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Home page of the pest, disease and weed department.
Every week something is attacking your plants. Check them out and be prepared to deal with the situation.
Identify the weeds giving you trouble and learn how to deal with them.
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Name search.
Use the search box on the left if you know the name of the pest you are looking for. The first result will load into the panel below and any other matches are listed in the right-hand panel. Only common names loaded at present.
Symptom search.
Result will be displayed below. Please scroll down to view.
If you have a sick plant with no obvious cause present, use the search box on the right entering one or two words describing the problem. Simple phrases like 'leaves eaten' or single keywords like 'yellow' work best. As with the name search, matches are listed in the right column and displayed in the panel below.
Search Results.
1 results found.
Dock
- Pest type - Weed
- Infects - Non-specific,
- Host plants-
- Symptoms- NULL:
Normally, this weed is an isolated nuisance but if left to seed it will rapidly take over the garden. This plant is a perennial with a tap root that seems to be as deep as the plant is tall. A fine specimen can be very attractive when carrying a full seed spike but is best viewed in the safety of your neighbour's garden.
Treatment. If spotted early enough the individual plants may be grubbed out whole but once established amongst other plants, this option becomes futile. The root snaps to re-grow a multiple crown and further attempts become more difficult. This is a good candidate for the weed spray gun. Whatever you do (or don't do), do not allow this weed to flower. It will produce thousands of seeds and each one will grow to punish you for your laziness.