How to Tell You Have Allium Leaf Miner The pest only attacks members of the onion family. Leeks, chives, garlic, shallots and onions are very much at risk. The track marks on the leaves indicate eggs are being laid. Sometimes the leaves will show tracks from the tunnels (galleries) eaten by the maggot. The leaves…

in the 2009 winter edition of Get Diggin we featured an article about Aminopyralid contamination. What is this chemical, how is it spreading and what can we do? In 2008 vegetable crops were damaged through residues of this weed killer chemical in livestock manure. Despite campaigns by numerous organisations the Advisory Committee on Pesticides agreed aminopyralid by…

Do your brassicas have small circular holes in the leaves, giving them a sieve-like appearance?  Do they appear like they’ve been peppered with fine shot? If you don’t control the beetles they can eventually kill the plant. The culprit is the flea beetle which like its namesake jumps away when disturbed. The small, shiny, black…