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Gardenia

The gardenia has been planted for 7 years and is approx 4 feet tall.It flowers prolifically each year but the leaves turn brown and brittle.Some fall off the shrub.Is this a fungal disease,please? by beachley

17/03/2012 20:35:11

by beachley

Tomato probs

to concentrate on a housekeeping routine that aims to minimise the fungal spores' chances of getting a grip. In a greenhouse, ensure as much air circulation as you possibly can. The closed environment can be an incubator for disease. Keep as much space between by Colin7

13/09/2012 13:14:03

by Italophile

Compost

Is it possible to use old potting compost for growing carrots and salad crops? Would it be o.k. to add fish blood and bone to it as a fertilizer? I have heard that you are meant to throw it away as it has lost it's nutrients and may contain fungal by Alfierawes

05/10/2012 18:05:44

by Busy-Lizzie

Greenhouse after tomato blight

recommend veg I can grow instead now and will the blight mean I can't grow tomatoes next year? I'm based in Ayrshire, Scotland. Thanks. ishlac, cutting your losses depends entirely on what sort of fungal disease you've suffered. Is there any chance of a by islahc

12/08/2012 09:25:38

by Italophile

New gardener rose question

't your problem. It's fungal - Black Spot - about the most common fungal problem for roses. I get plagues of it. There's not much you can do once it's in situ. The plant will drop its leaves for winter. Collect all the affected leaves and destroy them. Yes by biff227

04/09/2012 17:53:29

by obelixx

Rose black spot?

secateurs. The rose will shed its leaves for winter. Gather up all the diseased leaves, destroy them, and always try to keep the surrounding area clear of diseased bits of plant. Spraying against any fungal disease has to be preventive - which is to say by Kitty Jingga

27/09/2012 13:58:28

by Kitty Jingga

Common garden mint

Sounds like powdery mildew. It is a fungal disease and mint is susceptible to it. Pick off all infected leaves and improve conditions.Your growing conditions may need to be changed. Powdery mild often occurs when a plant dries out - can happen by lily-larkspur

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24/06/2012 22:41:01

by Daintiness

problem with toms!

at some point with words of advice "Blight" has become a bit of a generic term. It gets applied to any leaf disease. There are only really two "blights" - Early (very common in the home garden) and Late (uncommon in the home garden). Most of the fungal by foxglove and newts

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10/06/2012 12:06:44

by Italophile

Robinia Frisia - brown spotted leaves - treatment?

suspect this is a fungal infection "Phloeospora robiniae". A good description is given on The Telegraph newspaper website on 04/09/2008, and of course on the RHS website. For a very good picture, type the disease name into Google and scan down to see by alexpeak

20/08/2012 08:31:41

by alexpeak

tomato rot

to grow..very very poor yield though... what causes this ..I know we had hot/wet summer but thought it would not effect ones in gr/hse.. It sounds like fungal problems, jean. In fact, toms in greenhouses are more prone than toms grown outside by jean linsley

15/09/2012 14:05:26

by Italophile

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