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8 foot cordyline, moved, will it survive?
Any success stories here moving huge cordylines? My 8 foot cordy was leaning a ridiculous amount and looked out of place in its position so at weekend dug it up and moved it. Weighed an absolute ton and took four people to lift it. I had to bury part of the trunk to make it stable in new spot does anyone know if this will…
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Yellow Patches on New Lawn
I'm hoping someone maybe be able to help. At the end of May we had some Turf laid (approx 21 sqm) which was the last part of transforming our garden. We were advised to water the turf for at least 30 days, so we bought a small sprinkler and watered the lawn for about 10 minutes every evening. The grass has grown well, and…
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Pond Fish Help Please
Hi, ive come here for a bit of advice for my mum. She has a pond in her garden and last Monday all was fine, fish swimming about, eating food fine etc but then on Friday the water in the pond had changed to a yellow colour and all the fish have just stopped still and all have like red sores on them some have even died. She…
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Left over turf?
Hi Guys I have 2 .5 rolls of good quality turf left over from doing my garden yesterday. What should I do with it and can I put it in my compost bin? Also anyone teesside based can pick it up if wanted, just pm me. Cheers John
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Advice to make Honeysuckle grow?
Hi, not being at all greenfingered I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how I can make my Honeysuckle grow? We have had it for at least 10 years now and it used to be a complete monster of a plant and grew everywhere. However 5 years ago we needed a new fence and came back home to find that the fencers had chopped…
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Which fruit are worth transplanting at the end of July?
We're moving at the end of July and want to take some of the fruit plants with us. There are blackcurrant, redcurrant, gooseberry, raspberry, rhubarb and strawberry plants in our current garden. What would be likely to survive the move at this unideal time of year? The soil here is very thin before huge stones which doesnt…
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Dead!
My beautiful sweet pepper plants. They dropped all of their leaves yesterday:o Now I have stems with baby peppers on and no leaves:confused: I'm gutted, I've been nursing them since February. Does anyone know if blight will strike our toms and spuds with this hot humid weather?
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List of veg to sow in Summer
I've just ordered from this site as I was looking for seeds that can be sown at this late stage. http://www.realseeds.co.uk/summersowing2.html Hope someone finds it useful!
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Killing clover
i have patches of clover in my lawn and it seems to be spreading what is the best thing i can use to get rid of it! i hate it!!
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Can anyone tell me what this berry plant is?
I took on an allotment around a month ago and inherited some fruit bushes along with it. I knew about the raspberries and loganberries, but now another plant has sprouted from amongst them and seems to be some kind of berry too. It currently has white flowers on it and it has frilly leaves. I've googled berries but can't…
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flies
are there any indoor plants you can have that put off flies from coming in to your house?all advice gratefully received.
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Weed Help!
Hello, I am a newbie to posts but read lots of threads. I am hoping that someone can help me with some gardening advice. We bought a house last year with a terribly overgrown garden, we have slowly worked our way to the bottom end, yay, my problem is this....we have horsetail and bind weed everywhere at the end and i've…
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how to get rid of bramble roots
apart from digging and digging is there an organic way to get rid of bramle roots? we have just taken over a plot of land and there are millions of roots in the garden we are taking to be nettle, lovage, fern and brambles. The roots are everywhere and make digging very hard as they are very deep and long Apart from weed…
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Garlic
Today I have dug up some garlic that I planted back in November. I know I have to dry it out but where is the best place and dose sit have to be dark?
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I found a dead mole
I found a dead mole in the garden yesterday. I haven't seen my neighbours to ask if they put poison down or anything, but the little blighter has been making a proper mess of my garden, so I'm not all that sorry. Or do they just come above ground to die?
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Allotments are hell on Earth..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8119428.stm That's according to this person. :) Maybe someone should have told him not to rotovate the roots of weeds across his entire patch? :rotfl:
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Not so greenfingered...
Hi all, I need help. I'm trying to get a veggie patch going in my little garden but am having no success. We have an already established lemon tree (circa 30 years old) - lovely, lots of nice lemons, but that's it. We used to live in an apartment and had herbs on our balcony, a strawberry plant, tomato, pepper and three…
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Any Forthcoming Garden Trails nr Notts/Derbys?
Went to one in Nottingham last week in West Bridgford and there was a Plant Swap and Sale and a nursery offering really good quality plants. The Plant Swap was particularly pleasing as found lots of new plants that I came home with from the trays of foxgloves and basils i brought in. Its a great way to find new plants for…
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allotment ideas
Although i have hardly any garden, i have a lovely neighbour who (inspired by the BBC dig campaign) said if i like i can use some of her land free of charge to use as an allotment. I can't believe i have such a lovely community spirited neighbour! I work full time, so do you think it is wise to take this on? I do maintain…
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Mantis Tiller
Not exactly a plant question but possibly the best place to get an answer especially if you are the owner of a Mantis tiller. I recently bought a Mantis 4 cycle tiller, but when I start the machine it smokes a bit, when it warms up it seems to run ok, no loss of power. At times, however, it does seems a little difficult to…