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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 with David Domoney

I’m 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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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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What to do in your garden in June

What's your plant personality? | Miracle-Gro

What's your plant personality?

Are you a skilled botanist or do plants struggle to stick around in your company? We've created this quiz to help those...

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Chelsea Look at Home | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

How to get that Chelsea Flower Show look at home with David Domoney

For over 100 years, Chelsea Flower Show has been a place where plants have been exhibited and garden designs have been...

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Home-boosting houseplants | David Domoney | Miracle-Gro

Best houseplants to boost the look of your home with David Domoney

One of the joys of indoor gardening is that you can enjoy it all year round. With houseplants bringing visual therapy...

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Discover the things to do in your garden every month

Articles (104)
Magnesium deficiency

Magnesium deficiency

A lack of magnesium in the soil shows up as yellowing leaves on plants.

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Leaf spot

Leaf spot

Numerous plants can develop leaf spots that are caused by several different fungal – or even bacterial – diseases.

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Peach leaf curl

Peach leaf curl

Initially, the red leaf markings of the disease peach leaf curl can look quite attractive – but the affects on the plant...

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Common toxic plants: danger disguised

Common toxic plants: danger disguised

Did you know that some of these colourful and attractive beauties can actually be harmful to you or your pets health?

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Oedema

Oedema

Oedemas look like a wart disease has attacked the leaves. But it isn't a disease at all…

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Plant stem problems

Plant stem problems

In Brief Identify pest and disease problems on plant stems. Click on the links where appropriate to find out even more...

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Sick leaf

Sick leaf

Sometimes, plant leaves change colour during the growing seasons – spring and summer. There are numerous reasons for...

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Cabbage root fly

Cabbage root fly

The larvae of the cabbage root fly eat the roots of brassicas causes them to wilt and, in the case of small plants...

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Plant wilts

Plant wilts

Plants can wilt for a number of different reasons. These range from simply drying out to be attacked by a fungal disease...

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Algae

Algae

The typically green algae can grow just about anywhere in the garden, wherever the conditions are generally cool and...

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Tackling weeds in the vegetable garden

Tackling weeds in the vegetable garden

When the soil is warm enough to be growing weeds then it’s time to sow all manner of vegetables outside.

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Leatherjackets

Leatherjackets

Leatherjackets are large grubs that eat plant root, and they spend the majority of their life underground.

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