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, as with comfrey, is as a plant food. If you soak the crushed nettles in water for about a month, you'll end up with a liquid feed that should be diluted by one part in ten before application. If sprayed on plants it can also prevent fungal disease. Nettles also

with the size of photos uploaded to this site. Can you take much closer shots of those leaves? From what I can see, it looks like a fungal disease problem. Thanks for helping- are these any better?  A colleague has also suggested a potential magnesium deficiency

is more vulnerable to disease and other problems. In simple terms, producing fruit is a plant's means of reproducing itself. Tomatoes will feel more inclined to reproduce themselves if they feel ever so slightly threatened. It's their inbuilt survival

well at that price...very wellA few points.Peaches do well in potsThey suffer in spring fom a disease that affects the leaves...peach leaf curl. If you can cover it or grow in a greenhouse at this time you will avoid this problem. One reason to grow

are you going to believe if not the specialists? I did a bit of research into rhodo fungal diseases and found that the rhodo leafhopper lays its eggs in rhodo buds and flowers then dies when winter comes. The eggs overwinter in the flowers and hatch

years before planting. This helps to reduce the chances of diseases and pests and maintains nutrient levels in the soil. Hope this helps! very good information but not on apple trees i have a pink lady from seed and its got some kind of white fungal

they can carry fungal diseases or hide emerging flowers and foliage in late winter, although I'm not sure what time of year this job is done.   I'm a newbie with Hellebore and am still reaserching them I cut off the old leaves on h.Niger and h

fungal disease, this goes for all plants, but gooseberries are very susceptible. Spray the soil around them with nettle tea, it strengthens plants and helps them resist and it drives the fungal activity back down into the soil where it belongs. Compact

plants contacted blight in the last few weeks of August (rubbish weather). I'm not sure if the beef toms got blight first, then spread to the Golden Sunrise as the later were much better at fending off the fungal spores.I too wish to recycle the growbags

run the risk of introducing fungal disease. Pruning generally - plums are not pruned regularly in the way that, say, apples are. pruning just encourages more growth, so should be restricted to removing damaged or weak branches. They are big trees