Pests, Diseases and Cures

This might sound a bit of a 'TALL' story but about eight years ago whilst my wife was still alive, I went to check the greenhouse. There was snow on the ground and the rhododendrons, it was probably due the brilliant red against the snow that gave the little beasties away. So being the kind...

Anyone familiar with diseases associated with phytoplasma, a rather insiduous bacterial infection? Little leaf disease and witches broom are symptoms of phytoplasma, although these also have other causes. I can find almost nothing on the disease in Buddleja, but I think I have an affected plant....

It worked! They grew overnight noticeably, all of them, and they look more healthy now. Thansk so much for the good advice

Well, we are human after all, and advertisers specialize on selling dreams to humans I think I'll try and place the top section of plastic bottles on the two surviving peppers for a few days, and see if that makes them a bit more confortable. Not quite a green house but perhaps it will help...

to the forum @Neil Grantham

They were transplanted and were hardened off. The leaves looked brown/crispy at the edges yesterday and today is in the picture. I might just whip it out tomorrow and put another in.

Box tree caterpillar/RHS Gardening Box Tree Moths ‘plague’ – What to do – (Updated 26/04/18) – EBTSThis pest is ravaging the box plantations of London and the South East, and it's not clear to me whether growing Buxus will remain a realistic proposition. The RHS and the European Boxwood and...

Camellias come from areas like China where winters are very cold Silu. They are pretty tough. Of course, its the flowers that suffer most from the frosts. Agree although we are in opposite sides of the UK (most folk live somewhere in between) camellias, magnolias, azaleas, etc., thrive here in...

It's the same here with both oaks and pines being infested with processionary caterpillars and box being totally decimated. There is a solution, though. Literally. Bacillus thuringiensis is a bacterium which only affects caterpillars, not other forms of wildlife. It is a powder which is mixed...

Good morning @Clare G my friend and many thanks,I shall keep a look out for them,enjoy your weekend

Hi @EllieOLeary it is a leaf miner Coleophora lineolea. It is the larvae of a moth and is very common.. It is from a these Coleophoridae - Wikipedia This is the larvae time.. Time of year - larvae: September to MayTime of year - adults: Flight period is from late June to August..

So think the capillary mat idea would work I can’t see it being much different to carpet cardboard etc

Delay pruning back for a tad longer though sonny. We may have another cold session yet

Yes Greg, they should get a good head's start in the gh. Well done building a gh.....have fun in it. I prefer cold storage plants to ordinary runners at this time of year....they seem to do very well

Yep, I agree, but I'm convinced it is a fallacy that there are all these animals out there queueing up to eat slugs and snails. In my experience, they just DONT.

Yep, but knowing our luck, pete, the wrong Moth would turn up.

nice one ' cats rule hear, and dogs are not safe, I like cats but it would it would be nice if we had some thing to put them in their place.

We need fox's to eat dead wild animals so don't shoot them all, some farmers herds have had some cows/beef animals dieing from Botuism because they have pick up dead carcass of wild animals with the forage harvester and it's gone into the silage for the animals to eat also where the carcass of...