Pests, Diseases and Cures

I have never tried nematodes but I think I will. I am growing more plants this year that don't seem to be affected by slugs/snails but, it would be nice to grow certain others too!

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Hi all. Thanks for the advice about this - I didn't expect such a great response! I'll take a look at it again and hopefully report back success @fatcontroller - it does look like cottonwool. All in all pretty horrid!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thank you very much Loofah. Sound advice - I will leave it as it is for the time being, and if things haven't improved will consider insecticide.

Strange it is affecting one out of three ... ?T'other half made a comment that the year before last and a couple before this was the patio where his grapevine grew ... it was prolific and produced lots of grapes, then suddenly it got this 'film' and we lost everything.I'll try the milk spray...

Hi. We have two cherry trees fruiting during their first season. They seem generally healthy and are growing well. We've seen quite a lot of perfect looking green cherries that seem plump and shiny but as they are turning red they seem to get a mottled red colour and the skin seems to loose its...

Yes its been neglected for quite awhile with the amount of Black spot on the leaves only joking my friend(but there is many a true word said in jest)Black spot is the most serious disease of roses. It is caused by a fungus, Diplocarpon rosae,Rose Black Spot isn't helped by lots of rain and...

I'll try that, thank you. Sprayed it last night so fingers crossed it does the trick!

Or, decapitation Either way, crisis diverted by our very own: "Gardner's Corner Official Master Beekeeper"

this is what the RHS suggest

Is this because of all the wet weather we've been/are having?

So my apple tree currently looks like thisI have had a search online and in my books and I get several answers for what it could be and then nothing on what to do about itso could someone help please and tell me what i need to doI know i wont be getting any fruit this year from...

@LeonardoF They look like small caterpillers on the under side of the leaf, you can look on the underside and squish them, here's a pic of mine Pics removed

Potentially vine weevilSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hi Welcome to GC I would agree too Spittle bugs.. I would hose down daily..

Thanks very much. I looked at it again last night and it appears that the vast majority of the leaves are diseased. Will removing all the leaves, or the large majority of them, cause problems?

OK ... I was hoping they would have only had "a bit of run-off" ... but if they got Full Wack then the fertiliser looks like being the culprit.I wonder if you can wash some of the fertiliser salt out of the soil? "Flood it" ... although the laurels may not be thrilled with being waterlogged,...

I had it, it took me 3 years to dig it up, the roots can go down deep, the first thing i did was to dig out the mass and as much root as you can, then keep the soil loose and keep digging,as soon as you see new growth dig that bit out,if the soil is loose it comes out easy, mine was under a...