vapeluvr wrote:
I'm convinced that if people would stop thinking that birds would die if they did not feed them, there would be less insect problems. Birds would eat more insects if they did not have the easy food supplied by stale bread and seeds from bird feeders. They would be more aggressive and voracious if we did not soften them with easy food. Birds should only be fed in the winter months to keep then in the area.
I'm not saying that this would solve my pepper fly problem, but it might. Of course, I'll never convince anyone in my area to stop feeding the birds lol.
Err, just had a box of 50 fat balls delivered from Amazon.
As far as flower drop, maybe due to the recent winds we have had over the last few days. All my plants are pest free, squished a few aphids and are now clean. 35 degrees here last week but the good ol english summer has returned. Demolished our creaky old glass summer house a few days ago, not before time as was a death trap, only fit for storage so my plants will have to deal with being outside.
Had decent crops of chillis from store bought plants, producing up to november in previous years so we will see.