Just to let you all know that I have managed to pick figs, greengages, a few raspberries and have lots of pears ripening. Will re-plan and adjust...
Dracir, sorry about your allotment. I might very well get out the blunderbuss or machine gun. NigelJ I would have to put the fruit cage over the...
I'm beginning to think that everything that helps themselves in my garden were members of Mensa in a past life :-)
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. My trees are now 6-12 feet high. I will get them all pruned back this autumn/winter if I don't cut them...
I'm in a war of attrition with the small birds again this year. Every year they keep eating my fruit - cherries, plums, pears, gooseberries etc....
I have an indoor rubber plant that is now about 8ft. 6 inches tall and my ceilings are 9 foot. Does anyone have any ideas what to do with it....
Amazing piece of really useful information, Pete. Hope you succeed in saving the Jade plant and/or reproducing it, Please-help-my-plants. Send...
OMG!!! Silver Surfer thank you so much for this. I now have big ambitions for my small twig
I did think of cutting it back at one time, Strongylodon, but decided it looked really unique and beautiful, with the leaves fully extended, in...
A friend gave me a small plant he rescued from a skip, probably as a bit of a joke. That was in 2018 and some nice people on here helped me...
Thanks for the photo @pete. It's very helpful. @2nd_bassoon, your description also seems to clinch the matter. I think this will be problem...
Thanks Pete. That was really helpful. There was about 200 figs on it last year. Will just have to wait until this years crop ripens. Can't wait.
Hi Pete, The fig is a basic brown turkey. Could almost be a pun after last year.
Really beautiful Epiphyllum flower, NigelJ. Wonderful impulse buy. The plant must have been waiting for you
I have a fig tree that produced a lot of figs last year which did not ripen before winter. This year there are masses of figs again but a lot of...
Can anyone recommend organic summer and winter citrus feed?
I'm handicapped so I can't get into the garden at night, but there are no slime trails anywhere. However, there are several wood pigeons around....
Can anyone identify what is eating these cabbage leaves. Very rapid nibbling it is too! The ground has been Nemaslugged to diminish slugs. Thought...
I've also had problems with Gardening Express. Its a real problem trying to get in touch and get a useful reply at times. Their service and plant...
I purchased a new greenhouse last autumn and used it to overwinter my small peach and apricot trees. They flowered and were hand pollinated in...
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