Pests, Diseases and Cures

Old fashioned forget-me-nots come back year after year and spread every where. Children can pick as many as they like and wander around without doing any harm. Mine lasted from about March - May and the whole flower bed was nearly covered!

Hi qrp & ....Certainly sounds like leaf miners to me. Thy are common. I've never heard that Swiss chard has any known diseases or pests, except leaf miners. Leaf miners everntually get mine every year I grow lots of Swiss chard & leaf miners are always a problem, but not a huge one. Just...

Hi all Newbie here. I've been cultivating palms and cycads for a few years. Painfully slow growing in SW England and not much reward for my efforts. Having said that they are beautiful and add a touch of the exotic to my garden. I only put them outside for the summer months and take great care...

We're suffering a lot of Aphids and Leaf Miners at the moment on salads and swiss chard. We grow them in pots on a large patio, but they are not covered at all. What would be the best solution? We are worried about the practicality of nets over pots, as we're not sure how best to completely...

Thanks for the replies, after looking at Google the damage does seem very similar to Capsid damage.. I'm non-organic so I got some Provado spray and went a-spraying today!I shall see how I get on, thanks again for helping me in hopefully the right direction.

Afternoon Victoria,I've attached a few pictures of the mottled brown leaves on the tomato plant, but quite cheekily have included some pictures of my basil, rocket and parsley plants.Just wanted to ask at what point to start removing the rocket plants to allow the strongest to grow? Also, on...

I can't comment on the companion planting as I've never tried it. All I do is regularly spray with pure soap in a weak dilution. I use Stergene (from Asda) - mix up 1 teaspoonful of Stergene in 1 pint of water, volumes are not critical. Then spray twice a week to keep the bugs at bay - it also...

The first thing I thought reading the description of the garden conditions and of the occupants, was cannabis farm. As has aliready been said, call in the enviromental health people, and see how it goes from there.:gnthb:

Ok.. here we go.. and I hope I have got my facts correct.. Please someone correct me if I`m wrong. Lets start with the weevil as a beetle. It is slow moving and prefers to enter pots from underneath. (It can also be found under ground plants.) Once in the pot the beastie makes it way to the root...

Wisteria in danger from invasive bug Britain's wisteria is under increasing threat from an Asian insect capable of wiping out swathes of the beautiful climbing plant, the Royal Horticultural Society has warned. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Published: 7:00AM BST 05 May 2010 ...

Here you go The plant generallyThe holesA fly which might just be a red herring?The grainy stuff on the stamens (this is soft and gooey if I pull open a 'bud' tube)The caterpillar making the holesI have some general bug killer-prov something? Don't want to use that if I can...

Blimey! They must have been on the skunk catnip. It used to be about peace, love, purring and tummy-stroking but now it's got nasty. Are you sure it was a cat? Cats might rearrange a few plants but they don't normally trash an entire crop.

Here it is, in the foreground with strawberries round the base :(

Fingers crossed. :okies:

I've been given a very poorly eucalyptus in a pot looking starved and brown. I've transplanted it into the garden and, given the winter we had and this comment " A 3-4m eucalyptus gunnii was killed off, bark split, leaves brown. It was end of June before I got round to removing it, cut the top...

This is my second year to grow raspberries and I have two problems. First the leaves on 2 of them are dying, looked in a book and can't tell if it's chlorosis or mosaic virus, how do I tell? The plants either side are fine (at the moment). Also lots of my healthy plants have some sort of bug on...

Thanks Marley, just had a read and very interesting, does it have to be white vinegar?

I have a few patches in my garden that when I turn the soil I find white fungi threads going through it.I've never noticed any problems with plants in such areas, but put a supporting stick or cane in the ground in such areas and the bottom rots off in one season.

Advice on scale insect and the possible treatments can be found here : http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/...e.aspx?pid=224

I made up that vinegar, salt and washing up liquid solution and sprayed the stuff coming through the drive a couple of days ago..it is looking rather brown and crispy now! Just need to try and get it on the stuff in the borders now withough killing the other plants!