tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post976305983508725292..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: Froghoppers and Cuckoo SpitMark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-13740336352391938422014-06-07T16:53:20.738+01:002014-06-07T16:53:20.738+01:00I use a mixture of comfrey juice and seaweed extra...I use a mixture of comfrey juice and seaweed extract to condition the soil on raspberries and I never have a problem with greenfly or blackfly. They don't like the taste. It also works on broad beans etc. There is plenty of information on the Internet on how to make comfrey juice and seaweed extract can be purchased at Garden centres and other gardening outlets. June 2014 Svesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-15796301417658865812012-06-07T07:37:54.088+01:002012-06-07T07:37:54.088+01:00Hi mark. I put my glasses on this morning and scru...Hi mark. I put my glasses on this morning and scrunching up my nose to see better, yup really, I rubbed spit off my lavender and found the darn little bug in there. I washed and rubbed and got them all off. Then later I went out and rubbed the spit, grabbed the little bug and flipped them off. By this evening I was rubbing off the spit grabbing the bug, depositing him on the sidewalk and smooshing him with my boot. I had a LOT of them on the lavender. I'm on it now. Thank you.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-71848701368813413552012-06-07T06:10:19.640+01:002012-06-07T06:10:19.640+01:00Hey Mark. Thanks again for another great installme...Hey Mark. Thanks again for another great installment.<br /><br />The widger picture made me giggle because I was looking at Froggy-O walking along imagining hit humming to itself "la-la-la..." SPLAT!<br /><br />Hahaha...<br /><br />CheerioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-2866051376926117862012-06-06T15:19:52.086+01:002012-06-06T15:19:52.086+01:00I'm in a battle with the flea beetle at the mo...I'm in a battle with the flea beetle at the moment. The outcome is yet to be known. I press on!KeriAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012278237324200164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-42203302642078160852012-06-06T14:13:32.780+01:002012-06-06T14:13:32.780+01:00It is a battle, but a micro one. I've got some...It is a battle, but a micro one. I've got something chomping my plants, two chillis that were apparently thriving with fruits have wilted overnight. Glad I have more...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490964982321159910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-30283281391716491382012-06-06T13:18:45.981+01:002012-06-06T13:18:45.981+01:00It's a miracle we get to harvest anything ours...It's a miracle we get to harvest anything ourselves after all these bugs have taken their turn. I remember being told the froth on plants was cuckoo spit when I was a child but I didn't realise that there was a creature in it.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-21082114226294086522012-06-06T08:05:13.683+01:002012-06-06T08:05:13.683+01:00Great photos of that froghopper, you've actual...Great photos of that froghopper, you've actually made him look cute!serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06554603552983182516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-6992647951599098632012-06-06T08:00:30.890+01:002012-06-06T08:00:30.890+01:00I had an asphid attack on my chilli plant last mon...I had an asphid attack on my chilli plant last month. I used a neem oil spray. Its organic and so effective that the asphids instantly died and never returned.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116948659300626522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-32349346538753716782012-06-06T03:26:53.971+01:002012-06-06T03:26:53.971+01:00Your posts have been very timely lately!! I have s...Your posts have been very timely lately!! I have some of the 'spit' on my lavender again this year. I was going to google it to see what it was and here you are. I'm going to go wash it now.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03394245146898073227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-90497010820662101782012-06-06T01:19:43.718+01:002012-06-06T01:19:43.718+01:00It does feel that if a bug doesn't eat your cr...It does feel that if a bug doesn't eat your crop, the weather will ruin it or some virus will wipe everything out.<br />I wonder if supermarkets are behind it all?!MuddyBalshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666973713009160432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-37063098055613057692012-06-05T23:16:08.730+01:002012-06-05T23:16:08.730+01:00I don't think I have ever seen that frothy spi...I don't think I have ever seen that frothy spit stuff on plants or seen a froghopper. Ugh! Maybe we don't have them in Florida....we have other disgusting things, though, such as armadillos, that dig up plant and all!Egretta Wells bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410663977991054877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-27584485895853654822012-06-05T22:30:10.608+01:002012-06-05T22:30:10.608+01:00The froghopper is kinda cute, in a alien kind of w...The froghopper is kinda cute, in a alien kind of way. I see that frothy stuff on my plants and generally rub it off. I haven't notice anything on my beans yet but this year my columbine are attracting lots of green fly. Slugs are still my worse enemy.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-41433630237088950772012-06-05T21:55:21.723+01:002012-06-05T21:55:21.723+01:00I've always heard of them as spittlebugs. And ...I've always heard of them as spittlebugs. And I had them on my strawberries this year. In my last garden they infested my sage.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-89275599659202168932012-06-05T18:17:22.397+01:002012-06-05T18:17:22.397+01:00You know, I never knew what the frothy spit was fr...You know, I never knew what the frothy spit was from. I believe we were actually told as children that frogs did it, lol. I had no idea there was a bug in it.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-81177722347957931302012-06-05T18:10:07.092+01:002012-06-05T18:10:07.092+01:00Oh gawd-that reminds me-with all this rain I haven...Oh gawd-that reminds me-with all this rain I haven’t checked the veg today for any signs of bug attack...Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-37338333469569760872012-06-05T17:50:38.354+01:002012-06-05T17:50:38.354+01:00YOu are under attack Mark. HOnestly with all these...YOu are under attack Mark. HOnestly with all these pests I don't know how we manage to grow anything! We don't nip out broad beans either.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com