Pests, Diseases and Cures

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.

Heh heh, enjoy!!

i know they can be a nuisance but i love Cabbage Whites i'd much rather have them eating their way through the garden than slugs

Several of my snapdragons have gone really manky with brown rust. I have cut them back. Are they likely to recover and do anything worthwhile?

And here is my King Edward crop, harvested yesterday (8 or 9 plants only).Usually these are very susceptible to wireworm and slugs, but as you can see they are very clean and damage free. I think two have small holes in them and more where damaged by my fork as I lifted them! Steve...

Hiya folks, thanks for the input. They are indeed Pollen Beetles, relatively harmless

Clutching at straws, but is hail stone damage possible or burn marks from hot sun through droplets of water???As hans says though the rest looks very healthy so it should be fine

They just look like finished flower heads to me. Pick/cut them all off and you might get more. My dianthus out the front do that every year about now, and because there are so many of them, picking them off individually would take ages, so I tend to just trim the tops off the all the plants....

I planted a rowan in a patch which had been part of some old foundations, still quite rubbly and dry. I must admit to neglecting it terribly, and it began to look much like your photos. Last winter I took pity on it and gave it some bonemeal and watered it more frequently. It made a huge...

Let us all know how you, and the Clematis, get on. I think patience is the word with it

It's probably lack of water, there has been very little rain in the past weeks. Try giving it a good soaking. My young trees are looking a bit sorry for themselves to and as I garden on a sandy soil I've been watering them every three days.

Very possibly, as Loli says, a lack of water may have contributed. An old preventive remedy is to scatter grass cuttings in the trenches when sowing - though I can't comment on how well that works as I've never got grass long enough to cut when I sow my first spuds. You may find the RHS info...

Thank you, I have posted it in the trees forum as you suggested. Hope I have a bit more luck.