Flys on my cucumbers!

Refund_Queen

Hi,
Have today planted out my cucumbers that ive grown from seed and it seems I have loads of black fly (most of which look dead), a few green fly and one patch of what looks like spit (eurgh!) on the back of one of the big leaves and a weird looking white fat wriggling thing underneath!

Im a newbie gardener (bet you couldnt guess!) and wondered if anyone could give me any hints or tips to get rid of them organically...please!!

Thanks!

Farway

The spit is "cuckoo spit", you can just wash this off with the bug inside it

Blackfly / greenfly generally do not bother with cucs, but you could just squish them with your fingers

foxgloves

Don't spoil your cucumbers with chemicals. If you have blackfly/whitefly/aphids or any of those type of small 'sticky' flies, just make up a solution of an environmentally-friendly washing up liquid & gently wash the leaves with it. This gets rid of them & the soapiness also stops them being able to breathe. The little bugs in the cuckoo spit are called froghoppers. I get loads of these on my lavender. They don't seem to do any damage at all, & you can just hose it off. We've picked our first cucumbers this week & they're lovely, so do keep going with them. They seem so much more juicy & fresh than those you buy in the shops.