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Beetroot problem
Not sure what is going on with the beet root. We went away just before the heat wave and on return found them to be like this. It's been a few weeks and looks like it is getting worse. I feel it's got nothing to do with the heat wave. Grown in raised garden bed Soil and compost mixed Watered well
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Another 'What's this Weed?' thread
It's about 18 inches tall, serrated leaves and the flowers are a small purple ball. The stem is square and hairy. No scent I'm going to have to pull it out but I'd like to know what it is before I do
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Thornless Roses
Hi, I am looking for some advice from anyone who knows roses. I am looking to grow one or two roses up against two normal size fence panels. I really like roses, but have been put off growing them due to them having thorns. I have been told that you can now get thornless, (or very few thorns). I don't need one that grows…
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Spare parts for garden shredder?
I've got a Gardenline PGS2800 garden shredder which is in perfect working order. One of the plastic wheels has just sheared off the axle, and it has no way of being attached again. As said, it's a fine working tool, and there's no need to ditch it but it is difficult to manoeuvre around without the wheel. Where do people…
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Lowering the tone of the forum, but is it ok to wee...
in your watering can? :blush:Working in garage, nature starts to prod, can't be bottomed to go in to use the loo, so glanced at the watering can sitting there. Hmm...For a start, isn't wee-wee full of nitrogen? Ammonia? Summat like that? Ie - fertilizer? And then there's the unescapable issue that to flush away ~200-300ml?…
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Do Marigolds help protect Veg?
I heard that planting Marigolds around veg can ward off pests and insects, is this another myth or any truth in it?
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Picea Breweriana Cuttings?
Anyone know how to take cutting of a brewiana, we had to cut one down in the back garden after a lightning strike destroyed most of it but wanted to get a cutting and grow one on the front where we have more space! I heard late summer is the best time to get cuttings but no pictures to show much else in the way of…
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Green Beans and Black Fy
I seem to be having a nightmare this year. With the temperatures so up and down in the spring affecting my tomatoes which I couldn't do much about, but now the dreaded Black Fly is having a go at my beans with a .vengeance Last time this happened I used Bub Clear, as from reading the bottle it seemed to be the right stuff,…
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Alstroemerias help please
Hi, I wonder if anyone could offer some advice on an alstroemeria? I have a small potted one outside which seems to have almost finished flowering for the year. I’ve realised that most of the old flowers have turned to seed heads. I’ve seen online that I should pull those stems out (or have I left it too late?) but if I do…
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Hornets
I thought I would share this photo I took earlier this week, of a hornet feeding on Echinops in a Bedfordshire garden. Hornets can sting painfully but are not particularly aggressive towards humans. They were being pretty snappy with each other but not one took any notice of me as I took photos. The one in the picture is a…
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M\ahoosive caterpiller
Just seen this on a bush in the garden - must be 5 inches long and an inch fatWhat could it be ?
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Is my Berberis Dead?
Planted this out in March and it was doing ok but has gone brown since the hotter weather despite watering. It looks dead to me but not sure if i should wait a bit longer before taking out.
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PRESSURE WASHER CONNECTION
Hello I don't have an outdoor tap and was wondering is it possible to connect a pressure washer or garden hose to an indoor tap. Thanks
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Uchiki Kuri Squash
Hi, I have planted some Uchiki Kuri Squash this year as I was hoping to overwinter some more veg that I will not have to process by pickling or freezing to store. I am growing them in the north of Scotland on a fairly exposed site and the squash are about the size of a tennis ball,so far.There are quite a lot of squash on…
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Water drain pipe at ground level…can i connect something on it to divert water?
Good afternoon i have a drainpipe where the end part is very close to the hole where the water goes down. I would like to collect rainwater for plants etc , but dont want to fix a diverter half way up the drain as its heavy metal material. Is there some tubing or something i can attach to the end of the down pipe and…
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Black Beetles! 😞
Hi everyone, I wondered if someone could help me with black beetles that fly into my house at night, when it gets dark. They're really freaking me out now. Other years, they have come around May time, and lasted for about a month, but this year they started in early June, and haven't gone away yet. Plus, we're getting…
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Keeping birds out the house
We’ve just opened up the kitchen rear wall to fit bifolding doors (opening is only 2.7m wide) this week, and in the last 4 days we’ve already had 3 sparrows fly in and around the kitchen (currently a building site). We do feed the garden birds, and I get through 25kg of feed every 2 months so the garden is always busy. is…
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Bamboo original owner
Hi all, There is an out of control bamboo issue between mine and neighbours property. My neighbours garden has bamboo shoots everywhere in the patio, in the drainage, even popping out near the house and my side only extends to maybe 1 to 2 paving slabs as they were concreted down. Is there a way to know where it started?…
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Identify this tall yellow "not a weed"
Old age has got me, I did know the name of this blighter, but just cant remember it. It's self sown, came in on the breeze or bird, velvety grey / white leaves, about five feet tallThink it's biannual because it didn't do much last yearI assume it could be classed as weed as it's not the prettiest of plants, but I think…
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Care of Tomato Plants in high temperatures
My tomatoes are planted in pots and situated in a very sunny spot. It's predicted to be 38 - 40 degrees in my area and I won't be leaving the house! Should I move my tomato plants into a shadier area for these days and am I OK to leave them sitting in trays of water? Thank you.
