Growing Broad Beans, also Fava bean

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22 Aug 10 Tarsh (Australia - temperate climate)
My Broadbeans have ants on the plants...I've sprayed with a garlic spray but that stops them for a couple of days then they come back again. How do I stop these ants?
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23 Aug 10 Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
The ants are probably there to feed on nectar secreted by blackfly/greenfly. If you can get rid of the blackfly then the ants will go too. A dilute mix of flour and water can get rid of greenfly - it glues them down. I don't know how it will go with all this rain, but maybe worth a try?
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