Pests, Diseases and Cures

Cheers Pete. I'll leave it be and keep my eye on it.

We tried a few home made remedies ourselves.First was a really, REALLY strong black tea. We brewed it specifically for this reason, let it cool and then sprayed it onto the leaves. Within a day there was a giant aphid party. It looked like a Techno-Rave and they multiplied like crazy. ...

I wouldn't worry about the curling, I think it's pretty normal. If the yellowing is only on the bottom leaves, it could be possibly a magnesium deficiency or just the leaves getting older.If the plants are well looking in general, I wouldn't worry.

Ahhh - lucky lady!!

Ok, sorry, I thought you was in the UK. If you didn't get freezing north east winds in February you must have been hiding under a duvet.

Thank you! Fingers crossed. It really looks a mess with the eggs affecting the majority of the leaves so really hoping it works. I'll keep you posted!

Thank you so so much for your time and all your explanations, I saved it for the future! Thank you, lovely gardeners, for all support, it is much easier to solve problems in my young garden

There is FB&B + potato fertlizer on all 36 potatoes, but whatever it is burrowing, it's only interested in the one plant.

All of the above. This year, apart from the usual border weeds contributed by FYM, there's also the 4,000m2 that used to be a lawn, full of every weed known to man. Well apart from celandine and nettles, that is. I treated the 90% of couch grass last summer and have to wait until October to...

thanks very much for replies. i used to have ants in and around paving now no. i think all of them took up residence in dalek bin i still have worms wood lice etc in compost .so it wont matter keeping moist.best regards peter.

Well, I dont think its rust. Is there anything on the underside of the leaves?I'm thinking its something it might just grow out of when conditions improve and it gets established.

Thanks for all your messages. I really appreciate it. I've given the excess fertiliser a good hose down to spread and hopefully it'll wash away..Hope the Hydrangea will be okay. I probably need to learn to be more patient when it comes to gardening.

Was squashing evil weevils last night. The grubs are changing into adults atm in pots outside too. Time for chemicals,nematodes etc etc

Yes I think probably wasn't quite ready, there were only a couple there and I thought it looked pretty but the poor thing is really not looking well! Think I'll stick to azaleas, I've been looking for a yellow one

It's Cafe au Lait, think it will be on the larger size. I will stake as well.

Thanks All. You know, looking at E.Ebbingei images online it actually does look like what I have. And apparently it’s pretty hardy so should hopefully be fine in the soil I have. Might still feed it anyway and keep an eye on it!

Many thanks!

@Pollys13and self seeds if given a chance, makes a good present for those you don't like. I would have thought glyphosate would shift get one formulated for tough weeds.

Again today, in another pot, I'm certain we don't have a fox, I've had a crow in and around the pots but I don't think it's that. I've got some mesh I'm going to make a temporary cage.

Horray for box blight. When we bought our home in December 2019, box bushes were everywhere and my wife loved them.Then after the box blight I was finally allowed to kill them off one by one because it made them look bad.Now I have enough room to plant whatever I want. So THANK YOU