Pests, Diseases and Cures

Are you sure they're stag beetle larvae and not leather jackets or vine weevils?The reason I ask is that stag beetle larvae live in rotten wood, particularly roots of old trees. I would have thought you would only find them by digging if you were taking out woody stumps.I took part in...

Hi What you need is Nemasys Grow Your Own, it's a system that is completely natural and organic. It uses biological nematodes that occur naturally in our landscapes that will feed on the catapiller grubs and will eat them until they are all gone, Nemasys Grow Your Own is good for a number of...

Thanks Dave some interesting stuff there.:gnthb:

It does sound like sun scald, except for the fact that it spreads quickly. I would expect sun scald to remain and for the pepper to survive.If you can't take a picture yourself, check against these pictures for something similar:Are the lesions damp? Does the fruit turn brown or die?

daitheplant, now that is a very handsome pest !! I too have decided that if I wish to grow any cabagges etc...next year, then it will have to be covered in mesh of some sort. All that hard work just to look at lacy leaves.

Cheers - it's been repotted in new medium. I repotted it in May and a lot of the plant was rotting, coupled with my overwatering. Sterilised the pot and vase it was in as well. Eurgh!

Hi Scotty My Rowan tree leaves always turn an Orangy Red in the Autumn before they fall.Not much help I know but perhaps its just turning early

Wow thanks. I knew that they were a useful crop, but I didn't expect to see the evidence.

Hello everyone Recently I posted about scale insects on my ficus tree and enclosed a few pics of the problem. After extensive research on various other forums and botanical articles, I've found that (as Pete already mentionned) it is not scale or any other type of insect/infection. It appears...

I'd put my money on slugs - of whatever kind. They all do the same job,

Not really wildlife though, are they?:hehe:

I've got marigolds around my veggy plots as sacrificial plants too - it does work, honest!

Hello istria and welcome to GC. You say your Oleanders 'could' grow in soil ... are they in pots? If so, perhaps you have a vine weevil in the pot .. you would need to take the plant out and examine the roots for this. I grow Oleanders here, doubles, 4 meters tall. I don't have any problems...

Hi MzTrouble, I have new garden with bindweed creeping in from next door, and have had to avoid weedkillers to avoid poisoning the soil and damaging my new baby plants. I'm finding that persistence is really making a difference - every evening (in the morning too if I have time) I spot the...

This was my wasps nest box

Do any pruning in May.:gnthb:

well obviously the pic doesn't want to work :( nevermind,here's the direct link to the the subject with a link to the "perfect" pic at the bottom... hope this works !

Well I am not saying this is the same problem, but that was my experience with Okra after many years of happy growing..!! My larger Hibiscus plants seem to be OK.. Just starting from seed seems to be my problem now..!!

thank you Peter

BML; Get some netting to cover your brassicas, thats what I do. Even then a very few butterflies find a way through, if you check regulary you can spot the butterfly eggs and rub them off before the caterpillars emerge.What to plant now? This was asked recently...