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Fire blight

On 14/09/2007 in Glossary

A notifiable bacterial disease of the rose family, although it may also affect apple and pear trees.


Geranium blight

On 14/09/2012 in forum

I have a trailing geranium in my conservatory.  The leaves start off healthy, then go patchy yellow and finally brown and die off.  I have not had many flowers this summer.  Can anything be done? Yellow leaves normally mean overwatering.


Potato Blight ?

On 08/01/2012 in forum

Year one growing potatos in containers was successful. Year two i planted early variety in November 2011 which have failed with first frost. Top foliage fell over and died away.What i need to know is, do i excavate the tubers and destroy them and do i have to discard the soil the...


Petunia Blight

On 08/10/2012 in forum

Every year I have to cope with petunia root rot which kills most of my petunias( especially those placed together). I wash every container, use new compost, but as the weather warms up, they wilt. I read that carboxamide fungicides may help prevent this, but does anyone have a le...


Tree Peony

On 09/06/2012 in forum

I planted three new tree peonies last year and I was delighted to see them making good progress this spring.  Unfortunately, one of them appears to have suddenly been blighted overnight.  At least two-thirds of the leaves have turned brown


Does my apple tree have a future?

On 27/04/2013 in forum

to prevent the spread of fire blight, but it seems a bit mean and there are no susceptible trees in my neighbourhood. Does anyone know if it is likely to survive?


Talkback: Learning from 2012

On 07/01/2013 in forum

I have vowed only to grow early potatoes anf harvest them before the dreaded blight, and only Gardeners; Delight or similar tomatoes and yellow varieties which were the only ones that escaped the blight. I too will be growing my veg, plants indoors


Bugs and daylilies

On 01/07/2008 in Unassigned

'd venture, briefly and very amateurishly, into Pippa's territory to see what pests are doing their best to blight my garden. I'm not brilliant at such things, and quake inside when people bear down on me, clutching festering leaves in polythene bags. A very


Harvesting potatoes

On 28/08/2008 in Unassigned

We've been harvesting potatoes. After the dreaded potato blight hit the rows of potatoes I was quick to employ my son to cut off and rake up all the haulms.Although we couldn't lift the tubers immediately and we had a lot of rain, when we did lift


Blue stone

On 30/06/2012 in forum

I have heard rumours that  the E U may be banning the use Copper Sulphate on allotments  and domestic potato patches how true is this???????? Don't know how true,it seems to have been talked about since 2009.   Here's an interesting link on a similar line,although this is in Irel...


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