Daylight saving: time for pottering & planting tomatoes
Wally Richards says it’s time to plant our tomatoes but beware the dreaded psyllid pest.
Wally Richards says it’s time to plant our tomatoes but beware the dreaded psyllid pest.
A new insect pest is attacking tomatoes, potatoes and related crops in New Zealand gardens. The tomato/potato psyllid from North America was first found in New Zealand in 2006, and is still spreading throughout the country. The psyllid can transmit a bacterium, Liberibacter, that is believed to cause the disease ‘psyllid yellows’ in tomatoes and […]