Pests, Diseases and Cures

Methinks tis an audition for the next Bushtucker Trial.

I suppose if slugs are determined to get into your nice, warm house, they will. Rather like spiders - which reminds me, I haven't seen a lot of them indoors this year.How horrid to be stung whilst you are asleep. I woke up to a tickling sensation on my cheek once and it was a spider!!! ...

Hi Grib.I found that the best way to tackle blanket weed is to use this...Amazon.co.uk: cloverleaf blanket weedAs far as I'm aware, it poses no threat to wildlife.Hope this helps.Cheers...Freddy.

I'm no expert on Laurels, but I think it may be some sort of food deficiency in the soil. Do you know what soil they are growing in, sandy, clay etc?

No worries, its an indicator that you have clean air too.

you could try sraying a rubarb leaf solution, it won,t last long but I think it shifts white fly.

Leave the poor little things alone. They'll be dying off soon anyway.

I've got a wasps nest in my flat roof. Even though I've had quite a few in the house, they only want to get outside and they have never once been aggressive to me, even when I've been on the roof near the entrance to their nest.I've been picking them up off the windowsills and putting them...

Were your peas just about finished blacksmith? They do go all mildewy as they die off anyway (peas that is). It doesn't sound good if your leeks have caught it and it will do them harm if it gets bad, though seldom kills the plants right off. hopefully some of this predicted hot weather will...

Good idea John thanks. That reminds me the hanging geranium pots I hung up in the glass fronted shed need watering in all this sun better go do it before I forget. ..........

Over here (in the US) these things have no natural insect enemies. So they're tough to get rid of. I've dealt with them myself. You may want to try trapping them, or look into beetle nets. Or you could just plant some garlic. They don't like fragrant plants. I found a site: how to get rid of...

Not sure what you can get in Germany, but look for a spray containing Abermectin, and states that it kills Red Spider Mite.I've not tried Neem oil, but as its an ornamental plant I'd just go for a killer rather than trying the organic approach.

My guess would be pea sized tubers at that age, they need to do a bit more growing yet.

When I saw the title I thought it was a Directive. What a great idea, I thought. Unfortunately Miraflores has the same problem as me. :wallbang::wallbang: Would a big notice work? Probably not.

Aw heck, yup, definitely whitefly ... they're hatching now !

The thing about nasturtium, and one of the reason they are sometimes grown as a 'decoy' plant to protect your crops, is that they are very popular with pests like slugs, snails, caterpillars and aphids. They can usually survive pretty well though because they grow so vigorously once established,...

My entire strawberry crop was killed this year. I have about 50 plants and the whole lot developed normally then shriveled and withered just as the berries were starting to form.At the time I thought it was because I had moved them in the winter and they suffered because of the severe...

Is this the type of Slug you are fighting? Field Marshal Slug Notice Board and Comments ~ cult rock punky glam band ~ 1982-1986 I can fully understand

Yep, keep the infected plants out of the compost system, grade them category 1 under the Torchwood system and incinerate.

I heard that Dithane was being banned, but I saw some in the garden centre a couple of weeks ago. It is a bit better than Bordeaux Mixture (the only other alternative) in my opinion for controlling blight. Which ever you bought you will need to keep applying it as per the instructions to keep...