My poor broad beans!
Does anyone know what's causing this damage? Many of the flowers have gone all manky.
At first they suffered from the weevils but that seems to have calmed down now. I have noticed ants on the broadbean plants, a few on each plant. Could this be a sign of aphids? Could they be causing the trouble?
And does anyone have a suggestion of how I can get rid of the aphids/ants? I've heard people talking about soap water. Do they mean just water with a bit of ordinary soap in it? Will this hurt my soil? Is there an organic soution?
Thank you!
Does anyone know what's causing this damage? Many of the flowers have gone all manky.
At first they suffered from the weevils but that seems to have calmed down now. I have noticed ants on the broadbean plants, a few on each plant. Could this be a sign of aphids? Could they be causing the trouble?
And does anyone have a suggestion of how I can get rid of the aphids/ants? I've heard people talking about soap water. Do they mean just water with a bit of ordinary soap in it? Will this hurt my soil? Is there an organic soution?
Thank you!
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