General Gardening Discussion

I plaated my seeds straight into peat post this year in groups of 2/3, intending to destroy weaker seedlings - BUT I think Peter has had too much of an influence on me and when I pulled them out last Sunday I could not destroy them so planted them into new peat post and they look fine.

look at http://ashridgetrees.co.uk/ and others selling packages, there is still time to plant bare rooted plants http://www.tree-shop.co.uk/index.asp

Liz, I've got a Ficus Religiosa, dont think thats a banyan tree but its similar. Peepul Tree, Never grown any aerial roots, guess it needs to get bigger and more humidity.

that's what I call a practical gardener!! got to be realistic, haven't you! :D

I once went to a talk about worms and compost and it seems that earthworms and compost woms are entirely diferent so it may not do any good to put composty worms on the garden.

Is it worth considering renting rather than buying? And informally instead of formally, to keep solicitors from profitingout of it? My in-laws did this, had great use of the estra area for veg, and it returned to the original owners when my f-i-law died, and there was nobody to make good use...

completely agree with TLG - get stout gloves, hack brambles back, chop into small bits to pout in bags to take to tip, then dig out the roots - deep!! As for nettles - their roots spread a lot too - very yellow and fibrous - dig it ALL out, and compost it if you can - otherwise - local tip, for...

Amazing and interesting what you can find in rubbish, Liz.

Thanks for all the help, will wait till they hit the garden centres. cheers

Waco, the generally given advice is to cut the old leaves off as the flower buds develop. Certainly we always have and we now have a few hundred of the things all over the place. Sawfish, sow the seeds as soon as the pods on the plants begin to open. We sow in trays 'cos otherwwise we have far...

Thanks again guys you are all superstars !! x x

Rossco, can you explain more about why cuttings do not grow true to type? This confuses me, although I don't doubt you're right. I was lucky with my twisted willows then, they came in a bouquet of flowers, and all 3 rooted. I gave 2 away but all three have made nice little twisted trees.

Thanks for all that info folks!

"but the property to our left is still owned by the council and it is also "their" fence,"I am in much the same situation. Council wanted �£800 to remove the old fence (2 feet high, 80 years old and useless) and erect another - and that was only my half! I suggested that I would replace the...

Thanks will give them a go in the pots knowing the wife she will want something new in the pots in a couple of years anyway the ones iv,e got are called red dream grow two feet spead two feet

Waco. I think you are right that fertilisers are over complicated. All fertilisers are just a mix of the three basics - N:P:K. With some trace elements thrown in.My understanding is that, for garden plants, you want something hight in Nitrogen (N - for green foliage) and Phosporous (P - for...

ty rossco, the borders won't be walked on, and i ve warned customer that the plants may struggle, i understand Cordyline Indivsa and Phormium Texan will tolerate semi shade

That's happened to most folk, dabbit. Not enough light and too much heat are the usual culprits.

Yes, It's the grafted ones, rarer as Palustris says, that are pricey. Roberts have a set price of �£5.75 but postage is expensive, usually the way with mail order, and mine were beautifully packed. I had an email from them some time ago about size:Size quoted is approx. height/spread at...

is the lady on a plynth gold plated? btw who actually puts up �£250000? it cant pay back, and what if you did spend that and didn t get a ticket! I think there should be a value for money categorie where peeps have to detail retail costs