Dan wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm new here so I don't know if this subject has been discussed.
Actually I
> think I might have contributed to this group back in the 90s but it may
have
> been another gardening one. My question regards bean flies. The general
> practice around here is to use Rogor, and that works well enough, but
years
> ago I was told that a weak solution of phenol sprayed at emergence and
each
> week for about four weeks worked even better. I would try it, but I
cannot
> remember what ratio phenol to water to use. I'm thinking on the lines of
a
> teaspoon to a litre. Does anyone use phenol in this way, and, if so,
what
> ratio is used. Thanks, Dan
My dad always said that hilling the beans helped to keep away the bean
fly. It doesn't seem to make sense but I still do it. Only ever had a
couple of beans die from bean fly.
Lionel.
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