General Gardening Discussion

Anyone been using this product? As far as I can ascertain it's just fairy with some plant fertiliser I've found it works wonders on mealybug and I can spray as often as I want but as I've mentioned I do wonder if I could concoct something just as effective for pennies on the retail price......

B&Q also have the 320 ER for £70

Gracious we've not been to a car boot for years, id forgotten all about the garden stuff & plants you can pick up...best I have a peak at the local rag & see when the next one is here! @Bilbo675 soumds like you got a great bargain

love growing these each year. And yes they are easy to grow. But as far they helping with weed control, nope, not dense enough. Love starting them in pots. This year I have two seed types to plant, the Black Velvet and the Peach Melba. And I mainly plant them for salads additions.

FC , a few years since I grew these , I understand germination can be erratic though. It says up to three weeks at room temperature ( no bottom heat needed ) . The seeds can be stratified to help germination . Not sure if excluding light would help. Mine did self seed though for a couple of...

Don't recall seeing the Habenaria.There was a Taiwanese nursery selling some unusual Cypripediums. They only took cash.....which may have been a good thing!

So Woo has been doing some international flights then Joolz?

They tested it out on "Beechgrove tv gardening show" the trial was a row of young saplings, and at the end of the trial , no difference between the two

nor had I with all that I have read about Cedar , but the legs on the staging had started to rot to my surprise, I have two cedar beehives and I give them a brush over with teak oil every two years in the Autumn stops the wood from cracking plus it "Spruces" them up

Craig ... that may well be the next move

I'm in the process of taking on a garden that has this as a feature. With me not having a great deal of exposure to the maintenance of this type of feature I would appreciate some help as to when to give it a haircut?

Hiya Beckie, sorry I didn't come back sooner.Yes, I've seen them, although not often. I guess the idea is that the roots should grow through the bag, assuming they are biodegradable. I suppose it makes them easier to handle/process for the plant supplier?

Yesterday reached 70F but we had a frost last night. The sun has burned that off now.

I've had this when using loo rolls. I don't think it presents any problem

You've got yourself a bargain FC and some Scrungee points!

Many thanks, I've taken a chance with the toms - I'll hold out with the chillies as long as possible. Polytunnel new experience for me but must say strawberry runners planted a couple of days ago look like they have doubled in size! Jen

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Is your veg already in @Sarah Giles ? If not you could plant through weed control fabric or black plastic otherwise I'd say regular hoeing is your best bet..You could try putting some weed control fabric between the rows,it would be a bit fiddly but would keep some of the weeds down

Hi Sirius. I only had to cut the lower branches back about 9 inches, so that they didn't hit my daughter in the face. I will cut it back and reshape it when it finishes flowering as it is about 5 foot tall and 5 foot wide.Hi westwales I wish I had thought of the vase suggestion, but I have...

If it were me, I'd get rid of the path and deepen the borders, introducing some sweeping curves