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| Pests
are animals that cause damage to plants. They may damage
or destroy sections of or entire plants. Pest attacks can
leave plants open to diseases often making it difficult to
recognise the problem. Identifying and dealing with pests
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| Pest controls to help
prevent a wide range of pests including ants, cats, foxes,
moles and vine weevils as well as flying insects, such as
wasps and flies, from wreaking havoc in your garden. |
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| A
plant disease is defined as any condition caused by
organisms such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses. In almost
all cases the health and growth of the plant is affected
and in some cases the plant is killed. |
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| Systemic
and spray on fungicides. |
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| A
plant lacking in vital nutrients such as food, water and
chemical nutrients will not only look unhealthy but will
be less resistant to pest attacks and diseases. |
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| Knowing
if your plant has a pest or disease can be quite tricky.
This guide may help you to diagnose your problem. |
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| Lawns
can suffer from a wide range of problems including
drought, shade, mould, moss, algae, lichens and much more. |
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| Weeds are one of the
most serious problems in the garden. They rob other plants of
moisture and nutrients and smother, entwine or stunt them by
shading or overcrowding. Some weeds produce growth inhibiting
chemicals that affect plants around them.
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| The Vine Weevil is a pest of many
garden plants. All vine weevils are female and each can lay up
to 1,000 eggs during the summer.
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| Chafer
grubs are the larvae of the chafer beetle. Symptoms
include large holes
appear in root vegetables, wilting plants, collapsed
stems, bare brown patches of grass. |
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Crop rotation simply means not growing the same crop on the same
place each year, thus reducing disease build up.
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