Plant Disease Prevention and Control

Advice & inspiration

The 4Ds – Dead, Diseased, Dying and Damaged – we’ve had all these problems on our plants in our gardens.

Disease, pests and fungus can be a common sight around many vegetable patches and fruit gardens.

Blight is a serious disease of potatoes and tomatoes, which can completely destroy the crop or make it inedible.

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A lack of magnesium in the soil shows up as yellowing leaves on plants.

Numerous plants can develop leaf spots that are caused by several different fungal – or even bacterial – diseases.

Did you know that some of these colourful and attractive beauties can actually be harmful to you or your pets health?

Oedemas look like a wart disease has attacked the leaves. But it isn't a disease at all…

In Brief Identify pest and disease problems on plant stems. Click on the links where appropriate to find out even more...

Sometimes, plant leaves change colour during the growing seasons – spring and summer. There are numerous reasons for...

Plants can wilt for a number of different reasons. These range from simply drying out to be attacked by a fungal disease...

The typically green algae can grow just about anywhere in the garden, wherever the conditions are generally cool and...

Nothing’s more exasperating than finding the veg or plants you’ve tenderly nurtured all season have been munched by a...

The flower buds of rhododendrons affected by bud blast disease fail to open, so ruining any chance of a colourful spring...

Potash is a major plant nutrient needed by all plants in relatively large amounts.

Some plants, particularly lime-hating, ericaceous plants are more susceptible to shortages of iron.