Category: Advice

Control: Aphids – What to do?

Apr 30, 2019

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Alex Elderfield

in Advice, Aphids, Biological, Chemical, Control, RHS

From the experts: RHS https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=181 Non-pesticide control Where possible tolerate infestations of aphids. Aphids have many natural enemies (aphid predators), including ladybirds, hoverfly larvae, lacewing larvae and parasitic wasps. Some of these are available for biological control of aphids in greenhouses. Out of doors, aphid infestations can build up in spring before the natural enemies are active in sufficient numbers…
Article: Royal Horticultural Society – Gardening Advice: Slugs

Apr 14, 2009

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AlexE

in Advice, Information, Organisations, RHS

There are about seven species of slugs that are garden pests. They can do damage throughout the year on a wide range of plants, but seedlings and new growth on herbaceous plants in spring are most at risk and may need protection. Most slugs live in or on the soil surface, but keeled slugs (Milax…