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Talkback: Ants in the garden

it for some time the nest gets larger. I have them elsewhere in the garden but l find they are no problem so lleave well alone. Brilliant idea Pippa, I used to feed slugs to our hens when we had them, very satisifing to watch them gobble up a pest. by suziethorne

28/11/2011 18:39:24

by chrissy

Azalea wilting and going brown - help!

I'm new to gardening as I only got a house with a garden back in April. I have an azalea of the Blue Danube Evergreen variety, it's potted as we live in an alkaline soil area. It's potted in Ericaceous compost, in a pot with a lot of drainage media by Glitzy

17/08/2012 14:53:15

by sotongeoff

Talkback: Leaf miners

I generally am a live & let live sort of person with most leaf miners as with other garden insects/pests but I do get really rather cross about the devastation that miners always do to my Iris foetidissima leaving almost white stripy leaves by happymarion

28/11/2011 18:44:15

by kaycurtis

Sooty mould

Hello, this is my first post on here. I have a lemon tree in the greenhouse and it's covered in sooty mould. I've cleaned all the leaves once, sprayed it with a spray suggested by my local garden centre, but it's back again. Does anyone have any by snowy43

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29/04/2012 12:44:25

by snowy43

Talkback: How to practise crop rotation

this is my first summer growing veg and i have one veggie-bed at the moment with sprouts in. planning to have 3 more beds next year so this has explained crop rotation very well Well explained video!I will start a new garden this year and wonder by knittynana

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16/02/2012 16:15:58

by Emma Crawforth

Talkback: Strawberry theft

Great story:)I have made the most of my wee city garden and have planted strawberries too. My only pests are insects and birds, I would love squirrels in my garden to look at:) You should reduce the numbers of grey squirrels by eating them:)lol.. I by daisy roche

28/11/2011 18:37:10

by sylvia

Talkback: Moles

anyway? Only one sure way of ridding your garden from the Taliban of pests.Chilli powder.I produce my own - habaneros mostly - and a kilo of powder keeps my one acre of vegetable and flower plots totally free of moles.My garden was infested with at least by chloet

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24/07/2012 11:03:04

by Doctor_63

Talkback: Growing shallots

growing before they have to combat the army of slugs and other pests in my garden. I too love growing shallots. The red banana- shaped shallots look beautiful enough to grow in a flowerbed and grow as big as onions do for me. i have none left as I use by Chantal

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28/11/2011 18:40:13

by cdawson41

Dahlia Perennial Plant

regularly but could anyone suggest a bug spray that I can buy from Tesco/B & Q that will kill whatever is eating my beautiful plant many thanks for your help! Dahlias suffer from two main pests-slugs will eat the soft growth and earwigs will eat the flowers by flossy1970

30/07/2012 18:31:19

by sotongeoff

Tiny black flies

seems to be one more flying around. More than likely sciarid flies -live of the compost-more of a nuisance than a serious pest http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/advice/pests_and_diseases/identifier.shtml?black_fungus_gnats they were not hoping were they by Huntertony

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16/02/2013 10:53:58

by Flowerchild

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