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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

Keeping weeds in the garden down

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 May

Feeding your lawn | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

Feeding lawns

Spring is the go-ahead season for lawn care as our gardens become a hub for barbecues or summer sports days with the...

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Feeding plants and borders

Feeding plants and borders

We need to give plants as much help as possible to ensure they survive and perform at their very best.

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Balcony Rail with Planter and Ripe Tomatoes

Growing your own in a small space

Having limited garden needn’t hold you back, there’s plenty to do to make the most of the space you have.

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May planting and harvesting guide

May planting and harvesting guide

May brings us into the heart of Spring, the perfect time to see our crops flourish with fewer chances of frosts.

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What are woolly aphids?

How to Get Rid of 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?

Find out why more and more gardeners are using organic and natural methods in the garden and what the benefits are to...

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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

Tomato blight

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

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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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Pesticide usage, storage and disposal

Pesticide usage, storage and disposal

Obviously, it goes without saying that you should use all garden chemicals sensibly.

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