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Pests & Pest Control Gardening Articles
Stop the Slugs & Snails !!
Posted by Timbering
Wednesday 29th October 2008
Category: Pests & Pest Control
How incredibly frustrating it is......You spend weeks selecting your seeds etc, and getting ready for the growing season ahead. You prepare and proudly grow your precious young plants, only to have them eaten within hours of planting them out. Well t... Read More
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Beating our molluscs organically
Posted by TerryWalton
Thursday 17th September 2009
Category: Pests & Pest Control
A new way of preventing slugs and snails nibbling your precious crops. Read More
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Greasebands to protect your fruit trees.
Posted by PattyMac
Wednesday 01st October 2008
Category: Pests & Pest Control
If you haven't already done so now is the time to fix greasebands to the main trunks of fruit trees particularly apple. They also need to be applied to any stakes propping the tree. Various makes are available at garden nurseries, some stickier (and... Read More
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If anyone is going to grow carrots once you have sown the seed , if you place chives around the carrot bed this will help to keep carrot fly away Read More
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This afternoon, whilst out in the garden, my eye was drawn to a pretty, bright red beetle nestling among the leaves of one of my outdoor potted lilies. Initially (and from a distance) I thought it was a ladybird, but on closer inspection I realised t... Read More
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Organic Ways to Deal with Slugs & Snails
Posted by farmgirl25
Friday 06th February 2009
Category: Pests & Pest Control
1) Sprinkle a 2" wide band of wood ashes around the area where snails are. Replenish after every rain. 2)Place sawdust around your plants & replenish after heavy rains. Snails & slugs don't like the rough surface. 3) Slug It Out ... Read More
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Does anyone have an organic remedy for getting rid of Whitefly and Grey Aphids because these two pests, ruined my brussels this season. I've tried spraying on nettle and rhubarb solutions, but they had no effect. Read More
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the second cabbage white butterfly i have seen this year , dident have my camera for the first one ! ... must be getting warmer............. Read More
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