Pests, Diseases and Cures

I'm not sure how effective netting would be, Kristen The red gent is quite mobile and a good climber, it also flies, but the real problem is the fact that it pops it's head up in around March/April and continues until the end of October or beginning of November and you couldn't keep the...

have just spotted my first copulating couple.... we have a lot of rosemary and lavender at work, but maybe not for much longer, does anyone know what can be used and when?thanks

Hi Shiney, Many thanks for putting up the photos for us to see The devastation looks really bad and I don't blame you for resorting to using sprays to try to save your bushes and hope that it solves the problem :yess: All around our village the landscapers have put in hedges that have been...

They are a true beetle so they can definitely fly. They only have one generation a year which is good news. This place has a little info: It looks like the damage is largely superficial - but that's what they said about the the Horse Chestnut leaf miner!

Oh they really are a pain I know... You could try companion planting Carraway as that is supposed to deter them.They can cause serious damage. They can kill young plants and eat holes in the leaves of larger plants. Time plantings to avoid peak populations, or plant under cloches or...

Thanks Cajary, I think my last resort will be a systemic bug killer but I have a lot of different kinds of bees, hoverflies and butterflies in the garden So I have to be careful how I spray and when. I spray and then try to deter any would-be suicidal beneficial insects bent on landing where...

Are you sure they're stag beetle larvae and not leather jackets or vine weevils?The reason I ask is that stag beetle larvae live in rotten wood, particularly roots of old trees. I would have thought you would only find them by digging if you were taking out woody stumps.I took part in...

Hi What you need is Nemasys Grow Your Own, it's a system that is completely natural and organic. It uses biological nematodes that occur naturally in our landscapes that will feed on the catapiller grubs and will eat them until they are all gone, Nemasys Grow Your Own is good for a number of...

Thanks Dave some interesting stuff there.:gnthb:

It does sound like sun scald, except for the fact that it spreads quickly. I would expect sun scald to remain and for the pepper to survive.If you can't take a picture yourself, check against these pictures for something similar:Are the lesions damp? Does the fruit turn brown or die?

daitheplant, now that is a very handsome pest !! I too have decided that if I wish to grow any cabagges etc...next year, then it will have to be covered in mesh of some sort. All that hard work just to look at lacy leaves.

Cheers - it's been repotted in new medium. I repotted it in May and a lot of the plant was rotting, coupled with my overwatering. Sterilised the pot and vase it was in as well. Eurgh!

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...