Pests, Diseases and Cures

I've been using the Ferric phosphate pellets and I find they do work up to a point, with Metaldehyde you could see the results the next morning, with this you dont.But that dont mean its not working.Yes a trip out on damp evenings is a good way to lower numbers and I usually cut them in half...

I dont think it would hurt, but might take a few weeks to work if it is the problem.Maybe the plants are struggling to get out of the existing root ball if its been dry in your area. Often the rootball of plants planted out late in the year dry out and without water added directly to the neck...

Were these 3 or 4 bushes also Laurel and part of the 20 originally mentioned? When were the 20 Laurel planted? How big were they when planted? Soil conditions? A few pictures of the general hedge and garden woul help as would an indication of location.

I'm pretty sure its mostly leaf miner that is causing the problems with horse chestnut early leaf fall. Apparently HC native to Asia and S. E. Europe so I'm pretty sure they can handle a drought or two.In my street we have crab apple trees and the leaves usually start falling around now, I...

thanks for info

I think the clue is in the Fleabane name. Native plant traditionally burnt indoors to control fleas.

Ok, will continue with water only, see how we go, thank you.

put some peanuts out and water for them they will stop eating your plants

If it’s not a fungal disease, it must be weed killer or something similar, the tree has grown really well for years. As you say, unfortunately it’s difficult to prove that he’s done anything. I have considered contacting my house insurers as we have legal cover for nuisance neighbours. The fact...

It's tortrix moth of some kind. I have the same problem with them on other plants. It's a case of watching and when you think a caterpillar is in there just give the shoot tip a squeeze.

@Nikolaos it was definitely a fine specimen and I watched it for a while having never seen one before. Eventually flying back out of the window I did wonder if it might have been some kind of hornet or something relating to the local farm or stables. Every day is a learning day

@Pushkin I rarely buy plants & certainly not from a garden centre. The few I've bought in the last few years have come from a nursery where they do all their own propagating from what I've been able to see from it.

I don't think I can manage to eat my way through a whole herd.

Hi thanks nigel and pete and nigel you not lazy lol you areright using the right treatment will kill the right pest and most likely it was squirrel

Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated. When i said wilting they are actually dying now. becoming brown and dry. seems to be moving from cane to cane. I have been watering ( not too much ) to try and help.

Ah yes!Thanks JWK - very helpful.The fluff stays on then.

Thank you so much for your advice and comments, they really are appreciated.

Strulch around the base of the plants keeps slugs and snails away. I use it in one of my cold frames and it works a treat.

Hello,My mother has a beautiful Acer tree in the garden, for years we have just left her alone and had no problem, last year we removed a sucker and early spring we removed what had grown back of said sucker. We are now having a problem with the Acer and no idea what to do, my mother is quite...

Hi John,I'll do that, can't hurt with that dosage- apart from the neighbouring plots might moan about the smell