Pests, Diseases and Cures

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...

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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...

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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...

I have a breeze block wall (the blocks with the two holes) in my garden which I planted up with petunias. Although I put them in plenty of compost and watered regularly they seem to be dying off. The most noticeable feature is the foliage which is turning black & withering although quite a few...

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...