General Gardening Discussion

I don't feed everything regularly. My regime looks a bit like this:Fruit bearing plants in containers get fed weekly while they are actively growing, ie late spring to early autumn. They get an extra feed, so twice weekly when they're at their peak of activity, typically July and...

Years ago I accidently dropped the height on tne mower on one side only. Didn't notice it until most of thr way done and saw the lawn had a distinct shingled look!Yes, my neighbour mowed his lawn last night and he doesn't water He is a first time home owner so that explains somewhat and I am...

i did go down the Stihl route - came in in June22 used on our hedges and works really well, so very pleased with the purchase , as i can now do ALL the hedges (and we have a lot) without laddersit came with the same strap i have for the strimmer - so that seems to work fine.I would take...

I would sow them in MPC rather than scattering them about. They probably would be eaten off otherwise.

@03carrdI think that the bamboos priority would be to get a shoot up into the sunlight before it begins to grow much underground. I would be inclined to leave the remaining rhizomes and see if they start to grow again, if they do then glyphosate would be the easiest answer.

The company (Botaniworld LLC) and paperwork are from Massachusetts. Test strips and the bottle could be from anywhere.

My wife swears by Tomorite for all her flowering plants. I mix and match. I like Richard Jackson's "Flower Power".

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Just mix it with some Green waste.

Thanks for replies and advice @JWK @noisette47 @ricky101 It could be a fungal attack (can't see evidence of red spider mite) so I've cut all the dead stems off and noticed some new growth coming from below compost level. I may treat it with a fungicide and hope for good results. I don't think...

@Victoria I've tried some of the species and had success with C redheriana, C tangutica and C coactilis others like C lahdakiana and C naupalensis were complete non starters (old seed?). I started in spring with the tomato seeds at about 20°C never a high germination rate,but enough for me. I...

@Victoria We started them off in the greenhouse and with all of the plants we have in there they were neglected apart from watering. We never got around to potting them on and didn't feed them. We didn't take them out of the greenhouse at all.

The size of the container isn't critical, it's the amount of water and (to a lesser extent) food that will determine it's rate of growth. What is of concern, though, is the scarcity of surface for it to stick to! Parthenocissus climbs by means of small suckers that attach themselves to the...

Some people don't like the smell of the foliage though and they will need regular pruning. Aldi and Lidl have Japanese Acers about once a year in late spring/early summer. When young they can grow quite fast, I've had seedlings reach 3-4 ft in a couple of years and I find that smaller plants...

I've had a look today and found a couple of branches will bend back, so I'll tie them to train them out of the way. There will still be some that stick out across the steps, if I can't coax them back with string I'll have to prune them. Will wait till after flowering and then decide.

I have always wanted Bears Breeches and recently acquired a clump from a neighbour. I just planted it in the dust and am hoping for a large clump…..eventually.

Hi everyone, I've got a couple of pots labelled as "echinops the giant" which i grew from seed, obviously they're scabiosa stellata sternkugel which is fantastic as I've tried to grow them before without success, I'm just wondering if i pop them in the ground now will they self seed and return...

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10 days, no replies... I think you could start your enquiries here: Careers in horticulture / RHS Gardening