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Powdery Mildew is a fungal disease which causes white, powdery growth on a plants' foliage. Almost no plant type is fully immune to the disease although some are more susceptible than others. These...

If you want to garden organically and ditch chemicals but still improve yields, companion planting is very important. It's all about establishing groups of plants that are beneficial to each other....

Clubroot is an infection that affects brassicas, leading to massively swollen and distorted roots with poor growth. Although there is no chemical control to kill off clubroot, there are preventativ...

What is Nemaslug?Nemaslug is a unique product, containing microscopic worms (nematodes) which seek out slugs and stop them feeding on your plants within 3 days and then kill them. Why use Nemaslug?...

The recent withdrawal of a number of treatments and chemical controls has meant that vegetable varieties with natural disease resistance are of more and more importance to the home gardener. Diseas...

As we get into the swing of spud season we have had some questions coming in regarding the chitting process. Light or dark, warm or cold… so here are some of our FAQs answered by our expert horticu...

If the same vegetable or group of vegetables is grown in the same area of soil year after year, diseases and other problems build up in the soil affecting the plants' growth, usually with a reducti...

You've finally been given the key to your allotment after what can be years of waiting - but where do you start?