General Gardening Discussion

I only has a small attack. I let it grow a bit then sprayed with roundup. I then rolled the foliage into a ball and pushed it into a polythene bag with a bit more roundup and sealed the neck with sellotape. The other end of the foliage, the roots, were still in the ground.After a while it...

Thank you so much for the suggestions. Think I'll start off with Plantclear. Rhubarb leaves do indeed sound messy and the mention of a flame gun is positively scary.I shall report in due course.

thanks for that Fran - what do you mean about losing the standard effect, do you mean if there is no growth on branches to just let it sprout from the main stem? If so will it just bush out.Thanks agian

If you can help even for a few hours let me know by email or reply to the message. Thanks Dave

Thank you for the advise pete2255.

Hi Meriel Have a look at this link for pruning all sorts of willows including "Hakuro nishiki" http://www.bluestem.ca/willows-pruning.htm

looks like a cymbidium alan. The flowers last a long time 2 to 3 months sometimes. I put mine outside after flowering, in dappled shade under trees is ideal, feed from july onwards with tomato food at half strength and bring into a frost free enviroment in autumn. They dont like high winter...

When I first met my husband his garden was clay and his shed constantly sat with a moat around it. The grass was like a jungle as it was always to wet to mow. Solution I moved in and we worked wonders.We built a concrete base and built a patio slightly raise at top of garden.Dug 4 or 5 long...

I would advise caution but wouldnt put you off completely. There is a heck of a lot more to gardening work than muscle or even horticultural knowledge. Have you thought about public liability insurance for example, or tax.I dont know if this is any help but the council that i work for takes...

I'd be more concerned that the carpet was preventing nutrients reaching the soil.From your post it seems that the carpets had been down for some time before you took over the allotment. I would therefore expect that any damage they could have done from the point of view of chemicals leaking...

Thought as much, thanks Ladybird

Usually if you have ants on something they are there controlling/farming/moving the aphids around, this could explain the malformed leavesif this is the case a simple aphid spray will get rid

Thank you for your very helpful reply. I can raise the soil level and a rock garden sounds ideal. Thanks again.

Alder or willow are usually good in wet conditions

We are looking for ideas for our garden. We are situated on the Somerset/Wiltshire border. Our back garden is approximately 10 metres wide by 15 metres long. It slopes downwards away from the house at approx 45 degrees(!)and faces NNE.Because of the slope, we can't actually see much of the...

Yeah lupins have their own version of greenfly and they are massive, by our standards anyway.

I've not reached 14 in pots yet they must be massive. I stress that if you put them outside it must be in the shade, strange maybe for a s. african plant, but I find the leaves burn very easily.

If you grow crown imperials or any fritillaries of any kind look out for lilly beetles. I took at least 20 off of one plant today, they are bright red, no spots and a bit bigger than a ladybird. They destroy a plant in no time and once the maggots get going thats the end, so they need to be...

SteveW Guete an Abig, war sehr fleissig, den ganzen tag was haben sie neues im triebhus ?

It could be aphids, check inside the curled leaves.