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I love a good bargain and always like to have a quick scour through the bargain basement section of my local garden centre every time I'm there. Most of the time this perusal is fruitless - everything has completely had it or it's something I wouldn

, while improving its structure and water-retaining ability.But this year there's a problem. The RHS Members' Advisory Service has received a high number of calls from gardeners reporting abnormal growth of various vegetable crops, including potatoes

the blackfly to the tips of the plants, where all the fresh, new growth is (apparently blackfly produce the sweetest honeydew from the youngest leaves). This is all quite fascinating if you're something of an amateur entomologist - and most gardeners are