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sprays are effective, but must come into contact with the pest to work.Avoid feeding plants with nitrogen-rich fertiliser, as it encourages soft, sappy growth that's especially vulnerable to aphid attack. There are many products available to control

the base of trees with garden compost to maintain general health, and water well in dry summer weather. Avoid over-feeding with nitrogen fertiliser.Spray the whole tree or bush with Bordeaux mixture during late January and repeat two weeks later to kill

and provide a lovely, springy, dry surface to walk on. This means I don't need to don my wellies if I've just nipped up to harvest a few vegetables for lunch.You can't top dress beds with fresh wood chips as they leach nitrogen from the soil during

in spring to give them a good start.Sweet peas like some good manure under them when planted out but some Peas and Beans make their own Nitrogen so do not need manure. Cabbages will need some lime rather than manure so depends on what you intend to plant

! But before that want to add cherry 'Stella' to garden but not in same area.   I would say that is a mineral deficiency, could be wrong.A lack of Potash, Magnesium, Nitrogen. They should have an all round feed in your garden Centre with instructions

better.Might it be a nitrogen deficiency or something like that?All suggestions welcome!

year after year. The main value of comfrey as a fertiliser is that the leaves are high in nitrogen. You can dig the plant directly into the soil if you want to. Or you could keep some a a living plant, to allow you to harvest the leaves. These can

? It is a cheap fertilizer- quite high in nitrogen so might not be ideal for all plants-especially flowering ones when something more balanced is required- but fine for veg when leafy growth is wanted Just depends on what you use it for or what you grow

round the problem of birds pulling them out of the ground. Welsh onion. I grow fairly,good onions. Used to give high nitrogen feed up to mid summer then potash etc after that. Is this how you grow them for size and taste? I would like to grow bigger

the dog has been immediately that dilutes it and stops the dog going in the same spot as well-similarly it is not so noticeable in wet conditions The brown patches are caused by the reaction between the high nitrogen content and the grass-in the same way