Organic Garden Pests and Garden Diseases
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Control wandering jew  how do i get rid off this plant it just wont go away

White fly and Neem oil  I have white fly in my can o worms farm. Can I spray with Neem oil without hurting the worms?

infested with cockchafers  I believe that my lawn is infested with cockchafers (also called scarab beetles or May bugs) which will inevitably mean that the lawn will have to be dug ...

soursobs eradication  I should love to know how to eradicate soursobs from my raised veggie beds.
thanks
gordon

Help! unidentified bugs  I have found a few of these in my garden and have been to the garden centres, but can't get it identified. I live in England.
Does anyone recognise and ...

Flowering produce then it dies  Hello,
I have a beautiful vegetable garden it looks healthy leaves look great I water daily. I have several flowers on my tomatoes, peppers, and peas ...

How to get rid of wire worms  I recently found some little golden worms about 1 inch. They almost look like a centipede with very little if any legs. They seemed to enjoy my peas seeds ...

Monkey problem in garden  What would you suggest to deter monkeys from raiding the garden?

Mouldy mulch  Hi My mum is making a no dig garden but her mulch goes mouldy within 24hrs of going in her above ground area.
Is this normal?

Ants nesting in containers  I'm just cleaning out leaves, etc. from containers of perennials starting to emerge again, and I'm finding ants, as if there's a nest in them. Once you ...

found grub worms in my vegetable garden  I was working in my small veggie garden and while digging to add more plants/vegetables I ended up digging up grub worms, but ONLY 2 so far and I did A ...

Lettuce Disease  We have a 12 x 16' backyard greenhouse, unheated, where we attempt to grow lettuce through the winter months. Each year we are having increasing problems ...

Controlling blackberry before doing a no dig garden  the dreaded blackberry bushes!

hi, we live in northern california and have half an acre of south facing property, a bit sloping, and i am getting ready ...

Something is digging up my garden  I live in southeastern Pennsylvania and I have something digging up my planting beds. I have raised beds with lots of earthworms (I think that's what ...

seaweed infested with bugs  I just started to fill my new raised beds in preparation for next spring. I started with 1/2 composted horse manure then went to the beach & found dried ...

spores growing in my garden with bad smell  Any idea what these spores are?
These things have been growing in my garden and they smell awful which causes a large amount of blowflies and the like....

Marigold plants to deter bugs  I just started my garden. I was told Marigolds deter bugs. So I started planting with them. But what are the colorless trails infecting the Marigold leaves?...

Is this cucumber blight  Recently I've noticed some white/tan/brown splotches on some of the leaves of my cucumber plant which is also accompanied by some of the cucumbers' turning ...

Elephant Ears leaves eaten  This morning my Elephant Ears leaves appeared to be some insects dinner over night. What can I do to prevent this?

potato blight  I have potato blight and have cut all the green off all affected and unaffected plants so there are just very small bits of the plants left showing. I ...

Rhubarb Growing Problems  I am growing rhubarb and have had several pickings but today I found a lot of the stems covered in small clear, gelatinous blobs which has an unsightly ...

Mushrooms (Inky Cap) Growing In Veggie Garden  Hi, I have grown a few gardens but am still fairly new at it and still have a lot of learning to do.
What I am concerned with now is what's growing in ...

Controlling crickets - Fen crickets eating tomato crop  I have a small vegetable garden and I've recently planted a few tomato crops but the fen cricket it's eating them. I don't know what solution to aply because ...

Japanese Beetles on Raspberry Bushes  I want to transplant my raspberry bushes that have had Japanese Beetles attacking them for the past two summers. I want to take them from Illinois to Michigan ...

lemons bursting  I have a lemon tree (Italian variety which are longish) and it was bearing beautiful fruit until recently when the lemons started drying young on the trees ...

What is stripping peel off lemons on the tree.  I am finding lemons still hanging on the tree and which have had all the peel stripped off them, leaving just the fruit itself. Whatever is attacking them ...

How to stop cats digging in garden  I am having trouble keeping cats from digging in my garden. I have heard that moth balls thrown around will keep them out. Have you heard of this, or ...

Gnats! Help! - How to control gnats in garden  This is our first time planting a veggie garden and it seems that gnats have invaded. How can we get rid of them? TIA!

Jeyes Fluid to sterilise soil  Has anybody used Jeyes Fluid to sterilise soil. We have a bad case of wilt in the garden & the glasshouse.

Weeds - how to kill onion weed infestation  I have an onion weed infestation in my garden. I have sprayed round up on it and all the plants or leaves die off but every time I dig up the soil, they ...

Milky Spores - Controlling grass grub worms with milky spores  Does anyone know where I can get milky spores? I've read and heard that this is the best long term solution to eliminate grub worms. They're ruining our ...

