General Gardening Discussion

They look Ok to me and it looks like you have done everything you can. Certainly don't give them any more fertilizer until the spring, they will be going dormant over winter soon and you don't want any new sappy growth that the frosts may get at.

Whose munching on and spoiling my Alstromeria leaves please?Jenny namaste

I climbed up and extricated the Morning Glory. I am not sure if I damaged it doing that, which seems unlikely as it is like a thick rope of many strands all coiled around each other, but the end parts are drooping and dead, and not producing flowers.I am not sure what happened to it, as it...

Hi Kevin,Many plants can take up to two months to show signs of rooting. I don't change the water in mine but top up when necessary.

The part about it I wouldn't like is all the sanding down between coats.

Established plants may be divided in Spring to reduce the size and/or increase their numbers.They have a central tap root, which should remain undisturbed, but a section of the outer plant can be severed and planted elsewhere immediately (in )Spring. These will remain true in colour, whereas...

Yes MichaelThat's a good sign.I have changed some of the soil and given it some feed.Put it in the shadeI might not see an improvement this year though.It's the same with the Acers I have which are pottedTheir leaves are scorched as.well.

Thanks for asking but you are welcome to address me in any way you wish. My staff quite often used "Oy You!" 'Your Highness' is also an acceptable appellation.

By 'crashed' do you mean temporarily down, or has the vendor gone bust and not paid their bills?10 days is a very long time for a technical outage. It's always wise to have a plan B but if it's still 10 days away, unless your usual service has permanently closed I'd work on the assumption it...

I have used this in the past and I just sowed the seed as any other green manure. The information I had was sow Apr to July broadcast seed fairly thick rake to cover and water if dry. I have never had to water. Perhaps slug protection is for if you want to use as a forage crop. Because of the...

I remember a friend telling me how his young daughter became vegetarian.Apparently she came home from school one day and proclaimed with horror, 'daddy, chicken is made out of chickens!True, but it cracked me up.

IME Camellias don't re-generate well, if at all, once their leaves have browned. Try scraping the bark, as Janet suggests, but I think it's a lost cause.

If you sow them now, as Nature intended, the attrition rate will be high and only a few will escape birds etc to germinate in Spring. If you wait, likely more will result . Competition is one of the greatest problems, especially amongst grasses. The "traditional" meadow results from grazing,...

I think it's a Parlour Palm and agree with Pete about mealy bugs.

I'm intrigued....what are these pets that are supposed to be trodden on? Chihuahua spring to mind but whenever I did, the owners got inexplicably upset Hamsters? No....much too squishy. Perhaps tortoises in the dormant state? They'd make excellent stepping stones in a Japanese garden....

Thanks @pete I'll have a look.

So did ours...crispy brown leaves , I never even noticed if it flowered !!

I looked it up, but it's not something that would be much use to me.

I dont know, but they seem to last ages on the plant, unlike Dahlias that start dropping petals . LaO will probably be able to tell you.