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Patio Gerbera Collection - T&M £2.99
Just had this email through http://www.thompson-morgan.com/plants1/product/p91249/1 Add a gardeners world offer with free p&P, then take off, and your postage is covered. Don't know much about flowers, but assuming £2.99 is a good deal?
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*Help !! emergency potato plant problem *
Please help ! I am taking care of a friends veg patch whilst she is away and the potato plants that were looking fab and healthy have drooped over and looking very sad :[ what have I done wrong ,what can I do ? ? :[
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Potato & courgette questions
Hi all I'm in a quandry about what to do about my potatoes - I've been growing them in potato grow-bags and they have done brilliantly. A couple of them have flowered but they haven't wilted and in 2 weeks time I'm going away for over 2 weeks. My DS2 will keep them well watered but suppose they just keel over while I'm…
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Bee boxes
I know I'm too late for this year but we'd like some sort of bee box in the garden. The bottom of the garden is all 'wild life' -natural pond, piles of wood for habitat, bird boxes etc. plus wild flowers ........what we'd like now is a bee box to fit in somewhere. I've googled and found quite a few but now sure which would…
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Runner beans not setting
Title says it all really... 6 scarlet runner bean plants growing up bamboo pole wigwams, I pinched out all the tips when they got to the top of the poles; we have had lots of red flowers for the past few weeks, now the flowers that are spent are just falling off leaving stubs, no beans. Have managed to find 2 baby beans…
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I want a greehouse 10 x 8 approx
Hi I have found this greenhouse http://www.greenhousepeople.co.uk/gr...learance_8x10/ I know that Tesco have a 20% off greenhouses at the moment but they have not got this size only 10 X 6 which costs £399 less 20% till tomorrow. http://direct.tesco.com/product/images/?R=207-4323 Anyone got any suggestions for other…
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Plants by post
Hi everyone, :o I'm new to gardening and I want to send my sister and friend some plants by post as a thank you for their help, which websites would you recommend. Also I'm looking to buy some fruit trees for my garden, when is a good time to plant them? Thanks for your help.
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Have I slaughtered my beans?
I applied some soapy water Sunday night to try and rid the balckfly but it looks last night the plants looked like I had killed them all the leaves look like they are going black, is this too late to save?
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lawn edging and weed membrane
Hi all, I'm trying to put some structure in my garden with a couple of gravelled areas and neater lawn edges. Can anyone recommend: 1. a good source of extra-strong membrane - I've looked at so many websites (and B&Q etc whose membrane was very thin), that I'm bamboozled by it all. 2. What lawn edging would be suitable for…
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Which potaoes can I sow now?
Can I sow any potatoes now for the winter?? also I had some earlies/second leftover would it be okay to sow them? I think they were vales/emeralds? Thanks!
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Mizuna flowers
Hello! I seem to have lots of questions lately! I am growing some Mizuna for salad - some flowers have popped up on one of them.. Should I leave the flowers or pluck them off? Do the flowers affect anything?
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Do I need to water twice a day?
I am growing alot of things at the minute and have worked hard at it. At the end of the day they all look quite wilted so I give them a BIG drink but am wondering if thats enough? They perk up after their drink but am thinking that maybe I should water them in the early morning too? Your thoughts please:)
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watering plants whilst on holiday!
Hi, Pls does anyone have any tips for keeping plants watered during this really hot weather when you are away for a few days? Garden is just starting to look nice and don't want to come back to a barren wilderness! We can't link up a hose type arrangement as the water pressure varies so much when we use the hose at the tap…
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Chickens being pecked
I wonder if anyone can give me some advice please? We keep four chickens, they have plenty of room in the run (4 to 5 metre square), have a hen house capable of housing eight and every afternoon are then let out to roam the paddock. We have one chicken who is clearly the boss and is pecking the other chickens and it has…
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Liquorice
I've been thinking about getting a liquorice plant from here, but don't know much about them. Have any of you got / had one? What are they like? Are they hard work? Will they take over the garden? How easy is it to harvest? Any tips or info would be appreciated. Cheers, MBE :beer:
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Herb growing problems
Well my curley parsley started well but as gone 'messy'and wondered what may be causing this, but not eaten. But it looks like my basil and thyme as been eaten, and im presuming its slugs but i wouldnt have thought they ate herbs. So im wondering will they recover themselves with feed and water cheers:beer:
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Passion flowers
I purchased a couple of passion flowers yesterday and I'm wondering what I'm supposed to do with them? They have come wound round a circular support. Am I supposed to unravel it? I have a wired up pergola and I am thinking I could support it using this? Not seen these plants before and apparently they are a climbing vine.…
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Something is picking my strawberries!
I have a large patch of strawberries in my garden and something has been picking them and then placing them in piles in the strawbery patch. Most of them are not eaten and i was wondering what might be doing this. I have found about 3 clusters of these strawberries. Any help on what is doing this and how to stop it would…
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Conservatory plants
Hello I have a conservatory on the back of my house, which gets hotter than the sun in this weather. Okay, this is a minor exaggeration but it is absolutely baking hot in there when the sun is on it all day. I want to grow some plants in my conservatory to brighten the place up but I don't know what will survive! Does…
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Weed-proofing a garden border
Hi I have a border of approx. 2 feet wide X 30 feet in length running the length of my back garden which is covered in various types of weeds. After weeding I am seeking to add a weed-resistant membrane and several inches of gravel over the top soil to prevent (as much as possible) weeds from reoccurring. I'm seeking a…