Author: Geny Foster

  • Avian Influenza Prevention
  • Potato and Tomato Blight

    Over recent years if you think blight is getting worse you’re right. UK winters are warmer and summers wetter. These conditions are more favourable for blight than they used to be.  The fungus affects both potatoes and tomatoes as they are of the same family. Symptoms of Blight Spores land on the potato or tomato…

  • Slugs

    The past year was incredibly bad for slugs, they were everywhere and in great quantities! SLUG PELLETS Slug pellets containing metaldehyde are a particularly toxic poison which not only kill molluscs but are a danger to wildlife such as birds, earthworms, pets and humans (see below). Alternative pellets containing ferric phosphate (available from the Hut)…