Pests, Diseases and Cures

Hi Scotty My Rowan tree leaves always turn an Orangy Red in the Autumn before they fall.Not much help I know but perhaps its just turning early

Wow thanks. I knew that they were a useful crop, but I didn't expect to see the evidence.

Hello everyone Recently I posted about scale insects on my ficus tree and enclosed a few pics of the problem. After extensive research on various other forums and botanical articles, I've found that (as Pete already mentionned) it is not scale or any other type of insect/infection. It appears...

I'd put my money on slugs - of whatever kind. They all do the same job,

Not really wildlife though, are they?:hehe:

I've got marigolds around my veggy plots as sacrificial plants too - it does work, honest!

Hello istria and welcome to GC. You say your Oleanders 'could' grow in soil ... are they in pots? If so, perhaps you have a vine weevil in the pot .. you would need to take the plant out and examine the roots for this. I grow Oleanders here, doubles, 4 meters tall. I don't have any problems...

Hi MzTrouble, I have new garden with bindweed creeping in from next door, and have had to avoid weedkillers to avoid poisoning the soil and damaging my new baby plants. I'm finding that persistence is really making a difference - every evening (in the morning too if I have time) I spot the...

This was my wasps nest box

Do any pruning in May.:gnthb:

well obviously the pic doesn't want to work :( nevermind,here's the direct link to the the subject with a link to the "perfect" pic at the bottom... hope this works !

Well I am not saying this is the same problem, but that was my experience with Okra after many years of happy growing..!! My larger Hibiscus plants seem to be OK.. Just starting from seed seems to be my problem now..!!

thank you Peter

BML; Get some netting to cover your brassicas, thats what I do. Even then a very few butterflies find a way through, if you check regulary you can spot the butterfly eggs and rub them off before the caterpillars emerge.What to plant now? This was asked recently...

Used the baking powder, soft soap and water mixture and glad to say, it's working. Thanks to all that have commented, your help is much appreciated. Brian

I agree with the others that it looks normal for Elwoodii. They are a nice tree (for a conifer) but have the unfortunate habit of the branches starting to flop outwards because most of them come from near ground level. This not only exposes the brown middle but can look untidy. It can...

i have 2 cats that catch moles. one got 6 in a year!!! maybe i should rent them out? :thumb:

Ben the only other thing I can suggest is to get some small hole nylon netting & nett off your veg plants so that at least the flying insects cannot get to them, rubbing off any eggs first.. Otherwise mix up my spray, spray on as fine a mist as you can when it is cool. Wait 48 hrs, if still...

after checking in a very useful book i have allotment handbook by caroline foley pls let me point out i am only garden grower to the suggestion in there is to pick off the affected leaves and destroying them but no suggestion of it doing any harm to yourselves

It looks like gum to me, not sure what causes it.Found this it might be some help