Pests, Diseases and Cures

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...

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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...

There's been more good advice here than in any gardening book, with the exception of the excellent 'Garden Plants for Scotland' which gives a list of rabbit resistant plants. (And no, I don't live in Scotland but as we can see Scotland just across the Solway from our windows, and share many of...

just at the back of our run is a elder tree it is in a neighbours garden but over hangs our run,when the wind blows leaves off I have noticed they are crawling with insects some which look like mite grey and small.Pigeons roost in this tree so am i right in thinking this is where my pen gets...

Thanks for the link Dave - I'll have a look at it.

looks like greenfly. Give them a spray of insecticide which is OK for use on edible plants.

I like that reply because it's a little jewel in my garden and would hate to have to remove it . Thanks

This is intersting Ziggy, I've got carrots growing, they are in a homemade cloche made from sticks from this years "great stick harvest" (the back hedge was out of control) :D anyway being a neebie I covered the cloche in fine netting just to keep the birds and dog off, then I read a bit about...

Simple really, do they work and if they do, do they work on bees? We like having bees in the garden, but wife is allergic to them so they are not welcome indoors. Rather than kill them we were wondering if these gadgets were of any use.

I found the first of the next generation today - removed about 30 larvae of various sizes with a kitchen towel. Yurghh.The one good thing about lily beetle is they do make themselves easy to spot at most stages of their lives.I put the pot on it's side and gently roll it around to get a...