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Clematis

On 20/10/2012 in forum

Help, I have a summer flowering clematis about 4years old. Every summer from June - July it grows beautifully loads of flowers and healthy green leaves. Come August black fly attack flowers. I have tried leaving them and letting the ants eat them


a little tip

On 18/05/2013 in forum

A cheap tip that works,without harming anything, put a ring of vaseline around your tubs now to prevent slugs,weavels and ants getting at your plants,i also put a ring around the fruit trees to stop the coddling moth crawling up and infesting


tea bags

On 02/05/2013 in forum

can any Pearson tell me can you put tea bags on borders or do they cause ants No they won't cause ants - I put them in my compost bin and spread the resulting compost on the borders - the bags are not totally biodegradable nowadays as most of them


Test plant of the week

On 05/12/2011 in Plant of the week

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Talkback: Squirrel damage to Brussels sprouts

On 28/11/2011 in forum

Good Morning All,having dug over the back garden to make three separate beds for the first time, I am now enjoying the first results.But I have noticed a lot of the small black ants climbing all over the broad beans, my question is will the ants


My cherry tree has red lumps on them

On 26/05/2012 in forum

Hi all i have some red lumps on my cherry tree and would like to know what they are and if they are harming my tree ? plus my tree is covered in ants what can i use on the tree to get rid off them as they are eating the leaves big time ? please


Talkback: Apple sooty blotch

On 24/11/2011 in forum

I have an apple tree in my garden which has some unwelcome visitors namely ants which are blazing a trail up and down my tree leaving grooves in several places. Is this damaging the tree in any way? Last year I had a bumper crop but this year I can


Talkback: Growing radicchio

On 28/11/2011 in forum

reading these interesting blogs because of the unpleasent and intrusive advert form AXA. my neiebour as but some dark like wood chippings round her lawn for a border now i have found lots of ants nr my front door coming from these wood chippings i told her


My bay tree's leaves have gone yellow. What can I do to rectify this.

On 03/06/2012 in forum

it got ants?  Bay's suffer from attacks by scale insects, which if heavily infested suck the life out of its host, check its trunk /stems for these little critters !! Oh, edit isn't working again !! Forgot to say, it may need a feed if you haven


Snowdrops

On 14/02/2013 in forum

or insects theres not much growing at the moment so they will make a beeline for ant fresh new growth. Its the bulbs that are most toxic. did you know Cancer reserch are using the bulbs of snowdrops and certain parts of daffodils for a cure for some types


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