Hello, after some tips and advice

Hello everyone.

My name is Alfie, and I bought my first house last year.

Now, firstly, this year is the first time I've started in the garden, so last weekend I set to to tidy things up.
The house is a lovely old cottage, small with a lovely decent sized garden, full to bursting with lots of colourful plants. Lots of trees and (my brother says shrubs) I believe what my brother has told me, acers of all sizes. It needed a good tidy up, all leaves and stuff, so I started on that. Also, my brother told me (I have not got the first clue about a garden or flowers) that everything needed a good feed. I dont really water anything until it rains so a lot of the plants are looking droopy.

Anyway, my brother told me about a plant and tree food called glypasate?? So I bought quite a lot from my local b&q and gave it to all my plants and grass. I really soaked the acers? (sp) And the shrubs and the roses ( that's the only flower I remember!.) I ran out of the glypasate so tonight went to b&q again and got some more and put it all on my other plants and more on the grass. The grass is really green but my brother did say it would make it greener, so I'm looking forward to what it looks like in a months time.

My girlfriend is made up that I've started on the garden and can't wait until next year when we get a summer!

 

Good evening Alfie,
and welcome to Gardeners Corner. Sounds as though you've been busy already.Can you just check the name of the product that you have watered everything with? And a picture of your cottage garden would be nice,
Jenny namaste

 

Nice try,

Not sure if its you or your brother thats being the wind up merchant here

Which college are you at? Charterhouse or Cranleigh?

 

Hello jenni namaste and fat controller ( are you a train fan too?)

Yes, that's it, sorry I spelt it wrong. It's glyphosate, it says it kills all the weeds ( I hope so, there are a lot in my garden.

Jenni, I'll take a picture of my garden tomorrow after work, its too dark now. It really is pretty as my girlfriend says, lol, it's what made are mind up buying this house

 

Whoooops,
over to you Admin,
Jenny

 

Hello zigs, I'm not at college, I,m a builder.

 

Welcome, but

 

Hello

Yes, sprayed it on everything with it. It says it kills weeds but nothing about trees. If I water everything with my hosepipe will it stop killing the weeds and trees? Was my brother not right in telling me to buy the plant food? I have put some on next doors plants too that are hanging over my fence because the leaves were brown. It's not a tree though so will that be ok?

 

Erm sorry, but

 

Glyphosate!!! Is this a wind up? It will kill most things, except trees and the like It is NOT a plant food, quite the opposite!!!

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Marthascat. As FC has said Glyphosate is a systemic weedkiller not a plant food. It will kill everything it touches, weeds, plants, lawn and young trees. Systemic means it will make it's way down the plant stem inside and eventually kill the roots. There is absolutely nothing you can do now unfortunately, you will see the plants start to die in the next week or so. I'm so sorry this has happened. Your neighbours are not going to be very happy either.

 

Hello friddy, hello shawl,

No, it's not a wind up, I,m not joking, will it seriously kill everything? Surely, my brother wouldn't tell me to buy it if it did?? Oh god, what will I tell the old dear and her husband next door? I'll go around tomorrow after work to tell them. Hopefully they'll be okay about it, and I suppose I can buy them a new one? Not in their good books at the moment either, when I knocked down the old outside toilet, the kango I was using forced a sandstone block through there kitchen window and killled their pet bird.