Reply To: Blackfly on 7th June – anyone tried using dilute washing up liquid?

[charles]

Yes the aphids are about to meet their predators, as Bluebell observes and I have seen the same here. May is worst month for aphids. However the blackly on beans do come later and I have found a few, needed to pinch out some more tops. They love the softer, sappy leaves and stems of spring-sown beans Rhys so maybe soap is worthwhile but watch for those ladybirds, also little birds eat aphids, probably prefer them unsoaped!