Pests, Diseases and Cures

Used the baking powder, soft soap and water mixture and glad to say, it's working. Thanks to all that have commented, your help is much appreciated. Brian

I agree with the others that it looks normal for Elwoodii. They are a nice tree (for a conifer) but have the unfortunate habit of the branches starting to flop outwards because most of them come from near ground level. This not only exposes the brown middle but can look untidy. It can...

i have 2 cats that catch moles. one got 6 in a year!!! maybe i should rent them out? :thumb:

Ben the only other thing I can suggest is to get some small hole nylon netting & nett off your veg plants so that at least the flying insects cannot get to them, rubbing off any eggs first.. Otherwise mix up my spray, spray on as fine a mist as you can when it is cool. Wait 48 hrs, if still...

after checking in a very useful book i have allotment handbook by caroline foley pls let me point out i am only garden grower to the suggestion in there is to pick off the affected leaves and destroying them but no suggestion of it doing any harm to yourselves

It looks like gum to me, not sure what causes it.Found this it might be some help

I bought a very colourful pansy and decided not to deadhead it in order to collect seed. However, before the seedheads ripen and open, they are being attacked by some sort of pest. A small roundish hole is nibbled into them to expose the immature seeds, which are then substantially eaten. It's...

Hi slimzee, This recent thread has some info. :thumb:

Hi emylouBasil tastes great but it's not what you would call a robust herb. In fact, it's quite tender. It's common to have a few brown leaves on a plant, usually caused by scorching from wind, sun on wet leaves or changes of temperature. Also it's short lived and rapidly gets tatty.In...

Fantastic. I'll give this a go as soon as I can. They are really making a mess of my plants and bay window shelf !Thanks very much

Hi brookhouse &It luckily is not something I have suffered with but this is what the RHS recommend..

If it is leylandii it is not only dead but it looks as though you have a number of them there. Leylandii grow very fast (a metre a year) and very tall (30 metres). They can be kept looking good as a hedge but need cutting and shaping regularly. Don't let it get too high - better not to let it...

Well my cucumber died completely in less than 48hrs ! It would seem after all that i was neck rot... Only visible after having pulled it out, the soft brown part of the neck was just under the soil line so not visible at all before pulling it out... The leaves themselves were beginning to smell...

I've got them too. They won't damage your crop which doesn't come till next year but they make a mess of the plant. (I am assuming you mean purple sprouting broccolli?)

My daughter and I found a green caterpillar actually chomping on one of our flowers (we both screamed in suprise - very girlie!) and then released it into the wild! She told me that they walk on studs and don't have legs - she was right and I think she knows more than I do about bugs - she's...

Well done, grannydrums, you are really thorough. They are probably scared of you and know what's coming to them!

Cheers mate,Good to know I'm not the only one. After my return and plenty of water and some tomato feed the darker colour seems to be reducing in area??

Hi Snowbaby I usually check mine every day looking underneath the leaves for any eggs and removing them ,they are (Large)Caterpillars of the Cabbage White Butterfly,The small Cabbage Butterfly caterpillars are smaller and green green

Hi Blueroses. Once the tomatoes have BER there's nothing you can do about it. I get it with the bigger varieties - Marmande and the like - so I don't bother to grow them anymore. The smaller varieties of tomatoes are trouble free in that respect.

Don't think it's illegal to use a torch and a hammer snowbaby, ere, were you really found in the snow, instead of under a gooseberry bush like the rest of us ?