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Planting out the tomatoes/ zucchini
1st time wannabe vege gardener here! I'm wanting to try tomato and zucchini plants and due to no existing beds I dug up a section of the soil in the garden up to 12-15 inches depth. Soil was very dense/ compacted and lots of stones- I removed lots but not all. I've got multi purpose compost, the contents of 3 gro bags,…
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Drainage for tomato plant?
Hello peeps I bought a planter to put a tomato plant in but not sure if it needs drainage and whether it has any? There are 3 round raised bits on the bottom pot inside - not sure if they're for the drainage or what they're for...can anyone enlighten me?
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Makeshift watering system when away on holiday?
Any good ideas for outside plants watering while away for a week please? Neighbours not available!
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Neglected Lincolnshire garden
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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Best time of year to cut a beech hedge down hard to promote new growth?
Hi all. My old but healthy beech hedge, on top of a stone wall, has reached the point where the hedge trimmer cannot cut through the thicker branches. As a result it's become larger - taller and wider - each year, a bit of a 'mare. I've decided to sort this by getting it cut right down in height - achieved - but leaving…
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Foxes leaving clothes and rubbish in my garden
Hi - looking for some advice. I have a small garden in a pretty urban area, and although there've always been a handful of foxes around they've recently got a lot more disruptive (potentially because there are now more of them - I saw a mother with three cubs, and the younger foxes come up towards the house even in the…
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Landscaping Project
We have a landscaping project commencing in a month time. When we gave notice / share our plans to both sides of our neighbor, one side of the neighbor really anxious about it. We would like to keep a good relationship with her but also don’t want to make her interfere our landscaping project. What should we do? Her…
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Weed, tree or plant worth keeping?
I've had 2 of these grow in a discarded pot. I know the little spots of Vervain on the left seeded from elsewhere. But not sure about the 2 larger ones on the right. I did have a couple of Dalia corms that were knocking around, I thought I'd planted and they'd not survived. Could they be or is it one of the random things…
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Shaping plum trees after topping
Hi everyone, Am looking for some advice on shaping two claudia plum trees that I have in my garden. We inherited them along with the garden when we bought this house some 3.5 years ago. They are against our south facing fence and one of them in a corner of our fence and garage - so not like they have lot of space around.…
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Use councils waste collection or compost? including brambles
Am I right in thinking that anything other than brambles is best to compost? Was going to tackle an overgrown garden and throw everything including brambles in the non walk-able area behind where a couple large bushes/small trees reside, but can bramble cuttings re-root there? Perhaps its a waste to use my councils green…
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Summer house
So I’ve been trying to get summer house for years but due to the ground work Involved I always delay it I seen this…
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Aphid damage on Buddleja - For RHS
I have just come across this article from the RHShttps://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/aphids-on-buddleja You can read all about it on RHS page, but in summary Buddleja leaves affected by aphids show unusual puckering and discolouration, caused by aphids feeding on the undersides of the leaves. Over time, the damage curls…
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Mushroom ID anyone
Found this growing under the raw fleece mulch around the cucumber plants in the polytunnel. the beds are full of homemade compost so there's always something popping up.After a bit of searching we've narrowed it down to a scaley wood mushroom but obviously not 100% sure so any help would be much appreciated.P.s it's 5" in…
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Seed sell off
When do Dobbies sell of cheap seeds. I recall in a previous year Dobbies reducing a lot of seeds by about 50% old seed? I just can't remember when the sale was.
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Neighbour’s Bindweed Invading My Garden – What Can I Do?
Hi all, I like to keep my garden reasonably tidy (nice lawn, flower beds etc). My neighbours... less so. We have a wooden fence dividing our properties. The bindweed is coming underneath the fence and really starting to take over my flower beds. Whats the best course of action?- Use weed killer? - Cut/pull up the bind…
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Box (Buxom) Moth
I've had a search but I can't see the answer. Does anyone have experience of these horrible little things? I've bought lures and a trap, got the nemotodes, but I don't know whether the infected plants are too far gone to treat, should I dig them out, trim them back, if I shape those not infected will it make them…
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Keeping hedge healthy
Morning all! I inherited a Thorny Olive hedge (Elaegnus Pungens) with the house which I love as it’s evergreen and sturdy. However the last couple of years it’s been getting very bushy, but seems unhappy when cut back. I’d like to get it back into shape but think I’ve been cutting it at the wrong time (September). Would…
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Cuttings - newbie!
So I made cuttings from a lavander and a climbing rose in late September. Before potting the cuttings, I dipped them in a rooting powder. 2 months on, how can I tell that if there are roots or are they dead?
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Compost delivery
Apart from Wickes and B&Q does anyone know who will deliver compost in 40 or 50 litre bags at a reasonable price. I live in West Wales. Thank you.
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Domestic irrigation question ; tap timer and supply pipe
I’m setting up a system. Tap timer, 14mm supply pipe going to various zones. rather than fitting tap timers at garden tap I’d like to run the supply pipe first then have timers attached to different zones once I tee off the supply pipe. so my question is if this is possible? Do the timers need connection at mains tap? Or…
