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Ask The Expert

We are passionate about our gardening here at Harrod Horticultural and encounter the same pests, diseases and general garden problems as everybody else. Over the years we have developed products and come up with a lot of ways to make our kitchen garden as productive as possible while maintaining our organic gardening ethos.

So for advice on any gardening problem, put us to the test, we are confident we can help - email webteam@harrod.uk.com

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Let's go round again...

How can I rotate my crops in a polytunnel...?

Surely it's too early for slugs.....

I'm finding slugs already! What can I use at this time of year...?

Moles leave me in a hole...

I want to move on my moles but I don't want to poison them. What can I do ...?

A cosy retreat for a grapefruit tree.....

Is the Winter fleece jacket suitable for my 33 year old grapefruit tree?

Strong Porous and suppresses Weeds

Ground Cover or Mulching Fabric between my soft fruit bushes?

An infamous presence on most unprotected crops.

Have your plants been decimated by the hairy, yellow/black caterpillar larvae of the cabbage white butterfly?

Slug and Snail Trapper to the Rescue

This year the suspects are slugs and snails as slime trails were noted at the crime scene

The maggots are eating more raspberries than me

Most of the raspberries has been attacked by some pest - I think it is called a raspberry fly...

Stagnant water a problem!

How do I keep the water in my Water Butt smelling fresh?

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