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One of my sweetcorn plants appears to have an infestation of aphids , but there are also a couple of ladybirds (the first ones I have actually seen in my garden). I have organic bug spray, but I assume that will kill the good bugs too? What would you guys do?

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

Soapy water?

Squash em!

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really? and that won't kill off the ladybirds?

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

yeah, I squashed some, but there are loads of them.

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

the soapy water will kill the ladybirds, so either keep squishing or remove the ladybirds to a different area, and use soapy water.

I have only seen one ladybird all year so far, but my rose bush had loads of greenfly, so i stuck the hose on jet, and squirted the buggers off the bush, now theres just the odd one, that i squish i check every day.

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Thanks - there were less aphids today so I squished em.

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pjh75

We sow the seed, nature grows the seed, we eat the seed.

Keep squishing.

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