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Tag: Garden Diseases

Busy Lizzie ‘Divine’ – disease resistant

Busy Lizzie ‘Divine’ – disease resistant
Recommended Flowers

Introducing Impatiens Busy Lizzie Divine – far less susceptible to the devastating downy mildew disease, and will look great in any border, or pot.

Problems with Busy Lizzies

Problems with Busy Lizzies
Recommended Flowers

Is this the end of the road for the ever lovely Busy Lizzie (impatiens walleriana)? May be it’s time to make way for the New Guinea Impatiens.

Top tips to avoid potato blight organically

Top tips to avoid potato blight organically
Vegetable gardening

Potato blight is a nasty fungal disease that can devastate a crop, turning potatoes into black mush unless quick treatment. Control infection organically.

Mildew Resistant Courgettes

Mildew Resistant Courgettes
Vegetable gardening

Courgette can take a real hammering from powdery mildew. Here are a few resistant varieties and methods for minimising infection.

Blight Resistant Tomato – Hanging Baskets

Blight Resistant Tomato – Hanging Baskets
Vegetable gardening

Growing cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets – Losetto is a blight resistant tumbling hybrid tomato which has done well in recent trials.

Tomato Blight – How to prevent

Tomato Blight – How to prevent
Vegetable gardening

Tomato Blight is becoming increasingly common in the allotment garden, how do we prevent it from effecting our tomatoes and potatoes?

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