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Pests diseases and other issues

Pests diseases and other issues

Natural ways to keep your greenhouse warm in winter

When the temperature drops you need to find ways to keep your plants warm in a greenhouse, whilst greenhouse heaters are common there are more natural ways to harvest some heat. Line the windows with bubblewrap. Bubble wrap makes a a great insulator and will also let in light. Fill Read more…

By BeaWest, 2 years11 months ago
Rabbits
Pests diseases and other issues

How to deter rabbits from your garden

When your first see a rabbit in your garden you will often think of the soft, fluffy bunny from your childhood memories, but for any keen gardener this will soon turn to desperation as you realise the destruction is down to this “cute” animal. When rabbits are found in the Read more…

By BeaWest, 3 years3 years ago
Slug
Pests diseases and other issues

Slugs – preventing the destruction

Slugs and snails will cause no end of damage to your plants and flowers and their destructive path needs to be stopped. Outlined here are several approaches you can take to put a stop to their havoc. Slugs and snails like the damp and because of the way they produce Read more…

By BeaWest, 9 years3 years ago
Ants farming greenfly
Pests diseases and other issues

Ants and greenfly

Ants climbing on your plants can be a sign of aphid infestation. It is unusual to see ants climbing around on plants so seeing this can be sign of aphid (either greenfly, blackfly or whitefly) infestation. Ants actually “farm” aphids because of their love of the sweet honeydew that aphids Read more…

By BeaWest, 9 years3 years ago

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