Pests, Diseases and Cures

About 2 weeks ago I noticed our Cherry tree had a pretty bad aphid infestation (the black ones) - it looks like ants were farming them. I bought some Ladybird larvae and put them in the tree about 10 days ago, with a glue band to stop the ants getting up and they've done a great job cleaning it...

I have 3 x Brugmansia plants, one of which has had the centre eaten out of it. This is a pic of the other 2. Does anyone know what is eating them and how to stop them. Tonight is the first time I actually saw a bug on one of the leaves. It was a little grey one which turned into...

Thanks, will remove the flower and see what happens.

Looks like frost and cold wind may have affected the Acer. I have similar on some of my Acers. The far too hot April did many shrubs no favours as it persuaded them to start into growth too early only to be knocked back when the very cold spell hit. As far as I know there isn't anything you can...

Thank you a lot . I can now treat it.

I think I will wait and see how things go. Thank you for your comments.

HiI have a Brugmansia which I have potted from a cutting this year. It was growing well indoors so I moved it to the greenhouse. Within days something was eating the holes in the leaves. Then I saw what looked like a white web or residue round the top of the centre stem and young leaves...

You play music to your plants?

fThank you @Lolimac my friend I'm sure that our good friend @Spruce really meant B old probably just a typing error

Is that you or a Stand In, Anthony???

look great , well done you

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Thanks Freddy, in that case I'll give it a go this weekend.

Just had another look at mine, it looks like it happened a while ago, the holes are not fresh, and I agree it could have been some kind of caterpillar, but probably last year. Sorry pic is a bit dark.

Sign that your compost is a bit too wet. Trouble is Squash are very susceptible to almost all insecticides. I would change the compost you are using for a non-peat one and increase the draining ability with some added Perlite.

Paranoid since weevils stole my strawberry plants!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

HiLooks like they have been sprayed with something and it has effected the leaves , it reminds me of a time in one of my other houses I lived in and the guy next door sprayed his apple trees with a winter tar wash and as it was windy ended up in my garden and all my shrubs leaves looked...

One trick that works is to make a canopy of polythene or other material over your tree - it is rain that spreads the spores of the fungus, if the leaves stay dry the disease doesn't seem to get hold.

we would need a photo to tell you which variety as so many in the UKThe only solution would be to use mortar rather than just sand, as you have provided 5 star accommodation with you eg path with sand filling , no plants too shade them out or roots from plants to mess up the tunnels .In...

Not if you keep using Provado, Strongy!!