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I love Cherries and the trees are beautiful this time of year. Ours unfortunately, gets smothered in Blackfly very soon. Happens every year and I don't know/can't find out how to treat it effectively. And BTW ....... every part of a Cherry tree and its fruit is poisonous to dogs. Nothing to worry about this time of year though and tbh Mrs Biscuit mithers far more about it killing our 5 than I do. I would guess they'd need to ingest quite a bit before it gets serious? (except for the fruit pits of course).

 

Third. The first is man.

 

My dog, a 2 year old Irish Terrier has learned to jump onto the garden table …

 

We have trouble with Black Fly all over an Elderberry Tree we have.
We can't get to all of it, and don't want to use nasty chemicals, but find we can keep the bits we can get to clear by spraying a weak solution of water with washing up liquid on them with a small handheld plant spray gun.
Apparently the soap breaks down a coating they have and stops them breading.

 

The blue sticker had "sealed" on it and a bar code . Why ?

 

Given it’s an Alfa there’s probably a certified dead mobster in the boot

 

Security
Was it near a ferry port?
Maybe showing the boot hadn't been opened since checked.

Or
When visiting a contract manufacturing supplier in Hungary many years ago that also made millions of mobile phones they sealed our bags with something similar to an event wristband to show we couldn't have slipped a mobile in there whilst nobody was watching.
They also security tagged our own phones and Laptops to show we'd taken them in.

 

I just did a google search on aphids / Black fly & Cherry trees... I didn't know ants played a role...

• Preventive Action (Ant Management):
  Ants transport aphids and protect them from predators. Apply grease bands or a physical barrier (like Vaseline) around the trunk in early spring to stop ants from reaching the canopy.

 

I can remember years when aphids affected the crop, but it hasn't happened for around a decade here, so luck of the draw. The stunning blossom on ours is slowly lessening over the years, but it is as old as me.

I had a mate with a row of fig trees near guildford, and the crop was ruined each year, without fail by wasps. Even if you found a relatively unscathed example, there was still at least one inebriated wasp revealed when cut open.

 

Interesting . I’ll look into that

 

I had an Irish terrier in my youth as did my late father, currently iv two wire fox terriers ( Irish are just so hard to find)