Pests, Diseases and Cures

Apart from the last two weeks it has been very dry in parts of the UK and as silver birches are surface rooters, well mine seem to be, it could well be lack of water. But this should have cleared up by now.If planted in grass then it needs at least 18" all round to be kept clear and mulched

There is a 14 spot yellow ladybird about 4.5mm and a 22spot 3.5mm you can get variations in the number of spots.

Yeah it does lol

Well exactly. How would a blackfly know?I once carefully moved dozens of ladybirds from nearby weeds onto my broad beans. It took about 10 minutes for them to carefully move themselves back where they wanted to be.

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I used that nemaslug and I didn't have any problems but now my 6 weeks is up and they're coming back again. I also use the slug stoppa mats which work really well.

This is the first year my Italian vine has produced grapes. I don't know the variety or colour but it was sent to me by a friend in Northern Italy 2 years ago. It's growing outdoors in SE England against a South facing wall. It's in a well enriched clay base soil and I'm feeding it twice weekly...

but they're still scary I don't like wasps the thought of 6 nests in my loft i'd have to move out lol

Thanks Flinty, I've just done a google search and it does look a bit like some of the photos. I moved them outside a week ago but haven't tried washing it off yet. I'll give it a go. I'd put half my young plants outside which are smaller and harder looking. The indoor half (apart from the...

They should do.

No, they won't eat aphids and they won't harm your plants.:wink: Just a little bug living it's life. I like them. Be careful when you spray:wink:

Hi there could anyone tell me how to get rid of curl leaf, my red robin seems to be suffering from it?

Hi CharltonThe fact that your tree is losing leaves and not growing any more yet suggests a physiological problem rather than disease or pest attack.When you repot a bay, you should increase the size of pot by only a little each time. The idea is that you let the roots expand to fill...

Just finishing my lunch - before I forget to eat and then come in starving when its too late !! Ahhhhhhhh i remember school assembly's. .... i cried during one when Lewis got up and read out something he had written about. Was the ultimate proud mum!! Rubbing shoulder to shoulders with all...

Hmm, thanks for that.

Whatever netting you choose, make sure the holes are no more than about an inch across, we don;t want your bunnies getting their head stuck in it when you're not looking do we. Also, if you choose plastic netting, just be aware that rabbits can chew through it if they are determined enough. That...

i have those bl**dy things over loads of things in my garden! flowers, mostly. pain in the bottom.

It will be a bit expensive to drench a whole garden with Provado, perhaps someone has a cheaper way.

Hi WinnieThere are various types of leaf miner and they attack different plants. Other pests, like the mangold fly, have larvae that cause similar leaf damage to certain vegetables but not usually cabbage. That said, maybe a few leaf miners couldn't find their usual host plants and so they...