iGrowVeg Pest and Diseases Summary

Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by Tracey in Pests

As I’m taking a break this week, I though I’d reminisce and post a summary of all my Pests and Diseases posts. My posts contain lots of information with regards to symptoms, treatment and prevention tips, all with closeup photographs of the pest or disease wherever possible.

If your vegetables are suffering from a pest attack or a spreading disease then check out my informative posts below.

Pests and Diseases

• Tomato and Potato Blight Disease – with pictures and US and UK Blight Map links
• 5 Common Pests and Diseases of Beans and Peas includes Pea Aphid.
• Greenfly on Lettuce – they can also attack carrots, tomatoes, pak choi.
• Blackfly or Black Bean Aphid on Broad Beans – includes closeup photo.
• Hordes of Caterpillars – all about the cabbage white butterfly, eggs and caterpillars.
• Slugs – the gardeners enemy, tips on organic methods of removal.
• Cabbage White Rust or Blister – on cabbage leaves.
• Powdery Mildew on Peas.
• Whitefly – found on leafy vegetables.
• Parsnip Leaf Spot – brown or spotted leaves.

Weeds
Here are some popular weeds you may find in or around your plot.

• Stinging Nettles.
• Chickweed.
• Creeping Wood Sorrell
• Couch Grass

Beneficial Creatures
Discover how these creatures can be beneficial to your vegetable garden.

• Hedgehogs,
• Hoverflies, Lacewings and Ladybirds,
• Worms, Beetles, Spiders and Harvestmen,
• Bees and Parasitic Wasps.

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