Can anyone advise me on how to eradicate these horrible little pests please? For the last two seasons, my cucumbers became thoroughly infested by them. The first year, I didn't recognise the symptoms early enough...yellowing of leaves followed by bronzing then the dreaded webs. By the time I realised what the problem was, it was too late and there wwere countless beasties. I thoroughly scrubbed the greenhouse with a Jeyes solution, even the canes
and used a sulphur candle too. Last year I did all the books advised to prevent it happening again and examined the plants minutely(with a magnifying glass!) but again I missed them. How I don't know as I was so vigilant! I sprayed with an insecticide which said it killed them---it didn't.
Before long there were strings of them abseiling around. I finished up taking the plants out and burning them. I also had some in my second greenhouse on the peppers, which may have transferred on my clothing I suppose. I am about to clean the greenhouses again and have left it til now deliberately. Any suggestions and advice would be greatly appreciated as I don't want history repeating itself. Cheers Elaine
Cheers, Elaine
) to great effect. They are best used as a preventative though and it is recommended to do a release about once a month and as such can get very expensive.