Hi hoopsWelcome to the forum.I don't think you've got anything to worry about. If the yellowing hasn't happened suddenly and it's well...
paterson00Another general approach (it's not really a rule) about pruning that applies to shrubs, is "Do it by thirds". This says that if you...
JohnThanks for your views. My photo doesn't show it but the nibbling extends down into the core of the plant so I don't think it was done by...
QuercusSorry I missed your original post.Those dead shoots will certainly have to be pruned out and by the look of it, the tree would...
A few of my leeks have been really nibbled by, I think, onion fly. This one, for example, has lost its main growing shoot and is looking pretty...
Here are the first thinnings of some Nelson F1 carrots that I pulled today from my raised beds.[img]Maybe they weren't beautiful "prize...
Well, you've got a couple of choices.You can come downstairs after dark with a torch in one hand and a trowel in the other and scoop the...
Hi PaddyStrange. Lettuce seed usually retains its viability well, I find.Perhaps you have to be a bit tougher with them. Once April is...
Preparing the planting holes in the way that you suggest will be fine.I worked in Winchester for many years and it's perched on top of hills...
Hi KristenI like your basic approach of maintaining a steady flow of veg to the kitchen with the minimum of over or underproduction. But that...
I agree 100% with Dai - if you increase the size of your borders from back to front, you'll have a wide range of herbaceous perennials and small...
TeressaYou've done very well if you've got some as big as large oranges!All I can add to JWK's advice is that a few onions may not ripen...
Yup, almost certainly powdery mildew. I used to have a very large laurel hedge in my previous garden and it would get powdery mildew in patches...
TeressaAre you sure those were onions in the green tubes and not leeks?Onions normally stand up for themselves pretty well until it's...
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