Pests, Diseases and Cures

@Zigs, Good job I never step in the places, they send me cold

Thanks for your reply.. Will be fine Jack. When you eat your first peaches it will all be worthwhile

would love to grow these, but my zone is too cold for them to survive over winter. and not about to fuss with bringing them inside. I try to keep my life simple. have enough to do already.

wot am i like - I just told me, Aunt, to eat JA's cos they're good for her .....does that mean she'll have to eat Globe Artichokes Best get back and put her on nutritional hold till i got me info right ...thanks for the heads up @pete Gawd knows what i could have advised her

I think the comments below explain why I, in my opinion! would prefer to adopt the method of drowning, as other gardeners have .... to any chemicals Im fully aware of the tenacity of any pest ...as i said in my previous post the soil as we speak will be checked for grubs as i put any plants in...

Update on my Burma Star..its looking a bit sad...a before and after picture....although there seem to be two 'after' pictures!

@trevor but ...Your mosthope it's as successful for you, as it was for me Lupins

Our council is exactly the same @ricky101, and fly tipping increased almost instantly. I can never understand the thinking behind failing to maintain things, only to spend 10-15 times more sorting the resulting problems.

Hi Squirrel nuts, I do sympathise with your predicament. We live in 'insect paradise' here....most of them of the stinging/biting variety. Unfortunately, sawflies do seem more resistant than most to chemical and bacterial control. This is a long shot, but would old-fashioned fly papers or yellow...

Sounds good Stanley

Thanks! That's super interesting. I've been doing a bunch of searching today and saw it mentioned a few times. I couldn't get a pic today, but this is probably the closest I could find online (source):According to that site, this is Rhizoctonia. Though I'm still a little torn, as the leaves...

Oh, ok, get what you are saying now! Thanks Verdun!

Then I think it is a combination of worm casts and leatherjackets ahsanj

Thanks @Irmemac that looks exactly like what it is. Its a shame that there is nothing I can do to fix it though.

I've taken another look at the bag today - there is a few of them in there, but not that many, and Mrs C is walloping it out to the birds to get shot of it. Its in the shed, so if they can find space in there to live, good on 'em I say, coz it is rammed full!

Well I can see why you wouldn't want to make a habit of it..

I'd suspect root aphids or a certain little dog

The barrier doesn't have to be deep. I remember Chris Beardshaw said that bamboo roots do not go deep into the soil, and he specified a depth; unfortunately, I've forgotten his measurement. But I have some invasive bamboo before. I followed the roots and all were eradicated. Neighbours are...

You could prune out the dead looking bits; cut back from inside. New leaves will grow to cover the gaps. It may be that you let it dry out too much. I would water more frequently. Box in pots doesn't like drying out in my experience.