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Talkback: Mint leaf beetle
by trishquin
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24/11/2011 15:29:31
by trishquin
Talkback: Asparagus beetles
. Chrysolina species. There is a lovely one on garden and water mint, Chrysolina herbacea (formerly called C. menthastri) but if it is on rosemary, sage or lavender it is C. americana, the rosemary leaf beetle. See this link:http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/problem-solving/garden-pests-rosemary-leaf-beetle by bunnysgarden
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28/11/2011 18:39:04
by leilah
Talkback: Dealing with lily beetle
I catch lilly beetles with a spring loaded meash infusor (used for infusing tea leaves) which I hold open over the lilly beetle and then snap shut. Before it knows what's happening, I've captured it. I gently pull the meash infuser away, letting by Tim Burr
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24/07/2012 14:42:05
by jenny wren
Talkback: Vine weevils
with you on the issue of weevils and lilly beetle!http://ryans-garden.blogspot.com/Ryan I have for the first time found the evil weevil larvae in my strawberry planter - a creature that serves no useful purpose whatsoever. I am hoping the nematodes that I by mothermook
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28/11/2011 18:38:24
by Yana
Talkback: Pests and problems
leaves? I've got blck dots on my mint, surrounded by what looks like a sticky white web. I'm quite new to gardening and have no idea what is is. Save my mint!Thank you I have 8 tomato plants in my greenhouse and have done for the last 2 years by B.Ward
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28/11/2011 18:41:02
by Storic
Talkback: Sunflowers and hoverflies
but it was beautiful while it lasted and at over two metres had to be tied to a drainpipe. But the bush that gets hundreds, perhaps thousands of hoverfly visitors in my garden is the Lemon Balm, Melissa officinalis, which I love,leaves mixed with mint as a tea by Mo
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28/11/2011 18:44:01
by mooncarrot
Something is eating my lavender
I have to 'fess up and say I am actually an Englishwoman in France, though the countryside here is similar to the English Lake District, with slightly warmer summers and colder winters. (Yes, you CAN have your Kendal Mint Cake and eat it!) In spring by ChapelGirl2
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30/07/2012 15:35:51
by ChapelGirl2
Talkback: Vine weevils again
to reach. I had pots and pots of plants destroyed by these awful creatures so I have no problem killing them, one large pot had 100 grubs in it so one adult beetle can devistate your whole garden. really do have to kill vine weevils or they will devistate by Chalkweed
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28/11/2011 18:41:23
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