Pests, Diseases and Cures

Will do, thanks for the heads up. I gave them a good soak this evening to get the ball rolling!

Looks like frost damage to me. If so the plant will just grow out of it.

Nippon Ant Killer liquid by their "run". They will take it away to feed the colony. Note the word KILLER - good job they can't read, Jenny

I agree with Woo with the roses but your crab Apple has "Scab" fungal disease as Woo has stated clearing up any old leaves and removing and dont put in the compost bin , you could spray , but its a bit too late, knowing you have the problem, in the Autumn clear away all leaves and just...

Ah, right. BOOTS ON!

Given that the Organic shop has it for £18.45 per Litre then eBay's 9-quid for 250ml may look dear?Split a 1L container with 3 other mates for £5 each?

I would also watch out for Ants farming the aphids - I have a couple of apple trees which can get badly infested & half of the problem seems to be caused by the ants Mugging the ladybirds so they go elsewhere.. Greasebands seem to stop them from climbing the trunk & gives the ladybirds a chance.

Looks like sun scorch but take one out and have a rummage for any bugs etc that might be nibbling the tubers

its not the spring tails taking bites out of them , I would suggest pop in to a garden center and have a look whats on offer.

As a responsible Cat feeder, I have asked my neighbours to let me know if any of ours do their No2's, in their garden. I have told them I will come and clean it up. We have had at least 4 Cats at the same time, since we moved here in 1997, and not once has a neighbour complained. When...

I get plagued with them and I barely grow any Lilies! They attack all my Fritillaries and are rather partial to my Tricyrtis too (unless I get to squish them that is).

He won't be looking at those butterflies quite the same way again.

Thanks for the information, I'll let them be. No pun intended!

give it a good feed and a mulch, lets treat the patient not the symptoms I wouldn't be cutting off that amount you could also try a rose fungicide which may help, make sure you keep well watered throughout the summer, are you growing against a low fence ? , this magnolia is quite a big beast...

Welcome!Are you sure it's not Ground Elder? The leaves look the same, but it's an underground-propagating nightmare... If it's this, it took us a lot of roundup last year, and some of the black sheeting the farmer uses for silage to get rid of it for this year. One tiny bit of root left can...

Good one Loli I'll try that one !

I have a jasmine, clematis and a new honeysuckle growing in three different pots next to each other. The jasmine and clematis had a tough year last summer when they went for a month or so without water but I revived them and they have been climbing away happily, growing hundreds of buds - the...

Got any chickens? If so, put them in the tunnel for a few days.

put them on a warm patio and they will stretch outI still say leather jackets , when put on the pavement and they stretch out to find a safe place to hide.Dark is best

"Firstly my chocolate vine: planted about 3 months ago on a south-facing wall, it initially did well but now the bottom 3rd of its leaves are going brown, and watering and bug-spraying don't help. I rip off the brown bits but they come back again"I have 3 Chocolate Vines and they all have...