Pests, Diseases and Cures

Don't forget to get rid of those you have inside your home after you have blocked all the holes up.they breed every 23 days .

Garlic solution could well have an effect on the problem. The White Rot Fungus exists in the soil as sclerotia ( dormant bodies ) which are stimulated to germinate by volatile compounds released by the Allium family. Once germinated they invade the bulb and produce fresh sclerotia which then ...

Selleri, thanks for that information. I will definitely do that next year. Rightly or wrongly I feel very upset over this hyacinth. I paid £3.50 from one of the big four UK national supermarkets, and I lost the receipt, but the money is a tiny part of the upset I feel. Only one of the bulbs...

I think Pete is spot on. I have seen the same thing myself in some years with distinct wet and dry periods.

No worries, keep digging it over and hopefully it will disappear

Is it in a pot or the ground? If in a pot has it drainage holes? Do you keep it indoors over winter?

Have to agree, pete. The theory goes that you prune in early spring. If I do that, the shrubs struggle to regain their strength. Put on lots of wispy shoots, but don't flower as well. I leave them alone now, apart from dead-heading the seed pods. quite big shrubs normally and I really don't...

Thanks guys for sharing your experience’s with the dreaded mealy bug, and thanks Michael for the tip’s much appreciated

Thanks for your reply ricky101. I should have said orchid bark chips rather than compost as that is what I use. I will check out your suggestion.Matches are interesting. I thought I had accidentally found a remedy with soda crystals.I had a jar of diluted soda crystals to soak stained...

These look like mine - which are this years plugs grown in fresh compost. I don't think that there's anything wrong as such - it's just a 'feature' of the plant.It's drawing near to the time to prune them back for Winter storage - cut the stems back to around 3" to just above a...

Thank you Bark is still moist and green so have pruned as you suggested Thank you

They tend to take a few bites at courgettes rather than eat the whole thing. I don't grow pumpkins anymore but seem to think they left them alone. I have ornamental gourds this year which haven't been touched.

Grreat - that seems like problem solved! Thanks very much

They've stripped quite a few hedges around here but people are persevering! Dig out and plant an alternative

Yes, we think mealy bugs. Thank you.

Thanks all for your responses! There was just too many of them so I started work on the front lawn instead! Will check again tomorrow and work up the courage to work alongside them. Perhaps, but they definitely weren't that big! The plan for tomorrow is to hopefully finish off levelling and...

i do use organic pellets and even slug trap and copper tape its a shame that this is what is eating our plants

Hi,Is this what you have seen ?If so its not so much the leaf damage thats the problems, its the grubs eating the roots away over winter, then you notice the plants are dying next spring.Two main courses of action use an insecticide drench like Provardo or a dench of Nematoes like Nemasys.

I had that happen in Bucks and it was Clematis Wilt.

I planted three Campanulas a few months ago, and one of them has had all its leaves eaten leaving only stems, presumably by slugs. Another one has had a lot of leaves eaten, with just the stems left, but still has a lot of surviving leaves and beautiful starry flowers. The third one, with...