Pests, Diseases and Cures

Thanks for all your responses.

Thanks again for the contributions, especially the detail on longevity of flowering from Peter S. I shall certainly try some of those as well as Geranium Anna Folkard. The previous owners of the house obviously loves Day Lilies/Paeonies and Hostas and had a garden full of Bluebells as well....

Thanks for the warning Robert - after getting blight two years running I'm going to be extra vigilant.

Timing as Alice says. This year I sowed mine (in a box) on 2nd April and planted them out today.I lifted the last half dozen of last year's leeks on 16th May this year and they were still in reasonably good condition though some were starting to sprout seed heads.

The rain will destroy them all for you Snowbaby. Save you the job.

Hi all. Having moved to good sized garden we look and find that the fruit trees have been ravaged by the local deer and have had bark stripped off in their lower extremities. They look preaty good other than that, still producing fruit but there are new shoots at the base of the trees. Is this a...

Well maybe it was a lack of water at an earlier stage.

Cheers! Great response in such short time! I've got a long way to go!

I think you just have to read the packet Kingfisher. Most weedkillers say children and pets only have to be excluded from the area until the spray has dried. I think they all say dangerous to aquatic life. Most of us manage to use weedkiller in a responsible way with minimal damage. You just...

Of course, sorry. In Surrey in the south of England.

I think i am going to order some antifungal stuff tonight, it is settling in quite nicely now. Thing is i have been using the Tarragon and Basil while cooking and want to continue to do so. Is the antifungal compound going to affect that? I suppose it's like anything just give it a good wash...

Hi there.I'm new to this forum, so I'll quickly introduce myself. My name's Steve and I'm the proud owner of a large garden on the edge of the Fens in Lincolnshire. Although I'm not new to casual gardening, it's an interest that I've had to develop very quickly to keep our new garden as nice...

Use washing up liquid in water and douse them ... they hate it and die ...

Hard to say for sure, I rather suspect it requires much more intense watering. A acer that is 2 metres high is quite a mature tree and will require a great deal at first. Although we have had a very cold winter the Spring has been very dry.I wouldn't personally use one but a pesticide can...

Hi Peter thank you for the advise, we do tend to water in the evening after the sun has gone down so will change to early morning also see if we can do a bit of thining. Thanks again Philinb

Hello again, and thank you so very much for your advice and swift response. The sucker has come up within a week and is growing very fast. I will do as you suggest and let you know how it gets on. Thanks again, really appreciate your help :D

It definitely lichen and it dont kill plants. The branches that are dead would have died for some other reason

This time on one of my gooseberry bushes. I am now down to one and maybe short of a gooseberry crumble later on! It took about three days from looking healthy to looking really dry and struggling.Some good news today: I was joined by a frog in my garage while working on my carvings. Now...

I'm strongly going with the weed killer. I pulled off the wilting leaves and brushed off the crispy dead ones with my hands and what's left appears to be hanging in there. It's also sending out new vines and reaching for the sky still, albeit not as vigerous as the other V. Creeper next to...

Hi thereHope someone can help. I have a 3-year old virginia creeper climbing up a north-facing wall, and it has begun to wilt badly.It's only the end of May, and new shoots are still appearing, but two or three of the main established stems all have completely wilted leaves (which have not...