Thanks, I'll have to wait for some more to appear then check them under a magnifying glass.
I have a few iris bulbs in a pot indoors and the leaves are sometimes partly coated with tiny white mites, too small to be whitefly I think. I...
I have tulip bulbs in a few tubs and when they were planted I covered them with wire mesh. Now they are shooting I had to remove the mesh from one...
Thanks!
Thanks.Yes, there's a lot of growth up top.In this case storm Darragh delivered its most ferocious winds from a north westerly/northerly...
Getting back to this, I have a good stake to put in but due to back problems I can't do it myself so am waiting for a friend to do the work with...
Thanks for the tips.Depending on what I do it may be a few days before I can get started, in the meantime do the exposed roots need to be kept...
Thanks for the ideas.Unfortunately the Holly tree is about three feet away from the wall.Will look into the Metropost Spike.
The Holly tree is only about ten feet high but it's tipped over a bit (a nearby wall stopped it going right over) and a couple of reasonably sized...
Thanks both of you. :)
A few weeks ago bought three Amarylis bulbs from Thompson & Morgan - potted them up but any growth has been extremely slow.I should say that...
Regarding the 'float test' - just put mine in a bowl of water and they all float, indicating all are bad (which seems incredibly unlikely). I also...
Thanks for the suggestions.Not planning on storing them for more than maybe a week or two.They're currently in a brown paper bag in the...
For the first time ever I've collected sweet chestnuts from the ground beneath a tree - some of the nuts were still a bit white at the end so I...
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have another hunt around based on those.
I'm looking to buy a high quality wooden chair, maybe also a table and perhaps a bench - which companies make high quality wooden furniture and...
Thank you, think I'll stick the tiny ones into a pot and see what happens. :)
I've never planted tulips before but ended up buying some and having a nice display this Spring.I'm now digging the old bulbs out of their tubs...
Thanks all. I certainly wouldn't leave the container in a place that the dogs could get to it.
As it's a systemic fungicide and I have dogs (and of course assorted wildlife) is this stuff harmless (to being touched) once it's dried?I need...
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