BBC Gardeners' World

Problem solving

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  Dog urine on lawns

  Circles of scorched brown turf with dark-green outer ring.

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  Earwigs

  Large, ragged holes in young leaves and petals on plants.

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  Elephant hawk moth

  Leaves of fuschia plants are stripped at night.

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  Euonymus scale

  Yellow patches on leaves of euonymus plants.

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  Fasciated shoots

  Flattened stems, leaves and flowers on plants.

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  Fat hen

  Tall weed with few leaves that competes with plants.

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  Field bindweed

  White-flowering, fast-growing weed that smothers plants.

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  Field horsetail

  Deep-rooted weed on undisturbed ground.