Pests, Diseases and Cures

None so far thankfully

Hundreds of the little b***ers around the place at work. They're thriving and multiplying, despite the presence of a pair of resident buzzards, plus foxes, weasels, stoats, two dogs and a semi-feral cat who patrols the area around the stables and beyond. Only seen one with mixi in the past few...

You need to find the entry point. They must be getting into your kitchen from somewhere.

Haven't experienced that before Think we'll have to ask @wiseowl what he thinks: coooeeeee @wiseowl to the rescue, please?

When I was out watering one of my containers earlier I noticed an insect coming up almost to the top of the compost. I fished it out with a plant label praying it wasn't a vine weevil, thank goodness it wasn't. It looked like a brown fly but didn't seem to be able to fly (maybe because I'd...

I don't think so, soil is fairly free draining and its on the top of a bank, it slopes down on the other side

since the ground is heavily compacted, that promotes stagnating water (originating the dark patch) so you have two solution: one more labour intensive but lasting, one easier but not lasting.

Something I've noticed over the years during winter. We get varying temps and sometimes the change in temp can be fairly fast.As cacti contain a lot of water the body of the plant remains quite cold for quite a while once temps rise, this means that condensation forms on the plant, and the...

Buy the concentrate but just use the dilutions indicated. Won't be too pricey for 10x12m

Whichever of them will wee on the lawn, mark her territory. I have just been rained in just when I'd got onion sets planted, so no chance to Jeyes fluid, tho I did put netting over them, secured with tent pegs.

Yep it's in a pot. A fairly large and deep pot. I didn't water it much over the winter, It's sheltered from the rain and It's also quite a windy balcony.I've given it good feed this morning, hopefully that will solve the problem.Thanks for your adviceSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Many thank Pete, i will get some of that. Would it be ok to put some around the holly bush aswell, as i have noticed a few yellowing leaves.

Hm, so it might worth adding some slug traps nearer the straws.I'm determined to get to enjoy some this year.www.eliapplebydonald.co.uk/blog

At first glance I would say no cms as the nodules don't look wooly. Could we have a close up shot please.

Thank you for the replies

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