Pests, Diseases and Cures

Try training them. If it's successful you'll become famous.

Fair point, will try disbudding one plant and see how its compares to the others over the next few weeks.

If you can't get them outdoors you need maximum ventilation as I should imagine it's way too hot for onions inside a greenhouse. What's the max temperature in there?As pete says RSM don't like humidity but neither do onions.I have never successfully got rid of RSM on my tropicals inside a...

Good morning @GenghistheDog my friend no worries ,you are always most welcome

It's got a waxy coating which sheds weedkiller, you need to bruise a few stems and bend them over into a pot of neat roundup. Cover it to keep the rain out and let the plant absorb it.

Hi, thanks Pete This could be what's happening then. Makes sense. Thanks

This months Plantsman contains a link to a survey of these flatworms. The group are looking into the UK distribution of these beasties.

I came across this survey regarding powdery mildew in the Plantsman: Also a note that powdery mildew has been found on Heuchera,

wow, I never knew that so thank you for providing some very interesting information

Most of the plants are probably about a foot high now (I planted the seeds (indoors) a little late) - I did pinch them out in one tub (which had rather leggy plants at first) but it made little difference, the others in the remaining tubs aren't pinched out but seem to be growing nice and bushy...

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Looks like Leaf Miner

I've found roundup works, perhaps not a total killer, but you only need one application per year.And it doesn't affect the soil.

The soil also looks very dry, I'm wondering if it's suffering from lack of water and perhaps nutrients?

Only had my Chives eaten once.Found the culprit....

Its aphids, the white bits a shed skins. Black fly.Spray them, with an insecticide for edible plants.

If they are white fly, they FLY when you brush the plant.

What a beautifully-written post!

Good point, thanks.

Thanks, fingers crossed they'll be fine. They've just received a huge amount to water all at once from the storms rumbling through. They are much more sheltered though so should be happier. :-)Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk