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    The herbs project has gone down like a lead balloon!

    I've just dug out the packet and apparently, vermiculite is a "...naturally occurring non-toxic aluminium iron silicate mineral". So now you know.
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 26, 2009 in forum: Herbs and Wildflowers
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    The herbs project has gone down like a lead balloon!

    Very BritishVermiculite is a type of clay (I think) that's been subjected to great heat. It turns into granules that look like puffed wheat....
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 26, 2009 in forum: Herbs and Wildflowers
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    The herbs project has gone down like a lead balloon!

    Very BritishI admire your determination to grow herbs to support your other interest of cooking. I've known a couple of other keen cooks who...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 25, 2009 in forum: Herbs and Wildflowers
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    wilting broccoli

    New potatoWelcome to the forum.The sudden collapse of brassica plants strongly suggests cabbage root fly to me.I have a painful...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 25, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Cabbage root fly

    JWKJeyes Fluid can certainly be used in greenhouses to clean frames, staging, pots, seed trays etc., but my tin makes no mention of soil...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 25, 2009 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Apple tree disease

    I agree with Palustris. Looks like lichen to me, which is well-nigh inevitable on any mature apple tree in a clean air environment.
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 24, 2009 in forum: Trees
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    Cabbage root fly

    MaltaronJeyes Fluid? Ah, happy days! I've sprayed and deluged many, many gallons of Jeyes Fluid over my garden in the past, to very good...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 24, 2009 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Cabbage root fly

    JWK is right, it's probably too late to do anything for this year's crop.In the Bad Old Days, there were insecticides for root pests and I...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 23, 2009 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Bio-control of Knotweed

    clueless1 and BlackthornI share your misgivings. This idea of introducing a species for a specific purpose is fraught with danger. Too much is...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 23, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    have i done the wrong thing?

    Hi MusicIt's quite common for apple trees to alternate heavy cropping years with light cropping years. A sort of a "rest period", if you like....
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 20, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Something on my Hydrangea

    Hi KathThe worrying thing about hydrangea scale is that it's a relatively recent import to this country and it's still spreading into areas...
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 20, 2009 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    Something on my Hydrangea

    Looks like hydrangea scale although it's a bit late in the summer.Here's a link to the RHS advice on this particular pest....
    Post by: Flinty, Jul 18, 2009 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    No Ladybirds

    Hi RobertNo ladybirds to be seen down here, as yet. Not of any type.But it's interesting that you mention micro slugs because I've been...
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 30, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Rosemary problem

    Rage in EdenIt sounds like your rosemary has powdery mildew - which I've not heard of before on indoor herbs. Or they might just be going...
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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    what to do first at this time of year

    Hi GuysSmokeyoneYes, I'm suggesting that with a heatwave officially in progress, now is not the time for major lawn works, unless you have...
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Bramley Apple Tree

    Hi ShimshamIf your Bramley hasn't produced any blossom by now, it's not going to do anything at all this year.I had a big old Crimson...
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 29, 2009 in forum: Trees
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    Roberts and Mocats pea harvest

    That's a damn good harvest, Robert.It looks like your Mocat is using a peashooter. But that's not possible......is it?
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 28, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    what to do first at this time of year

    Hi SmokeyoneWelcome to the forum.You need a good reason to be doing major things to an established lawn at this time of year, I reckon....
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 28, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Absolute beginner - preparing soil for lawn HELP!

    Hi AlastairWelcome to the forum.Your idea is perfectly feasible.What you are digging in will be the subsoil for your lawn. Remove any...
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: Lawns
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    Bay Tree

    Hi VictoriaYup, that looks like scorch to me. Possibly residual moisture from its nightly shower getting caught by the hot morning sun?...
    Post by: Flinty, Jun 27, 2009 in forum: Trees
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