next targets . no point netting now they have set in so really thinking of getting a insect netting cage for my plot ,laying underlay then putting new topsoil etc on it about 2 foot . not cheap but i love my organic home grown as you all do and seeing it attacked this this is heartbreaking .failure is not an option

Can someone tell me what little nasty has fluorescent green eggs, really bright can't miss em! Found a few of these but so far have managed to squish em before the hatch.

Thank you!

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Bex