Eight garden diseases and pests that thrive during heatwaves and how to stop them

AS if constant watering – along with hosepipe bans – aren’t enough, there’s a lot of garden pests and diseases that thrive during heatwaves. The high temperatures act like accelerants, dramatically boosting the biological systems of the pests and diseases. For example, in spring, it might take an aphid or spider mite 20 to 30 days...