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First carrots of the year will be ready for table
pest watch
There are a number of hungry insects , birds , mammals and molluscs ready to make a Sunday lunch of your best veg . We tend to use horticultural fleece for most vegetable insect pests , as well as constant vigilance with aphids !
Pests and diseases ...
Pests How to solve ...
Birds Pea Moth Codling Moth Aprids
Cover young plants with fleece or netting Spray with derris Continue to spray pears and apples with derris Continue with soft soap or removing with thumb and finger Slugs and snails Nemaslug products make good control of these creatures . Potato diseases Fungal infections
Earth them up to protect from sunlight
Spray all fruit with Bordeaux mixture each month through the Summer , using a half strength solution .