Tag Archives: insects

Pear Rust

How to prevent pear rust from happening each year? Is there chemical spray can be use before it starts. If so, when can I spray? Also how to prevent decease on leaves of plum trees that make leaves curled with…

Camperdown Weeping Elm*

Leaf Miner and dead branches pruned out. Always used Cygon 2. Think no longer available. 2 methods add ring around trunk or my choice was TSP full around the drip line spaced out. 1 Tea spoon of Cygon for every…

Japanese Beetle

Toronto- climbing hydrangea, afternoon sun.  What is the insect? …

Bugs on the Balcony

My husband and I have a thriving little garden on our 8th floor balcony. We are growing tomatoes, cucumber, vining beans, pole beans, radishes, zucchini, kale, and a variety of flowers and herbs. However, this year there has been so…

What’s “Bugging” my Coneflower?

I believe I’m in zone 6 or 6a. I’m at spadina and st Clair in Toronto. The garden faces north and gets sun from ?? To ?? Clay soil that I had compost added at least once every spring and…

Clematis

Something is cutting off my 20 year old clematis stems near the growing tips. Diatomaceous earth has not helped. I have not seen this problem ever before. Only one of my multiple clemati is affected. It is trained onto an…

Red Beetles on Tiger Lilies

I have two questions: My lilies are spread apart and I would like to know what to plant around and under them? Also I have those annoying red beetles which I try to pick off daily.  I used to use…

Leek Moths*

Hello! I am wondering when the leek moth is predicted to be active this season in the Toronto area? I want to plan for when I will be needing to put row covers on my seedlings to ensure they cannot…

Ailing Japanese Maple*

I live in mid-town Toronto and have an ailing 30 year old Japanese Maple.  It is a lovely 30 foot plus tree, and it has added to the beauty and charm of my home.  However, in the last while I…