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Managing Weeds, Pests and Diseases

Weeds, pests & diseases

To keep your plants their best watch out for any garden invaders. Prevention is better than cure, so look for problems and remedy them before they get out of hand. If you already have pests our guides can help

  • Garden pests
  • Identifying weeds
  • Plant diseases
  • Weed control

Advice & inspiration

Removing weeds | David Domoney | Miracle Gro

Keeping weeds down

We”re going to show you how just a little control can go a really long way and when weeds can live in your garden in harmony.

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11 common fruit and vegetable diseases

11 common fruit and vegetable diseases

Disease, pests and fungus can be a common sight around many vegetable patches and fruit gardens.

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Plant pests

Plant pests

There are many bugs and bacteria that can affect your plants. Here are the common ones to watch out for.

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Top ways to treat weeds

Top ways to treat weeds

Chemical weedkillers take the backache and hard work out of weeding.

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What to do in your garden in February

What to feed birds in winter | Love The Garden

What to feed birds in winter

Survival for birds can be challenging at any time of year, but in particular during the cold winter months.

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How to protect plants over winter

How to protect plants over winter

With the cold snaps decimating a lot of plant life, it is important to try and protect your garden flowers during winter...

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Growing successful indoor houseplants

Growing successful indoor houseplants

You don’t need Greenfingers or special equipment to have thriving houseplants.

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Discover the things to do in your garden every month

Articles (104)
What are woolly aphids?

Woolly aphids

Woolly aphids are most commonly found on apple and crabapple trees, but are also a pest of pears, ash, hawthorn, alder...

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Bracken

Bracken

Bracken is widely distributed throughout the UK being by far the commonest fern.

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Why use organic and natural pesticides?

Why use organic and natural pesticides?

Organic and natural methods are very popular with home gardeners who want to decrease their dependence on chemicals in...

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Rabbits

Rabbits

Wild rabbits in the garden can cause extensive damage, eating trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, fruit and vegetables...

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Cockroaches

Cockroaches

Cockroaches are one of those household pests you don’t want to come face to face with – especially in the kitchen.

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Wasps

Wasps

Wasps can be a huge nuisance during warm summers, especially when you’re enjoying the garden, eating and drinking.

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Fleas

Fleas

Blood-sucking fleas not only attack your pets – such as cats and dogs – but they will quite happily feed on your blood...

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Deer

Deer

Deer can cause severe damage to a wide range of plants if they come and visit your garden.

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Mice

Mice

Coming face to face with a mouse or a group of mice can be very disconcerting – especially when they're in the house.

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Blight

Blight

Blight is a serious disease of potatoes and tomatoes, which can completely destroy the crop or make it inedible.

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Rust

Rust

Rust diseases attack a wide range of plants – but each type is specific to one plant or one group of plants and won't...

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Codling moth

Codling moth

Codling moth can be a serious problem of apples, eating out the centre of the fruit, ruining it.

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