Pests, Diseases and Cures

Hi @EllieOLeary it is a leaf miner Coleophora lineolea. It is the larvae of a moth and is very common.. It is from a these Coleophoridae - Wikipedia This is the larvae time.. Time of year - larvae: September to MayTime of year - adults: Flight period is from late June to August..

So think the capillary mat idea would work I can’t see it being much different to carpet cardboard etc

Delay pruning back for a tad longer though sonny. We may have another cold session yet

Yes Greg, they should get a good head's start in the gh. Well done building a gh.....have fun in it. I prefer cold storage plants to ordinary runners at this time of year....they seem to do very well

Yep, I agree, but I'm convinced it is a fallacy that there are all these animals out there queueing up to eat slugs and snails. In my experience, they just DONT.

Yep, but knowing our luck, pete, the wrong Moth would turn up.

nice one ' cats rule hear, and dogs are not safe, I like cats but it would it would be nice if we had some thing to put them in their place.

We need fox's to eat dead wild animals so don't shoot them all, some farmers herds have had some cows/beef animals dieing from Botuism because they have pick up dead carcass of wild animals with the forage harvester and it's gone into the silage for the animals to eat also where the carcass of...

@Zigs, Good job I never step in the places, they send me cold

Thanks for your reply.. Will be fine Jack. When you eat your first peaches it will all be worthwhile

would love to grow these, but my zone is too cold for them to survive over winter. and not about to fuss with bringing them inside. I try to keep my life simple. have enough to do already.

wot am i like - I just told me, Aunt, to eat JA's cos they're good for her .....does that mean she'll have to eat Globe Artichokes Best get back and put her on nutritional hold till i got me info right ...thanks for the heads up @pete Gawd knows what i could have advised her

I think the comments below explain why I, in my opinion! would prefer to adopt the method of drowning, as other gardeners have .... to any chemicals Im fully aware of the tenacity of any pest ...as i said in my previous post the soil as we speak will be checked for grubs as i put any plants in...

Update on my Burma Star..its looking a bit sad...a before and after picture....although there seem to be two 'after' pictures!

@trevor but ...Your mosthope it's as successful for you, as it was for me Lupins

Our council is exactly the same @ricky101, and fly tipping increased almost instantly. I can never understand the thinking behind failing to maintain things, only to spend 10-15 times more sorting the resulting problems.

Hi Squirrel nuts, I do sympathise with your predicament. We live in 'insect paradise' here....most of them of the stinging/biting variety. Unfortunately, sawflies do seem more resistant than most to chemical and bacterial control. This is a long shot, but would old-fashioned fly papers or yellow...

Sounds good Stanley