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A panel of horticultural experts answer gardening questions from a live audience. Recorded in a different location each week

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Gardeners' Question Time: From the Archives: Pests and Diseases

27/01/2023

From the Archives: Pests and Diseases

BBC Radio 4 - Gardeners' Question Time, From the Archives: Pests and Diseases

We dig into the GQT archives for a pests and diseases advice special.

Kathy Clugston dives into the GQT archives for advice on how to deal with pests and diseases. 
 
Past panels share their knowledge on everything from how to get rid of slugs, snails and sciarid flies to whether you should keep your dog from cocking its leg on a privet hedge. In classic GQT style, there's plenty of disagreement about what a pest is or isn’t. 
 
And almost 40 years ago, John Humphrys asked if the panel could imagine a move away from using chemicals in gardening. The prophecy that organic gardening would become favourable was, in fact, very accurate. 
 
Also on the programme, in honour of National Plant Health week in May 2022, Pippa Greenwood visited the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to see their 'Quarantine Unit'.
 
Producer: Dominic Tyerman 
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Louisa Field
 
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