Fruit/veg problems
Use the photographs below to visually identify pest and disease problems on fruits and vegetables. Click on the links where appropriate to find out even more about prevention and control.
Aphids
The most common of all pests and almost every plant from the smallest shrub to the tallest oak tree can be infested.
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Cabbage root fly
Affects the brassica family of cabbages, sprouts, cauliflower and broccoli.
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Carrot fly
Larvae that bury into the roots of carrots, parsnips and celery.
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Codling moth
Pale pink larvae that attack the fruit of apples and pears by burying into them.
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Grey mould
This is an extremely common fungus and grows on many plants. As the name suggests a greyish fuzzy fungal growth develops over the infected area.
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Peach leaf curl
A crippling fungal disease of peaches, nectarines, almonds and apricots that distorts leaves and causes premature leaf fall.
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Potato blight
First seen as brown blotches on the foliage of potatoes and outdoor tomatoes in wet summers. Affects storage of tubers and fruit.
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Rust
The spores need a moist environment in which to prosper. The fungus develops mostly on leaves but also on stems. In appearance they can develop either as patches or as pustules (like septic spots).
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Strawberry leaf spot
The spots can be of various colours – grey, brown or black. The spots are in fact dead leaf tissue caused by the fungus which spreads the disease.
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Tomato blight
Discolouration of the fruit, turning them brown.
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Whitefly
These little pests set up home and live out their lives on the underside of leaves. As adults they are about 2mm long with white wings, which give them their name.
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