Pests, Diseases and Cures

Bad news: I've got blight on my outdoor tomatoes today

give them a dose of washing-up water.

Provado will deal with these lilly beetles. I water all my lilies with this a couple of times a summer, and it seems to keep them pest free.

We've got one like this, though ours is rechargable. Works a treat and gives a very satisfying crack and sizzle when you zapp the blighters.

Oh dear Freddy they are awful pests i agree.. I have had fantastic success with this stuff..

You're possibly right there Pete. Either that or we'll be left with all the ones we don't want!

Another pic

I don't have a hand lens unfortunately :(.There's definitely something up. A couple of lower fronds have yellowed and another turned brown and dried up. The beginnings of new canes growing in the middle of the plant start out green, but then the tops turn brown and stick-like. Now immediately...

Just had one here too, can't spray till the sun goes behind the trees though.

You can still get it, i picked some up this afternoonNot got an infestation yet, but it's handy to keep some just incase!

All my beans are now so smothered despite spraying them 4 times with soapy water, I haven't seen a ladybird all summer

Wasps,spiders and hover flies seem to be keeping caterpillar and egg population down on my sprouts have only tiny pin prick holes on leaves and under inspection no caterpillar grubs only one or two Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

These eggs, have you tried squashing one/opening one up?

he left home sunday night, vanished as suddenly as he appeared and the only evidence he was ever there is a Fuchsia plant with about 3 leaves on it lol.

First thing I checked was the pot, I really dislike these types with a well underneath. Turfed the plants out and looked in the soil too, no molluscs in there either. Still would love to know why they eat the potted ones and leave the others alone though.

These are stored tubers. Some were cuttings taken last year (so stored for the first time), others really nice big tubers a couple or three years old. All started off in individual 4L or 5L pots, a few in smaller pots, under glass and planted out at the end of May.Cuttings taken this year are...

Prune it back into green wood and it should recover and put out more side shoots.

That's illegal and not to be recommended.

rhs advice on sawflys hope this helps

What was Marley Farleys lavender mix used for, I remember immersing all the flower heads in water, then decanting into a spray bottle, and using it in the greenhouse, was it just for greenhouse use.