Wednesday 30 June 2010

Blackfly on runner beans

Spotted blackfly on the runner beans. Decided to clear them using the finger-squish method as it's less damaging to the tender parts of the plant on which the blackfly cluster than using the old toothbrush method that I tried on the courgette.

Squishing them this way is not a pleasant process, but it's even more unpleasant for the blackfly.