Pests, Diseases and Cures

Mr and Mrs Robin had a wonderful time ate all 3 i found and when i dig more this weekend, i'll make sure anything i find will be available for the Robin duo. Hopefully, that'll save my plants!

You have to paint a Lily symbol on the pot for every one you kill. 20 kills gets you Ace status. The Beetles are pretty thick really as they just sit there in the sun thinking all is well with the world until..........stomp

I really do feel for you. Personally I can't bring myself to kill anything either... Good luck anyway

No offence taken n.p

I know that I have vine weevils in the garden because of the yearly decimation of my fuchsias while overwintering in the greenhouse. I don't have a problem outdoors, but having had the same trouble for several years [losing well-grown plants and finding larvae feasting on the roots in spring] I...

Try nematodes Liz they worked for me last year

Big midges!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Been watching James Martin doing his Creme Brulee again eh Jack

Don't think i dare try that Scrungee...i'm a bit of a chicken myself:D i did once try the 'vent over warm water thing' which did the trick...

He's getting better, just a bit of residual scratching now, won't give him another treatment till tommorow. He's sulking at the moment because the girly mouse is in the cage above & he can't get to her. Don't qualify for PDSA as you have to be on Mousing Benefit.

I did wonder about that, but didn't mention it as I didn't want to scare a new member off:WINK1: Welcome to Gardeners Corner Ted

Shouldn't that be lightly steamed moderator Its a very old thread Alex, most of the posters don't post anymore & one is banned, but good point about location. I have put a footnote about location on the rules thread in the new members forum, thanks to Pete for that suggestion

If you want to be eco friendly, get a butterwort: They eat aphids and whitefly.

Slugs love cardboard! At least they left a small clue as to what's in this box. Don't use plain card, but pieces with instructions, diagrams, lists of ingredients, batch numbers, manufacturer's contact details on them, etc. as I find that's what the slugs are most attracted to.

I have a strawberry patch 1.5m x 6m. Yesterday I was digging out some of the plants in a section of the bed that had been in there for approx 3 years to replace with new plants. When digging them out I found vine weevil grubs in the soil. I tried to dig them all out but its inevitable that I...

Do you know what, in one of the gardners magazines i was readin in the supermarket one day they had they had a snail kit you could send for i think it was £20-30 contained verything even the food until they matured, they were beeing sold as a delicacy i thought they must think people are i want...

Evening All, Warning this is going to be a long thread so please read it all. Moles, The first thing you'll need to know is as much as you can about the "Mole" Lets start with the build up of a Mole, for a start he/she are not blind and never have been, Their eye sight reacts to bright...

This place opened 3kms down the road from us 3 1/2 years ago on a previous orange orchard ... sorry, it's all in Portuguese but there are some beautiful and fascinating photographs ... http://www.quintadobarranco.com/index.php

Hi everyone Belated happy new year. Just to update you, I sprayed the tree with soapy water, although the tree is bare at the moment , the branches look nice and clean, I have also tied greasebands around the trunk,I will spray the systemic insecticide once the leaves are back, hopefully this...

Sounds like a typical farmer's ingenuity, taking the idea from the sliding barn door and applying the principle to his gate.Proper farmers (ie the 'old school' farmers, not the businessmen that some of them are nowadays) are fantastic people. They just make stuff work. No engineering degrees,...