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Lilac suckers, anyone?
i’ve been in my house 25 years and there is a lilac tree that was already well established when I moved in. It’s planted on a little bit of a bank with very dry soil. Various plants also there but also some quite big stones to give a garden edging. The suckers are coming up more often than they did last year and some of…
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Mini irrigation piping/fittings suppliers?
Hi all, does anyone use a mini-irrigation system for your garden and if so, could you please recommend a good place to get the piping and fittings? We have 1 large and 1 small greenhouses and several raised beds, plus few pots too, all growing veggies and herbs. It takes about 2hrs to water everything by hand and sometimes…
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Advice on laying turf
Hello, we had our garden landscaped when we moved here about 5 years ago. Part of the process involved raising the level of the lawn area and laying new turf - this all went well. In subsequent years we have noticed an area (small 'L' shape) where the grass always turns brown in periods of low rainfall.We believe that this…
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Done a silly thing
Can anyone beat this? Rushing out this morning I picked up the lemonade bottle I fill with tepid tap water waiting for the water to cool down to drinking temperature. Chucked it on my cherry toms, then realised I'd just emptied mr Middlewife's ginger beer 😧 so added more water. It's diet so won't have any sugar to feed…
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Where are all the bees?
What's going on? Is it the horrible wet spring? We've got a lot of lavender and verbena in flower in the garden. Previous years the garden would be teeming with bees, and this year there's almost none. A small bumble-type bee earlier, and some very small honey bee-like types. Not many butterflies, and we're not exactly…
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GARDENING EXPRESS
I have just received my order from Gardening express and have to say they are a waste of money - when I tried to send them back they have refused to send a label. This happened last year and most of the plants have died. I have cancelled my account and realise that you get what you pay for. If you go for this CHEAP DEAL on…
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Tyre exploded!
I need a new wheelbarrow tyre/wheel - I was on a work call earlier and heard a bang and couldn't think what it was until I went out in the garden just now…
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Bare Root Roses - delivered today do you think they will survive?
Hi. I got a delivery today of 7 roses and i think they might actually be dead already? can anyone help with advice (they are currently soaking in buckets of rainwater as they were dry as a bone, I took them out for a few seconds to take the photo). Any advice on the best thing to do to give them the best chance of life. As…
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Will my plants survive while I’m away on holiday?
l’m a novice gardener, just trying a few new plants in containers every year. This year I have strawberries, which seem to be ripening one fruit at a time, and dahlias which are growing happily in their pots but not flowering yet. I’m going on holiday on Saturday for 2 weeks. There’s someone coming in daily to look after…
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MSE mentioned in advertisement for Jet Wash
Came across an advert for a hand held water spray gun advertised as Jetterix stating MSE 'endorsed' this "Amazing washer" as powerful as the usual etc., etc., Is this again unscrupulous companies/people using the good name 'in vain'??!! One potato two potato three potato four….
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Neglected Lincolnshire garden - one year on
I'm going to start a "progress" thread on my garden as well. I've been here three weeks and planted a few of the things I brought with me because they desperately needed to be in the ground, but it's a bit of a drop in the ocean of grass! It's about 20m from the house to the back fence, and about 35m along the back fence,…
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Aphids and Caterpillars
I’m having problems with my trees and shrubs. My apple tree has Apple Ermin caterpillars, which is worse than it was last year. Researching the problem, I used winter tree wash in the winter as instructed, but the caterpillars are back with a vengeance this year. My weeping flowering cherry tree has Wooly Aphid, as has one…
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Perennials suitable for permanent shade
South west corner beneath a large holly tree. Looking for something 3-4 ft high to go against the fence and something lower to cover the rest of the ground, preferably both as bright as possible
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My experience with Gardening Express
This is my experience with Gardening Express (GE), following a BBC programme I watched sometime in October last year. I believe it was either Rip Off Britain or Watchdog. In that programme, Gardening Express stated that they had “promised to review their systems”. Unfortunately, my experience strongly suggests that they…
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Growing grass
Hi all, I put down some miracle go complete 4 in 1 lawn treatment about a month ago but what I didn't realise is that I have to wait about 7 weeks until I can put down the grass seed but with that date being 9th June how do I make sure that the grass grows properly given it's in summer time and the warmer weather Kind…
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Can this be saved?
Have been watering every evening for a few months but no sign of improvement. Am I wasting my time (and Kent's scarce water)
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Diaries of some garden!
New year new garden, eh! 🤥 Not sure how it got to this state despite the effort last year :/ .. I realise that the passage to the shed is very old and needs rework… a job for March. I've been negotiating with self to get on with it since end of March, but... here to hold myself accountable. Starting with the patio... my…
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Webs on apple tree.
These are a couple of pictures of what look like webs covering many branches on my apple tree. I have done a search but wasn't sure what to do with them in the UK. Could anybody help please
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Is my Euonymus Japonicus Himalaya healthy?
I'm looking for some advice on my Euonymus Japonicus Himalaya. It is planted outdoors in a large pot, and the soil surface is covered with pebbles. I've noticed a few dry leaves, and some leaves have irregular holes/notches that look as if they may have been eaten by an insect. The plant otherwise seems to be growing, but…
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What can I plant in these small pots next to Brick Wall
Hi all. We had an extension built but the pattern imprinted concrete was damaged when digging footings. We filled the concrete in and tried to make it look like the original but it stands out a bit. Therefore, we are going to put some planters with flowers in over the concrete. You can see from the picture that the…
