General Gardening Discussion

By the by, does anyone know if retrospective application of mycorrhiza / mycorrhizal fungi is possible - e.g. to the shrubs I planted in the spring when I didn't know about this stuff. Thanks

I have a mature (18 years old) hedging of conifer around my background about 10 ft high. I was wondering if there is any plants i could plant underneath it to add interest. By underneath i mean to fill the ga between the ground and the bottom of the hedge??help appreciatedthanks

Pro Guard is right, once opened, a bag of cement should be stored in an airtight container. I used to work on an Estate in Cambs. and we often stored opened cement bags for months in old plastic fertiliser (plastic) cwt bags. We put the opened bag into one plastic bag and then put another bag...

"I bought some rings from wilkos that slide onto a cane. But the canes/sticks they sell in wilkos are either too big or too small. So they're not working too well"I would venture to suggest that the trick is in the tying-to-the-cane method.Forget the rings, they will be hard to get "just the...

"personally i've never found it to be much use anyway"Me too ...

Fact is, gardening rules ! Nothing I`ve experienced comes close to this (and yes...sex is great but when it`s over, it`s over hehe). Gardening represents all our hopes and fears, the trials and tribulations, the successes and the failures, need I go on ? I`ve been away from gardening for some...

The advice I was given years ago was to put fresh grass cuttings in the drills when I sowed the seed. Quite apart from the slight acid boost, the cuttings help conserve moisture during the critical first few weeks of development.

You probably can if there are none flowering shoots with a growing point below those flowers. But don't expect the same form of plant. Those types of chrysanthemums are grown under controlled conditions and probably dwarfed by the use of chemicals.

"Ah Arigatoh, thank you, merci..."Blimey, its all getting a bit multi-lingual. Doitashimashte, don't mention it, c'est rien!

Just got back to the Deep South after a week in Edinburgh and a week in Lancashire.I know the weather this year has been a bit, er, "challenging" for us gardeners but every garden I peered into (and the countryside in general) was looking pretty damn good. And the herbacious border in the...

Claire, they are the ONLY Geraniums. The bedding plants we call Geraniums are really Pelargoniums.:thumb:

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Anything else you try is a waste of time and effort

Right away without looking at books, I could think of:Hardy: Arum dracunculus. Rosa pteracantha. Sedum telephium "purple emperor" and "Linda and Rodney". Hydrangea aspera subsp. sargentiana.Corylus avellana "contorta". All the so called "black"flowers, but they need to be seen up close, and...

thanks PeterS, havent been on for a while ,sorry I didnt reply before now :o

Ooh what does it taste like?

the mares ... well on the packet it say smoking will harm you AND OTHERS AROUND YOU . GET THE MESSAGE Devil weed . THE MASTER is SMOKING dug out a few more today , but i tell you if I see any more sprigs comming up the power spade is comming out (very sharpe stainles steel jobbie) this is like...

That is one ugly front garden. I think anything u do will improve it lol

Sorry forgot to say, I came across this site accidently earlier today. I haven't had a proper look at it yet but it seems to have a lot of info. Can you let me know if any of you 'proper' gardeners have a look and think it's good. www.theseedsite.co.uk cheers

Hi Paul.Yea, secateurs of course. Ok, will prune it this weekend.:thumb: