General Gardening Discussion

I have to tell you, that the tree that I thought was not going to survive, has been re-planted, and is doing very well, with Lots of new leaf growth. I like this nice sunny weather, even if I have to water everything...

Well done on your success ! I've been meaning to try this method for a long time but never 'taken the plunge' but I hope to try it now that I've seen your good results

Your welcome

That is possible. It belongs to a friend of a friend so I can't be sure.

Morrisons have theirs in now as well. I have 4 which are now 3 years old and have lots of new shoots at the moment.

@Sparkoman85 Whereabouts are you based? Are they planted in ericaceous compost or garden soil? I would keep them well watered, stand them somewhere shady and out of the wind, cross my fingers and see what happens. Once they are growing again you can think about getting them to bush out.

Thank you, @pete and @JWK, very helpful!

*update* seeds all planted I have used jiffy pellets ,, the seeds are tiny

Hi,The carpet or similar was used to stop any sharp stones puncturing the liner, so hopefully you have reached the bottom !You could fill the bottom with any stones you do not want to use and cover it with a layer of any old soil or sharp sand to fill in the gaps, but would suggest you try...

Can't think why you'd use path clear on the borders, but hey ho

To me it looks like there is a liverwort and some moss in the photos. I usually leave them grow away without interfering as they need damp to continue growing and without the same type of root systems that other plants develop they don't really compete with my cultivated plants. As older life...

Hi @Dutch02,Looking at your first photo, to us the retaining wall has been improperly finished or has someone removed an existing capping to allow that fence to be put up flush to the wall ?Those bricks and the mortar are simply too open and exposed and all the rain and frost will soon get...

If they are not prepared to pay for the return postage plus rejected the discount, then my gut feeling is they have no intention of sending out a replacement. The 10% discount would probably be less than the cost of the return and sending out a replacement, unless the pot is very expensive.

I don’t plant deep at all but because of my climate I always have to lift them Usually the corms are still visible above ground with say about 3/4 of the corms below ground.

Thank you!

Hi,We used Bees Please from icanlawn as really wanted to get some bees to the garden and we had stunning results, I can't work out how to upload the images here. So much we got it again this year!They have a calculator on there that helps you work out how much you need to.

Good idea Pete to just prune a branch and wait to see what happens. I will go out armed with the loppers tomorrow, thanks.

HelloWe have a row of 6 established apple trees (20 plus years).each have gaps of about 3 meters and producing a lot of fruit. We are looking at what we can potentially plant between them we ideally would like to introduce fruit bushes but don’t want to cause any issues to the trees.

I have inherited what I'm told is a crab apple tree. From my view I would say it could benefit with a pruning. Would I be right? And if so, just where would I start with this tree?