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Fritillary (Snakes Head)!!!!
want to know Terry? Seems a shame to keep em in a pot, get them into the ground. You got somewhere to plant them ? They prefer moister soil, but cope well if dryer too, providing they're not in full sun. Watch out for Lily beetle attack too, sorry. J. I by Terry 2
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09/04/2013 17:44:43
by Terry 2
help
hi can anyone help me, im new to this site, i have little red beatles all over my lilies, can you tell me the best way to treat them, many thanks Red lily beetles-not the pop group. Just pick them off carefully and do the deed-you will need by pat22
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14/05/2013 17:46:54
by pat22
Talkback: Growing hellebores from seed
not to mistake them for stag beetle larvae, which are endangered. Bad infestations of vine weevil can also be controlled using both biological and chemical methods. I am having a problem with the leaves of my helloebores during the summer months. They are being by marylyn bridges
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28/11/2011 18:31:26
by godetia60
Talkback: Southern oak bush-cricket
Oh, Richard, now you have me searching my rosemary bushes and, presumably my oak trees, looking for beetles and crickets. The garden gets more and more exciting the more possibilities there are. Guess what! Because of all this incessant RAIN by judyjenn
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28/11/2011 18:44:09
by terrycc
Vine Weevil
the soil surface to prevent the adult beetle laying eggs in the compost, but I wouldn't recommend this when soing seed! Alternatively, you could use nematodes (http://bit.ly/HkZ1BA) to safely kill the vine weevil grubs. Apply this to your trough twice a by Tracey Curnock
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04/04/2012 11:21:59
by Kate Bradbury
tiny black bugs
been infested with thousands of small black/grey beetle type bugs! There are a few lady birds wandering around having a munch but there are seriously too many for them to deal with! The pots are very wet due to the rain, the bugs have no wings by mrssnuggs
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10/05/2012 15:46:10
by mrssnuggs
Cherry Tree Bugs- Please Help!
Hi, Can anyone help me? I have a large Cherry tree, which over recent weeks has become covered in small black 'bugs', they kind of resemble tiny beetles. The tree is now so infested that they are covering the gate underneath .... I don't like to use by BuddingPotter
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01/07/2012 10:55:11
by Tina5
hydragae h0les in leaves
think about it they arrive with speed like a bullet.Does anyone agree with my theory? Your picture is on this thread-it would have helped if you had posted it again http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/talkback/talkback-viburnum-beetle/3455.html I still by michael neill
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30/09/2012 15:14:59
by keiths lemon
Which spuds to get...
and they keep. I prefer the skins off. Can't grow main crop because of blight and colorado beetles. We eat rice and pasta more often anyway. by Zoomer44
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13/01/2013 22:57:00
by Busy-Lizzie
Eaten snowdrops
so very odd.  My hellebores are fine but in the garden not under trees.  Having said that the snails I get in the garden would grace a French restaurant table they are so huge and prolific!  Beetles maybe but wouldnt they take bits rather than totally by Caroline6
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17/02/2013 16:34:17
by Sue Thomas