Weed, Pest & Disease Control

Wherever you turn in the garden, you’re under attack.  There are a multitude of pests, from microscopic spider mites to voracious slugs and snails, that will happily devour every plant you try to grow.  There are an almost equal number of diseases that can destroy  your flowers or fruit before you have a chance to enjoy them and there is the constant threat of invasion by weeds.

 

In this section we provide you with a guide to all these threats together advice on how you can control or eradicate them.

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Plant Disease
Blight on Apples

Blight attacks leaves of potatoes or tomato plants more…

Canker on a Birch Tree

Canker often affects fruit trees more…

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Downy mildew likes cool moist conditions more…

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Can affect most plants more…

Honey Mushrooms

Honey fungus will attack trees, hedges, and shrubs more…

Leaf Spot

All versions prefer warm moist conditions more…

Mehltau am Phlox, mildew on phlox

Usually found in hot and dry conditions more…

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Develops via a number of fungi species more…

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Plant Pests
ants

Nests can sometimes affect root systems more…

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the most common plant pest more…

Capsid Bug

Tiny green insects with six legs and antennae more…

caterpillar

Damage leaves, stems and even the roots more…

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Fat, white grubs with brown heads more…

leaf beetle

Can attack a whole range of plants more…

Leafhopper

Colonise the underside of leaves more…

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Headless grubs that grow up to become Daddy Long Legs more…

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Usually found on plants in the house or conservatory more…

spider mite

Virtually invisible to the human eye more…

Scale Insect

They feed on the sap of the plant more…

slugs

Leave nothing behind but skeletal leaves more…

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Another sap eating pest more…

vine weevil

Often found in containers more…

Wasp Nest in Garden

Wasps can be a real annoyance in the garden more…

Whiteflies on leaf

Found on the underside of leaves more…

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Weeds
Common Chickweed in a garden

Weeds that grow from seed and mature in one season more…

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There are a number of weeds that can cause damage to lawns more…

bramble

Tough perennial weeds that can survive for years more…


Products that may be of Interest

SBK BRUSHWOOD KILLER

Tough weedkiller for heavy-duty weeds more…

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FINALSAN ULTIMA WEEDKILLER

Rapid acting and with re-growth suppression more…

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Green Up Feed & Weed + Mosskiller

A triple action formulation. more…

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Green Up Liquid Feed & Weed

Combined feed and weed killer more…

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Green Up Moss Free

A fast-acting, soluble, iron-based mosskiller more…

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