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first started growing plants around april, id noticed this, moths can be a pain, also noticed a small black flea type fly, so started using vermiculite/perlite/ to mix in and perlite to put around the plant, and changed my fertilizer.im hoping

by hand any affected leaves and shoots. pearsspring to autumnMore advice on growing pearsTreating apple and pear scabPreventing pear wasp damageDealing with codling moth on fruit treesMonty's favourite fruit varieties

and shallotsOrder garlic and onion sets for autumn plantingPut grease bands on fruit trees to catch wingless winter mothsPlant out rooted strawberry runners and pot some up to bring into the greenhouse later in winter for early fruitsVegetables to sow now

Wrap grease bands around fruit trees to catch female winter moths climbing up from the soilPlant out garlic or start growing cloves in pots to plant out laterClear away old crops and dig over the groundSow hardy peas under fleece for an early crop

Whilst out running in Peckham Rye Park earlier this week I noticed that the leaves of the horse chestnut trees are starting to show pale brown blotching all over. These are caused by the caterpillars of a minute moth, Cameraria ohridella - the horse

then arrives at a number of possibilties with pictures.   Hope it helps.   I think it's a caterpillar of the Grey Dagger Moth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Dagger

used bromophos when sowings carrot seed and the rest. ...think it was the done thing. Scary! nematodes, fleece over carrots and for the pea moth and companion planting are better options I think

Has anyone else had alot of Bee Flies in their garden? They look like bees, they hover alot and they have a long probosis. It took me a little while to find out what they were. Some people have said they are hummingbird hawk moths

Today on a fencepost, I saw the beautiful angular art-deco prize of an angle Shades, Phlogophora meticulosa. This wonderful moth is immediately recognizable and unmistakable, even though its colours vary across a whole spectrum of browns, beiges

all over south London, caused by caterpillars of the tiny moth Cameraria ohridella. Sure enough, the maple was growing right next door to a horse-chestnut so heavily attacked that it had browned prematurely for autumn.It turns out that this recent