| Slugs |
| Indications |
Young leaves are eaten - sometimes completely missing |
| Treatment |
Organic
1. Sink small pots filled with beer to ground level. Empty daily
2. Sprinkle slugs with table salt
Chemical
Use slug pellets |
| Prevention |
Avoid damp or humid sites
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| Black Fly/Aphids |
| Indications |
Leaves distorted, yellowing and stunted distorted growth on
bean pods and withering plant stems with patches of black in the
leaf nodes |
| Treatment |
Organic
Spray with a weak solution of soapy water
Use water through a hosepipe to knock the aphids off the plants
Chemical
Spray with an insecticide containing
Bifenthrin, Imidacloprid or Pyrethrum |
| Prevention |
None |
| Bean Weevils |
| Indications |
Leaves have U shaped notches around the edges |
| Treatment |
Organic
Place a sticky card or bucket of water under the plant
and shaking to remove the weevils from the plant. Then destroy
the bugs underfoot or pick them off by hand
Chemical
Spray with an insecticide containing Fenitrothion |
| Prevention |
Plant a barrier of garlic along side the rows. |
| Downy Mildew |
| Indications |
Yellow patches on leaves with a greyish mould underneath |
| Treatment |
Organic
Remove the infected leaves and apply an organic copper
spray/dust to diseased and surrounding plants every 7-10 day
Chemical
Remove the infected leaves and spray with Dithane at first
sign of attack |
| Prevention |
Avoid damp or humid sites and overcrowding. Practice crop
rotation. |
| Pea Moth |
| Indications |
Peas holed and contain little greenish maggots |
| Treatment |
None |
| Prevention |
Organic
Try planting early and late varieties
Chemical
Spray with an insecticide containing Fenitrothion 7-10 days
after the start of flowering |
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Grow Carrots, Radish, Turnip, Cucumber, Sweetcorn, Beans
close by.
Create a bio-diverse environment by planting flowers
nearby to attract bees, ladybirds and other "friendlies".
To learn more about companion planting click
here.
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