Pests, Diseases and Cures

Nematodes are not usually sold for the winter.

Are we looking at winter pictures or does it look like that in the summer? Just some kind of idea where in the UK you are would be a help, also do you know the variety of grape?

Yep, if you got them in your grain and you do nowt about them they will turn the grain to dust, the grain beetle can be put into a shealed bag with no air and they will survive tough little things

Thanks I've been watering from the bottom of the mango only once a week thinking that would discourage them. I've also tried using diluted peppermint tea to water it but that only reduces the numbers a little bit

This is what I had to contend with some years ago. Mostly clear now but more difficult to treat when there are nearby plants you want to keep

We had a problem with fruit flies in the house earlier on this year. We didn't know where they were coming from until I noticed some in an unopened pack of grapes we got in that week's grocery delivery. We stopped buying those grapes (from a large supermarket chain beginning with the letter T ...

I have always used old black engine oil for such things. Molds don't like it and it waterproofs the wood making mold return less likely. However (you might get some from your local garage - oil changes on cars etc) plants don't like it either, but if you are careful and only apply it to the...

The pruning wouldn't make any difference Kevin, it's just the natural cycle before it drops it's leaves.

you need a lawn lawn mower, in this case..

Not sure how successful it would be. I believe the mites can be carried through the air on a thread of silk to reach other plants. I've had reasonable success using a spray of Neem oil / washing up liquid.

The top two pics look like Sprouts? I always found the lower leaves died off with Sprouts. Seems a bit early though? A pic showing the whole plant might be more revealing.

Any chance of a picture please

I'm thinking birds too.

Never heard of marshmallow disease. It looks a bit fungal to me.

Caterpillars love Nasturtiums Rustler, perhaps next year you can plant some of those as a distraction.

Milk and water! Who'd'a'thot'it?!Well, clearly the guy who wrote the article... :-)

Yes probably fever fly then. Reading online it's the larvae that's the issue as they will be an inch under the soil in nests and will start to spread.I can only see one solution which is using a leatherjacket treatment as it's essentially the same thing at this stage e.g the larvae is the...

Thanks John.

Thanks Sheal, I suspected there wasn't a lot that could be done :( think I'll cut out the dead growth for them and tie in the new stuff to cover the gaps and see what happens

Yep! He didn't seem the least bit bothered by me.