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present when he retired, we put it in the greenhouse for the winter and bring into the conservatory in February, where it has flowered for 27 years. Have you checked for vine weevil, when I repotted ours last year, the pot was full of them

brown in the wind.. but they are lovely and the birds nest in them.. but i think today that they have vine weevil. have ordered the nematods to get rid.. as i grew them all myself from seedlings i have had to check or my spare ones that i have

. I think it's brown in colour. I too have no problem with shield bugs,I think they are really interesting,it's vine weevils I HATE.Death to them all. Reply to Michael and Robin.The southern green shieldbug, Nezara viridula, arrived in Britain a few

-munching birds. Perhaps the birds are also after soil-dwelling creatures under your shrubs, such as vine weevils, leatherjackets, chafer grubs and worms etc. The (now resident) blackbird in my garden sifts through all my pots, hopefully keeping vine weevil

and picking them up and beer traps work well. I never knew that frogs ate vine weevil, thank you for that bit of information.I am growing Broccoli Tenderstem-Green in very large pots for the first time this year and they are well protected with nets to keep

pop them on the floor upside down - they stay put as they think they are camouflaged!!!!  And then I crunch them.  Very satisfying.  But not quite as satisying as the crunch you get from a vine weevil. I use the finger and thumb method too. I

of water - shrivelling of the fruit, I mean. Worth investigating how dry the soil is around your plants. struggling.... the white 'mites' sound like vine weevils to me.if it is, you will probably have to lift all affected plants and bin or burn them. make

a big hole beneath it. There are lots more places in my garden for a fox or badger to live too without jeopardising the Bramley. Still, we would be in a sorry state without our wildlife. I have picked a large crop of blackcurrants and the vine

be encouraging them.Green s leaves Hello, I love the birds that visit my garden, I have a few robins one of which is very pale & has a white tail.  Another, nicknamed scruff (I'm sure that he hears the spade) comes very close & loves the vine weevils. I've seen a

or can you get by with adding nutrients and feed to it? Hope you don't mind all the questions. Hope you've warmed up bunnysgarden. It was an exotic -4 where I live! Let's think..  Aphids, spider mite, tomato moth, white fly, vine weevil.. Oh, sorry, you