Why is my neighbour doing this?

[GreenTeaMug]

... (I am curtain twitching for sure).

He is pressure-washing the leaves of his trees and his hedge. he has done it about every 2-3 days for a couple of weeks now.

I am finding it a little odd, but there may be a reason for it.

I would say he's either trying to get rid of caterpillars or some other bug, or he's getting woken up early by birds and he's trying to get them to evacuate any nests that may be in there.

Alternatively he wants the cleanest trees/hedges in the street.

I have no idea but his trees are going to be bald soon if he carries on

He's moved to washing the render now on his garage.

Man, that stuff comes off in chunks.

People always tell me I need a hobby.

I don't.

He's heard that lockdown will be over by autumn and he's trying to give his trees a head start.

He’s just playing and having fun.

See I'd go off an inspect later to see if it is bugs but he has security lights.

(Probably to ward off his wierdo nosey neighbours)

Ask him? 🤷‍♀️

Right. I am going with bugs.

Now i am going to look out our other window.

Will report back.

maybe aphids dripping sticky poo on his car/drive

www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=53820

is it new

That wont do the render or outside walls much good

Maybe it's a new Pressure Washer and he cannot find the Off switch so he's going until he runs out of water

There will be tiny bugs on the underneath of the leaves that are eating into the tree and causing it to drip sap everywhere... DP has been doing this a lot lately

DSIS who is also reading this thread just texted me and said 'People are wierd'.

She means him, right?

Nothing much happening on the other side.

I need to get out more... oh yeah, right.

Green or white fly or other infestation? I try to keep green fly at bay the same way.

I once accidentally sprayed much of a hedge with weed killer rather than bug spray. I realised as soon as I’d done it and got advice from the RHS to hose it off as much as possible. I did and it worked.

Maybe he has done something similar.

Or just a chemical-free alternative to bug control.

Pressure washing the patio doesn't really Clean the patio it just spreads all the crap elsewhere, so maybe all of his patio crap is now all over the hedge

Infestation of some sort of pest probably; and one way to deal with them without using chemicals is to squirt them off.

Aphids and ants are a particular nightmare this year.

If it isn't that, then you're probably right in thinking he's lost his marbles

I was going to mention the chemical'less side of this. I never use chemicals in my garden. I would rather try and blast the bugs off things like roses with the hose and if it doesn't work then i don't grow that plant.

We used to have a big tree overhang our garden which dripped stickiness onto our hedge. If we didn't give it a spray while the hedge leaves were young they literally couldn't uncurl because they were stuck. Hedge then looked crap all year.

I bet they got darked on

It's got a wasps nest in it and he has a death wish.

This 'darked on' thing is the weirdest shit I've read on this site. And that's saying something.

OK I can see a reason for pressure washing trees, but can any of you figure out why my neighbour is hoovering his car every other day. Not just the inside but the outside and the engine. It hasn't moved from the drive since before lockdown.

Not been moved you say?

Dust.

massive spider infestation which will be coming to your garden soon