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Talkback: Ant attack

pyrethrum) which locally clears the ants rapidly. As a bonus we now don't have Vine Weevil!! It clears them also. My garden is mostly organic/wildlife but yes the ants seem to be takeing overthis year.They have inhabited my compost bins so i will have by Jan

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28/11/2011 18:29:44

by Ali Fisher

Talkback: Growing veg in containers: keep it cropping

-weirdness-of-the-gardeners-eye-view/ I had the same trouble last year with pink fir apple potatoes out in the veg,. garden, Mandy, and blamed poor seed as all my other early potatoes were fine. Vine weevils love container grown plants to lay their eggs in and the grubs eat the roots so by lusia62

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28/11/2011 18:44:03

by thecookinggardener

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it without having to look in a special thread which might disappear down the page anyway. The search facility at the top of the screen is very handy when you want to see what has previously been posted about a particular topic - rhubarb, chickens, vine weevil by nivlac

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08/03/2013 21:52:02

by chica

SYSTEMIC PESTICIDES

to come along and eat the aphids; birds also feed aphids to their young; vine weevils can be dealt with by nematodes; scale insects can be picked off by birds. So I agree with John Hall (beekeeper) completely." ERIC ROBSON replied: "And it should be said by borderbeeman

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30/07/2012 17:05:04

by ChapelGirl2

Talkback: The strange case of the wilting wisteria

by Honesty

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28/03/2012 13:16:48

by Susan T.

Talkback: Growing strawberry plants

. If congestion, pull a few up to give space, pinch out runners or encourage them to root in 3" pots so they can be easily moved and help your over crowding problem @Scott - I only ever get 1 year out of my potted strawbs as the Vine weevil always get them, soil by benjamin9876

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21/06/2012 22:34:51

by peteballan

Talkback: Hedgehogs in the garden

loads of plants to put in that I had not washed the roots, as I try to keep imported vine weevil out of my garden. So perhaps you could wash the roots of your roses. As for the crocuses, plant them quite deep as they will find their own way up if need by Liz Ward

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28/01/2012 00:43:37

by HOLEDIGGER

buried snails

slug noshers but also like ground beetles young frogs and birds eggs but seem to avoid vine weevil like the plague I've just been reading about someone who puts short lengths of guttering over lids filled with slug pellets who said it seemed to work by diggingdoris

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07/07/2012 22:03:34

by Aqua

Talkback: Impatiens downy mildew

colour,the ones I bought at the start of the season are all fine,so I don't know what has caused it.At first I thought of slugs or snails or even vine weevil but there is no sign of any of these pests. Hi, Exactly the same problem here in N by Kathleen

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03/07/2012 13:52:24

by Busy-Lizzie

Talkback: Growing tomatoes: dos and don'ts

tall pots with the bottom cut out in the bags and plant the tomatoes into the pot, this gives you more soil to grow in and helps to retain water too. The pots are the type that you buy roses in. Whatever you are growing be vigilant about the vine weevil by growing tomatoes

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28/11/2011 18:40:31

by John from London

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