Pests, Diseases and Cures

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Anyone else noticed it so much this year? I first noticed it in the place I work. It only seems to be affecting the young laurel leaves. I've kept an eye out for it and have noticed it on lots of Laurels in the area. I would put it down to the wet weather but last year was much wetter

Hello Walnut, Thank you for your quick reply and reassuring me on this matter. Kind regards Janet

Thanks again, Walnut. Kind regards Janet

thankyou for your reply. I will give it a try.

I know I went and fished mine out of the compost bin last night - nice job!!:(

Thanks Pam, Flinty, It is in its first year so no fruit, there is fresh growth on the branches so hopefully no damage done.I will keep an eye out next year and hope to spray before too late.Cheers, boots

Maybe they don't like the other veg I've planted?

I'll fish the leaves out of the green bin and try get a pic on here. Not sure on the plant, I have a feeling its supposed to be a tree but has been cut into shrub form if that makes any sense

Hi compost maker. Take a look at this thread for a brief guide at tree ill health. See if it helps any. I can't see it being a problem caused by your honeysuckle at all. .

glad its not just mine then

Thanks for that. I have decided to invest in a large number of potato barrels/sacks (got 3 for £14) and just bought 5 x 36ltr sacks of compost from Woolworths for £1 each. As far as I know the sacks should last about 3 years or so and this should negate my potatoe problem and also give me...

Freddy, I could never work out if it was YOUR lifetime or the plants. Can you imagine having a 4000 year old Redwood in your garden, and it suddenly dies.:eek:

Normally, in a natural environment, a tree does not need artificially feeding as it gets its nutrients from humus, dead animals, organc matter etc. However, in gardens the tree gets little nutrition from such material and needs at least a good feed once a year. Trees need a balance of 16...

Stony using the Provado will answer all your questions the scale insects hold their eggs under their carapaces they don't lay them in the soil ,the larae when they hatch that are most mobile and will move from plant to plant the provado being systemic will stay in the plant and remain active to...

i've had the same problem, just squished them when they were small. I felt mean but im over it now!

I guess it will remain a mystery

Just checked it-thanks Woo

suppose you could have called it overkill, but we had 25kg of the stuff, so there was enough to go around.

We bring our chili plants in from early autumn to late spring, and keep them in the conservatory. We get a better crop 2nd year, even though we get a massive crop in first year!