General Gardening Discussion

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Romex – romex"Rompox easy" appears to me to be a PU based product which sets vis dampness, the "Rompox D1" appears to be the water emulsifiable one.As it comes in a vacuum bag I would expose it to as little air and moisture as possible.

Biblical gardens are more popular on the continent, some churches have their attempts on the grounds.Maybe pick a small number of useful plants. We get a small number of figs in hampshire. Grapes are fun to do but need netting from birds, we eat the leaves more than the fruit because a local...

Hello allWell, after much deliberation, I have decided not to have the Patio, Paving and Setts Sealed, there are just too many variables and possible issues.I will just endeavour to Pressure Wash the Patio, Paving and Setts a Couple of Times a Year, hopefully that will keep it all looking...

I've always found G de M a well behaved plant. I've used the hard green wire netting to grow it up in my current garden to camouflage my oil tank. I have plenty of common Ivy too and agree with @Thevictorian that the flowers are very attractive to bees and other insect life. Not always...

The grass will be growing more slowly in cold weather, and it might stop growing if it turns cold again, so it might take longer for the glyphosate to do its job than it would in warmer weather. If it doesn't seem to be working, I would give it a month or six weeks at least before even thinking...

Maybe you just later and missed the flowering, you can see where the flowers were.

I’ll avoid the spray so it’ll just be the paving smelling of vinegar I hope . (I also hope next door’s cats don’t think fish and chips are on offer.)

M. Cabaret is a compact variety, growing up to 1.5m, a bit like M. Soft Caress. The yellow varieties I mentioned are larger, H 2.5-4m, S 2.5-4m. I recently considered most commonly available varieties and opted for Winter Sun, for the size, colour and timing of flowering which is welcome at the...

Yeah the mother plant looked like a regular Swiss cheese plant but half of each leaf is white

Oooooo you're a hard man! Mine's been in for about 4 years and it's still less than a metre tall

I’m in Glos. We don’t normally get lower than -5 here. But with weather changes never say never !

It would be if it appeared just a tad more often

It says "We've started teaching ChatBotanist everything we know (which is a lot!)". Still a lot to learn it seems . The Grow App mentioned on that page looks useful, if it works!

Try to find Suttons 'Triton' if you do not have a petfood shop nearby (£2 per 30) as against £4 per kilo.(17000 seeds average) You decide!

Congratulations Nigel, I retired 3 years ago next week and have never been so busy. It looks like you are already on the right track for growing tea and Paignton is not that far off Tregothnan except that they are a bit back from the sea away from the salt winds which may be your problem but...

I have some flowering, but not many. It just depends were they are, some have come through an not opened yet, others are just poking through the ground. Galanthus elwesii is flowering in a couple of spots, but G nivalis "Lady Elphinstone" hasn't shown at all yet.

Great recommendation, thank you - got approval and have now purchased!