Plants - biological warfare for pest control

[mattyfez]

Any one know if this bug will eat aphids?

Thanks

 

[jumpy]

If it's just a few plants in your garden and not some industrial scale farming thing, then I suggest a bit of washingup liquid (1 teaspoon) mixed with water in a spray bottle takes care of aphids.

 

[areksnumbr1sxylady]

Burn the garden.

 

[Dis86]

Ladybirds like to nom away on aphids all day long.

 

[Nightglow]

But you need to provide suitable plants like Marigolds to attract insects that like aphids.

See this thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=24492215#post24492215

 

[Destination]

Ladybirds are your friend, they eat greenfly.
Worms are your friend.

Centipedes eat everything, do nothing good for the garden, kill them.

 

[mattyfez]

I can't seem to find any lady birds, maybe they are extinct? I found this bug, and some of its friends in a nearby garden so was wondering if they were similar, they look like they could be..

 

[Nightglow]

The cold & wet weather badly affected the ladybirds this year.

A interesting Ladybird site. http://www.ladybird-survey.org/

 

[Mark A]

But you need to provide suitable plants like Marigolds to attract insects that like aphids.

See this thread.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=24492215#post24492215

Bit of an update for that thread. The washing up liquid did the trick in getting rid of the aphids. I didnt measure it out, just squirted a bit in a spray
bottle full of water and blasted the critters off the plant with the stream setting on the sprayer.

I have checked it a few times now and they dont seem to be coming back.

Still going to get some marigolds to try and attract ladybirds though. It can only help.

 

[arknor]

you can buy live ladybirds to kill stuff above ground
live nemotodes to kill slugs etc (12million nemotodes is about £10 lol yea they are small you add them to a spray bottle or hosepipe with sprayer attachment and just water your garden )