Interesting thread, thankyou. Can I ask, is now also an ok time to cut the fading leaves to start to make a comfrey tea please?
Looking beautiful, @Plantminded. I do love the contrasts between the foliage, shapes, colours, heights and textures you have there. Wonderful...
Thankyou, @Goldenlily26, that is helpful to know.I have never seen chlorosis that bad before, with my own eyes. Hopefully I will have some...
Thankyou, @fairygirl, that makes sense. I hope to hear from them soon. They used to have a good to ok reputation, I thought, but their current...
Thank you, @Obelix-Vendée, belts and braces, good ideas, I will do.
Thankyou @Victoria for your assessment too. It does give me extra confidence to not accept what they sent me.
Thankyou @Obelix-Vendée for your advice. It arrived yesterday via mail-order. I will do what you suggest and hope that I will be sent a better...
Thankyou @fairygirl for your knowledge. I was disappointed with it. Now I know why it was half price! It was mail-order, and I could not specify...
Thankyou, @pete, for your expertise. I can try the strong brew of (lukewarm) tea right away - I hadn't heard of that technique, but it sounds...
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I have bought a Lonicera fragrantissima and it arrived in a 2 litre pot with leaves on its branches and a few buds at the branch tips. The lower...
I was admiring your pond @madpenguin , and wondered how you found the solar fountain? I have one that looks identical but it has barely worked. Do...
Thankyou very much, everyone for your helpful replies.This mesh 'teabag' stuff seems to turn up on all kinds of plants from different sellers....
I just wondered if anyone else prefers to plant potted plants as bare-rooted ones, by removing most/all of the soil before planting? There may be...
Thanks everyone! Glad not just me then. I have noticed my screen sometimes freezes around the time so it might be connected. I am going to check...
I have noticed more of them...from the last few days, I think. Very odd and apologies if anyone received a strange 'funny' indicator. I have...
Is there a glitch at the moment? I liked some posts (so I thought) and they appeared as 'funny'! I anyone else noticing this (this afternoon I...
Yes, @fairygirl , I think someone may have been over watering it. It is not something I would ever have thought of trying to grow, so it will be a...
So much to feast upon, @Perki, and I do like what you have done with the bit under the sturdy pergola. The antirrhinum are joyous.Lovely view,...
It was like a bath sponge that hadn't been wrung out (before I wrapped it in paper towels to drain the excess and squeezed out what I could). It...
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