Well you could use kerosene or salt (or both), but VERY environmentally unfriendly and you won't be able to plant anything in the area for YEARS....
I'm thinking of getting a magnolia but I don't think I can plant it out as my soil isn't acidic enough (pH 7 - 7.5 - ish). Also I don't want it...
um.. well in the previous few years that it grew in a pot it's made no attempt to escape, in fact it never even fully colonised the pot itself....
Took it out today. I only planted it last week and the soil it was in is very soft so it was easy to get all the roots out. I'm pretty sure I got...
also Evidently cider vinegar works (5% acidity) as a control for apple scab, leaf spot and mildew. Dilute 3 tablespoons (45ml) with one (US)...
Aha!Organic fungicide Ingredients1 gallon water 1 tablespoon baking soda 2 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oilDirectionsPour ingredients...
Thanks Matthew, I'll certainly be ordering some neem oil soon. Would anyone know of any organic/kid safe fungicides?
this reminds me.. When my parents first got their allotment back in the early 90s, it was all overgrown with quackgrass. There weren't even...
well that's why i didn't recognise the "french" variety - ground elder looks quite different in Russia! It doesn't grow as a ground cover, it's...
cool thanks hope I'll be able to work out whether that's it or not from a photo I think I did see some in the woods somewhere last summer, but...
well, depends how big the holes and how many of them. If they're turning your potato plants into a sieve, I'd be a bit worried. Because as I said...
Oh damn, of course I meant 3-4 HUNDRED sq m! Gotta stop posting on forums at 5 am :thud: My parents' allotment was about 10-12 hundred sq m to...
You know what folks, I just looked up ground elder in Russian - according to wikipedia it's a great edible/medicinal plant that only grows in good...
Do you think I can stick this ooh-la-la elder :heehee: in a pot with ivy and begonia? Or will it kill them? That pot is only covering the loo...
Oh I'd be delighted! If it really is chamaedrys and not other species of veronica. The one with hairy paired leaves and deep violet-blue flowers....
Wow folks. You scared me enough it's going back in the pot! (wonder how the welsh lady kept it contained to just one patch in her garden?:what:)...
use normal white cabbage, or even green there's no such thing as ukrainian cabbage :) like carrots or potatoes, they're ubiquitous
Wow. You're a pro, Jack! Not sure my relation will be adventurous enough to give it a go tho, he's always very worried about bad fuel damaging his...
thanks everyone, didn't get the time to read your posts before I left (mad rush!) but I did take the trays out and came back to some lettuce...
wow I read so many people say theirs gets blown away/ripped with the 1st gust of wind! Is yours well sheltered then? i couldn't leave it...
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