General Gardening Discussion

I'm sure they wouldn't mind the odd extra one, Rich! :D

From your description the pests are leatherjackets. I would disagree with Lady Gardener and certainly not use armillatox. Blackbirds and starling generelly clear up leatherjackets and I am never bothered by them. You don't want your birds to eat armillatox poisoned grubs do you?See...

To Pete and Kedi-gato. I've now recieved my redpeach stones and seeds. I think the postman must have been on holiday!

This was part of what i have left this morning 17th october..i have also noticed the rosemary is flowering again and other plants are trying to come back...

Thanks I will keep my eye out for it when I got to my local centre.

Thanks Mel and Dendrobium - I'm going off to google.

..... or at least humour you!I'm very lucky there! :D

I noticed the same on one of our Balsam Poplars.

Thanks for the advice, its outside but we have fairly mild winters on the Island, but i'll leave well alone till spring.

Great pictures - what a beautiful plant. I love the purplish stems and veining.I bought some little eddo/taro tubers from Asda, about 50p for three of them. I potted them up and put them in a heated propagator, took them out when they had sprouted, and planted them in the garden in May. ...

Thanks. I have found out about the spines!! anyone got any tweezers???

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Hello Peter.s, thank you for your reply i shall leave well alone then untill spring. the sun is shining here down south its not like october at all, think i shall go over my allotment later and turn over some soil ready for the winter. thanks again for taking the time to reply. Levoire.

Mistletoe is also used in medicine.. And its regarded as good for high blood pressure..headaches and dizziness.... How much is usually taken? Traditionally a cold water extract (cold infusion) is made by soaking 2ââ?¬â??4 teaspoons (10ââ?¬â??20 grams) of chopped mistletoe in two cups (500 ml)...

hello everyone, ive raised some lupins ,hollyhocks from seeds about 8 weeks ago, is it safe to plant out now or would it be better to leave till spring ,i would also like to move a choisia,wich is about 2 foot high

in sunny wales its been lovely all week,and the weather forecast is good until at least tuesday, lets hope it lasts

Will do, Scotkat

If you suspect that it may be the drench, and there is no sign of improvement, then the only thing I can suggest is to change the compost. I use Provado on my tender container pots before putting them in the greenhouse - I am plagued by vine weevil, and have not noticed that the plants checked...

thanks Rumple, looking forward to it now. cheers Jackie&Bob. --------------------------------------------- To look into the future, you need to stand on the shoulders of the past

Hello all, just to let you know that this weeks update has been posted to my website,I now have seeds available from my allotments as requested by some of my visitors, thanks for the idea hope you enjoy them, regards Steve.http://www.myallotments.blogspot.com