Pest Patrol: How to deter carrot fly
Lots of brown tunnels in your carrots is the result of carrot flies..they lay their eggs which, when they hatch, bury down into the soil and nibble on your carrots….
Rocket Blog: Category: Problems & Pests
Win the battle against slugs and snails
Ask any veg grower what their number one challenge is in the garden and the answer will inevitably be “slugs.” If this is you, then don’t give up on your…
Protect seedlings with horticultural fleece
Horticultural fleece offers two types of protection for seedlings…it keeps some pests away and it keeps them warm. When you plant your seedlings out they are very young and vulnerable, and…
5 Common Kitchen Garden Pests
Once you’ve received and planted your organic veggies from Rocket Gardens you will be very excited to see your plants growing. And you’ll be looking forward to harvesting them. But…
Raising Tomatoes…Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Well, I have been having one or two completely self-inflicted tomato growing problems lately. I suspect I’m not the only onto be encountering these problems either. Firstly, I have quite…
Powdery Mildew, a classic courgette illness
Powdery Mildew is a fairly common fungal disease that you might have seen on the leaves of your courgette plants. It affects lots of other plants too, like pumpkins,…
What to do when your plants get destroyed…
There are quite a few pests out there…caterpillars, slugs, snails, pigeons, aphids, rabbits and many more. They have an irritating habit of tucking into your veg plants and while your…
Pigeon Pecked – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
As I spent Saturday afternoon at a wedding reception enjoying the sunshine with a glass or five of champagne, my brassicas became the victims of multiple pigeon attacks. They are a sorry…
Slugs, slugs, slugs!
“How do I get rid of slugs?” This has got to be the number one question in the world of growing your own. And we’d like to start off by…
Watch out for….Carrot Flies
Pulling up a few carrots from the garden is one of life’s simple pleasures. They are easy vegetables to grow, and the only pest you really need to watch out…