geranium pests

[billearly]

Can anyone help please,we have a small moth around our geraniums and pelagoniums ,soon after the plants start to dye with loads of tiny black eggs on them and some of the stems are filled with black gooey stuff.We live in Spain and the plants are in pots in the garden, this is the second year this has happened.Any help will be appreciated.

[ursula62]

Last year my geraniums were ravaged by caterpillars and blackfly. There wasn't a single undamaged leaf to use for cuttings so I had to buy new this yea and this year they are completely clear.

The reason?  I planted a pot of nasturtiums in the garden. The caterpillars and blackfly have concentrated on these, leaving my geraniums healthy and pest free.

The pot of nasturtiums looks a bit unsightly, but if it's keeping the pests off the other stuff in the garden it's worth it!

[billearly]

Thanks Ursula I will give it a whirl next year anything is worth trying.hopefully these Spanish moths won't like nasturtiums either. 

[billearly]

Sorry Ursula I meant to say hopefully the Spanish moths will like the nasturtiums