Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Tomato leaves curling is one of the most alarming-looking tomato problems, but in UK gardens it is usually one of the least serious. The great majority of leaf curl is physiological, meaning it is the plant reacting to its conditions rather than any disease, most often to swings … Read more
Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Powdery mildew is that white, dusty coating you see spreading across the leaves of courgettes, cucumbers, squash, and many other plants in late summer, and in UK gardens it is one of the most common problems going. It is a fungal disease, but not the dramatic, plant-killing kind. … Read more
Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Why are my tomatoes splitting? Tomatoes split when they take up water faster than their skins can stretch, and in UK gardens the usual trigger is a spell of dry weather followed by heavy rain or a big watering. The fruit swells suddenly on the inside, the skin … Read more
Potato plants not growing properly is a common issue in UK gardens, especially for beginners who expect fast, reliable results from such a well-known crop. You plant your potatoes, wait for shoots to appear, and expect strong growth to follow. Instead, plants may be slow, weak, uneven, or fail to develop properly altogether. This can … Read more
Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Tomato plants are not producing fruit for one of a handful of reasons in UK gardens, and the good news is that nearly all of them are fixable: temperatures too high or too low for the flowers to set, poor pollination, too much nitrogen pushing leaves instead of … Read more
Common vegetable growing problems in UK gardens are usually much less mysterious than they first appear. When crops struggle, many gardeners assume they have done something badly wrong. They think they watered too much, not enough, fed the wrong thing, picked a poor variety, or simply are not very good at growing vegetables. But in … Read more