Pests, Diseases and Cures

My pond has been in position for over twenty yrs. When I dug it there was a young wisteria about 10ft away.Anyway it was not a problem at the time of digging.Eventually I was forced to cut down the wisteria as it was taking over the whole area, very nice plant it was too.I dug out all the...

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This is quite a good little article about them from gardeners world..

If I have to use anything I use savon noir, it is a really good and safe for the plant and environment. However by chance yesterday I discovered a plant in my garden that is a magnet for aphids even though it is really close to my vegetables, it was kindly identified by Marley as being Mugwort,...

It's beautiful isn't it? But it will decimate your rosemary plants.

:lollol: Yes it was a sort of liberating moment..:thumb: How sad are we:hehe:

I have a Raspberry plant and it seems to have some brown markings on the leaves. If anyone can help me identify the problem and preferrably a non-toxic solution would be most appreciated! I also have another question about the raspberry plant, it has had some new offshoots ( or...

I have an oregano plant which has many white spots on it. I have recently trimmed it back and on the cuttings I did notices that there were little white balls or eggs probably that were on them. I will submite some photo's and I am hoping someone can help me identify and resolve the problem...

I think thats a hoverfly.I cant tell from the thumnails but in you main picture I cant see any small grapes, the bunch is only just starting to flower and the hoverfly is probably helping pollination.just run your hand through the bunches at mid day when the flowers are open and move from...

I have recently noticed that my Pear Tree has some spots on some of the leaves and that the new fruit is coming off the tree quite easily. I am a beginner gardener and I am hoping that someone will be able to assist me on the identification of the problem and a non-toxic (preferrably) way to...

Hi Hoka and welcome to the forum.The pest you are reffering to on your lupins is called a Lupin Aphid.Horrid little blighters and I have found the best way to get rid of them is to spray them with Pravado Ultimate Bug Killer which you can get in an Areosol spray can. It is a systemic bug...

Hi Tom,Good to hear your potatoes are thriving...they certainly do flower and can be quite pretty I think!There are two types of slug pellets out there - ones like Eraza based on Metaldehyde and Methiocarb which are all potentially lethal to pets, wildlife, children and the environment - and...

Hi Marley,The plant is in a tub which sailed through the winter with well covered roots, produced lots of flowers and started new growth before it went. No signs of fungus, probably the dreaded weevil. On a different note, I lost an acer to some form of beetle. didn't notice that until to...

Dear wiseoldowl, It's appreciated, dearly, Michell8151 :o dearly

we planted some mole traps but these didn't kill them. We found one dead in the barn which the cat killed, the mini poodle had one in its mouth so we released it, the other was led dead on saturday morning inbetween two spinach plants. i can only imagine it ate some slug pellets because there is...

try here, hope it helps

All my plants are legal, no naughty ones :D The goji is sort of growing upwards in a weak way, although when I looked in the soil yesterday I noticed a see-through tiny worm thing, ew ew noo! I stuck pesticide in the soil, I hope that will get rid of it, but it was a bit unnerving seeing...

Thanks everybody, I cut the chestnuts to get a photo of where the chestnuts were fracturing by the way, you can see how it is shriveled at the top.

Hi everyone, Bought two lavender trees back in May but over the last three weeks the leaves seem to have some sort of pest over them which is killing the trees. Can anyone identify what they are and how to bring my trees back to life. Here are the pictures: Best regards Novice Gardener

HelloI have just sprayed my mangetout with 'Bugclear for flowering plants' because I saw loads of tiny caterpillars on the leaves so I panicked and sprayed it with the insecticide. Its my first time growing vegetables and I was trying to do it all organically but I panicked because I thought...