General Gardening Discussion

They're hardy here, @pete! Probably hardy in sheltered London too? If you want to keep them, @Millicent_G , you could cover the tubers with a dry-ish mulch in winter. Just in case....

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You will learn more about your garden as you garden Sally Dont fuss over your plants too much.....enjoy your garden

I've found that as Pete says spraying spuds with copper does hold back blight. However it isn't a perfect 'cure' and chopping off the halms when the virus spreads helps keep the spuds clear of blight. You can reduce the chances of blight on maincrop spuds by planting early under protection...

Thanks folks. Have now repotted into five smaller but still quite big pots. No vine weevils @pete . I used a mix of my own compost, well rotted cow manure and grit.

Hi @Aidan Mallon and Welcome to GC.. I love a beautiful thick Beech hedge but have never had one so I remembered something I read so looked in my reading list and I found this.. How to cut back newly planted beech hedge plants

Glad your Acer seems to be ok now, Jonnyallen. I bought a tiny Japanese Maple back in early June and it has grown more than foot in this time, which I think is unusual? It's in a pot and I've also noticed some of the newer leaves have bits taken out of them, as though something is eating them....

That's interesting. I do know he has battled depression for most of his adult life and even suffers from S.A.D. I think he would be charmed to think he presents as having bounds of self confidence. I like him as a presenter

To cope with the material you have, the only real choice would be a petrol driven flail type. The big disadvantage with these is that they are both expensive and noisy. Generally, they come with 3 different baffles. "Dry" "semi dry" and "wet." They cover all of your needs.The common electric...

Yes Gretzky, I just magicked those flowers for you as an encouragement Repot in autumn

I just store them dry in a cupboard.Only UK member of the Cannabis family, they do contain a small amount of THC man

Because, redwing, ordinary "homemade" compost does not contain, or retain, nutrients to the extent that commercial compost does. Garden compost is used as a soil improver and that is what I have used it for the last 30 or so years to do just that to my sandy, hungry, soil. It is not sterile,...

Hi Trogre, as Pete says you want the young plants to grow vegetively first. Also, with Fuchsias you should always remove the growing tip otherwise they tend to throw out long straggly shoots with just a couple of flowers on the end.

Thank you It has a companion in front of it: Hemerocallis Stella d'Oro which, I think, compliments the colour.

for all the advice on cleaning my garden tools, I will be getting the WD40 in future.

Just ordered some Anemone, Amorphophallus, Arisaema, and a couple of lilies. See how it goes now.

Where is your cruise going??

Yes redstar, we will just have to entertain ourselves while we`re waiting for verduns pink elephants...oops sorry, purple tails. whisper whisper, don`t worry verd, we`ll keep them off the scent.....