Pests: past, present and future! This week it’s:
This week it’s:
GARDEN pests – from minuscule insect nibblers to wild deer – are at their most active right now.
Hibernators are fully awake and feeding, while adult insects and baby mammals are emerging.
While this is happening, of course, the plants themselves are young, lush, full of moisture and at their most tender, making them more appealing than at any other time of year. Let’s look at some of the interesting facts about the plant munchers!
■ In Victorian times, gardeners would keep a toad in the greenhouse to deal with pests. Toads eat insects, grubs, slugs and even earwigs.
They need dense, moist places under benches, but they must have access to ponds for breeding.
Slugs are not pests – official!
THE Royal Horticultural Society has decreed that slugs and snails should no longer be classed as pests.