Weed killer on garden - how to fix it  My husband put weed killer on my raised garden beds, now nothing will grow. Is there any way to fix it?
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Pests digging up garden - who or what is the culprit?  What is digging up my vegie patch and eating the seedlings???? They are planted in worm castings. Looks like whatever is doing the damage could be looking ...

Japanese beatles control  i've just recently joined this website and really enjoy it. thank you. i am currently having an infestation of japanese beatles that are reaking havoc ...

Grass growing in vegetable garden  How can I keep the grasses from growing in my vegetable garden? Or, is there a spray I can use just to kill grass?

mushrooms and slugs are overtaking my garden Help   I need help fast for the overtaking of my garden from mushrooms and slugs. My plants are going to die and some already have.

How to keep chickens out of garden?  I do enjoy your newsletters and have just had a good read of the link on pests and recipes for sprays. I have a problem with chooks - my own chooks, which ...

Seedlings disappear overnight  I have a very nice organic garden happening at my new home of one year. While the garden produced very well last year, this year as I planted seedlings,...

Keeping animals out of garden  How do you build a strong enough fence to keep those pesty animals away.
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Megan says...
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Stopping squirrels from stealing fruit from trees  How can we keep tree squirrels (Eastern fox squirrels--non-native in California) from stealing all our fruit from the trees in our orchard? Any scents ...

turtles eating vegetables in garden  Turtles are are eating our tomatoes

Neem dip shampoo to deter garden pests?  How do I use Neem dip shampoo to deter garden pests?
I bought a gallon of Neem dip shampoo for dogs which I assume is just neem oil and citrus with a ...

What's eating my raspberry bushes  Any idea what might be stripping my raspberry plants bare? All the leaves have been eaten off, never had this problem before. The plant looks like a ...

Sow bugs (pill bugs) eating seedlings  I have been told several times that sow bugs are not bad, that they only eat decaying matter. I have millions of sow bugs in my yard and they are eating ...

large winged flies damaging plants  I have some sort of fly which is stinging my granadilla and maybe also my gems. It has wings that look to be too big for it's body which looks (without ...

How to get rid of onion grass and wild mushrooms  I have an infestation of ONION GRASS and now also WILD MUSHROOMS. I live in the Northern suburbs of Cape Town and the worst area is where my lawn is Bermuda ...

controlling greenfly organically  What is a more natural way to get rid of greenfly from my fresh new leaves on my roses?

Asiatic lily being dug up  Our asiatic lily is being dug up and the bulbs were eaten on the plant and we replanted the plant. Will it still grow and what kind of animals do this?...

coddling Moth problem  I read an article re the coddling Moth and it was mentioned to use Coddling moth TRAPS.

Do you purchase these traps or make them as I have never seen ...

oxalis plants problems   My long standing purple oxalis plants have developed spots. First white, then yellow then leaves die. Help

Grub worms in my vegetable garden.  We received a free truck load of aged manure/compost off craigslist, from a farm here in Colorado. It is riddled with grub worms, in every stage of the ...

diatomaceous earth - breathing it in and turtles/tortoises  My problem is that I'm using a small portion of my friend's backyard. Her fiance and her have turtles/tortoises in the backyard. Unfortunately, occasionally ...

Mothballs to control deer?  I use mothballs to deter mice and ground hogs around my garden. Can I use them to deter deer as well? If so, can I use them close to vegetables I grow ...

Brocolli leaves deformed from underneath, white powdery substance   My broccoli leaves have got infested with a strange white substance.

The leaves look lumpy and bubbly when viewed from above (see image), and underneath ...

Horsetail weed control  Any idea on how to control horsetail weed or stop it in its tracks.
I have been carefully digging down and then gripping the main root, when I can,& gently ...

Flies on the no dig garden  Hi I have just put in a no dig garden and it is attracting a lot of flies. I assume they are attracted to the chicken poo, but it is well covered by layers ...

Garlic fire spray - a few questions  When preparing the garlic fire spray, i used jalepeno peppers and dish soap. Was I to use a different kind of chili pepper and was I to have used laundry ...

What are these bugs in my compost - possibly good ones?  I have beetles, slugs and bugs my mom called rolly pollies or potatoe bugs. They roll up in a ball when you touch them, are they ok to put in my garden?...

Controlling root knot nematode?  I had a problem with root knot nematodes toward the end of the year. All the garden debris was removed, including the infested roots. The soil left bare ...

Will bermuda grass come up through the no dig bed?  If I simply make the no-dig guard over a bermuda grass lawn (I live in NC), won't the hardy bermuda grass eventually dig its way through the cardboard/...

Rabbit problems in garden  How can you get rabbits to stop excreting in your front yard? I can't clean it all up and I don't want my dog to walk in it.

Straw bale gardening - Pink blobs on straw bales  Some sort of pink foamy like blobs (pea size) are growing on my straw bales. Does anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? Will the pink substance ...