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Weeding and putting new lawn down
Evening all, I have roughly a 120sq meter garden, the plan is to stick gravel down and the a lawn for 80sqm. Whats the easiest, quickest way to de-weed and get a new lawn. Cant decide between turf or seed. Which one is better this time of year, what's the normal trade off in cost and which one is easier to do (not a…
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There's a maple tree coming out my roses
hello I have a maple tree coming out of one of my rose shrubs. As you can see in the pictures, it seems to be coming right from the roots of the roses, so it looks like impossible to dig out. Killing it with something will most likely result in killing the roses as well, I suppose? Any ideas?
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Seeds and weeds
I have collected ripe seed heads from my lovely poppies. No idea what sort they are as inherited from mil but they are tall and red. Do I just scatter them on the flower bed or start them off in seed trays? Rummaging around i also found some forgotten foxglove seed heads that I must have collected at least a couple of…
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Gardening and weeds
I've been caught off guard a bit and I'm not really sure where I stand with this. I haven't used MSE forum for some time and have forgotten how to navigate it, if I've posted in the wrong section, feel free to move it so it's in the right place. My neighbour came to me saying that brambles, which are growing under my hedge…
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Neighbour cut down tree on my property
Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice on how to handle a recent situation. On Sunday I was out for an hour and when I came home I discovered that the neighbour had cut down a small tree and the tops of a laurel bush in my garden at fence hight. I'm extremely upset by this as as far I'm aware you can only cut back…
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What's capillary matting used for in a heated propagator
I bought a heated propagator and it came with a piece of capillary matting but what's it used for as I want to grow bamboo from seed but I don't know if I need the matting.
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Poinsettias
I was really pleased with myself for nurturing two poinsettias (one original, the second a cutting) since last Christmas. They are quite large and healthy looking but very green. I've been reading up recently and discovered I should have given them extended darkness periods overnight, which probably accounts for the lack…
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Ants
Is it my imagination or are there a lot more ants crawling around this year?
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Best fruit trees for pots
I’m looking for recommendations for the best fruit trees to grow in a large pot. We may/may not be moving this time next year but I would like to get my tree growing started this year. I’m looking for an eating apple and a pear. I’d also like to grow them using the espalier method. It’s a big ask but I’d like to know best…
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Prune Tumbling Toms or Leave Alone?
Hi all I have some tumbling toms in planters and baskets. I currently have lots of leaves but only a few fruit per plant. Do I need to cut them back? I was previously told to leave them be. If so how should this be done? Many thanks
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What to fill a deep veg bed with?
Hi Ive just bought a big 14 inch raised veg bed. Ideally I would have gone for a shallower bed, but thats all they had. I suppose it means I can grow carrots and parsnips which is good. Do I have to fill it all with soil? (This is a lot of soil!). Or - because my veg roots probably wont reach that far down - can I put in a…
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Can I use Polyfelt instead of garden fleece?
Hi all, Ive got a roll of Tencate Polyfelt left leftover from a building job. ( https://www.tencategeo.eu/en/products/nonwoven-geotextiles/tencate-polyfelt-ts ) . Can I use this instead of garden fleece to keep butterflies off my veg!? It looks similar to garden fleece. My concern is it will block out sun light. Thanks
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Sudden death of leaves on potted apple tree
I bought a dwarf apple tree from the supermarket a few months back. Said it was suitable for pots but it was too late to plant it out anyway so into a bigger terracotta pot it went and it's been growing really well. Yesterday evening I noticed the leaves looked a bit droopy and I water/fed it. This morning some of the…
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Disposing of slugs in paint stripper!
I was using a small baked bean tin to hold paint stripper while doing my garden bench when a friend and her crazy dog called and I put what I thought was an empty tin in a large flower pot. When I went out today there were 7 slugs in the tin not looking at all well and the overnight rain had swelled what paint stiripper…
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Hosta help
Hi, I am pretty new to all things green and have for the last couple of years been trying to brighten up my garden a little, although I do only have a few raised beds and pots. (Have been trying talk OH into moving house and am getting there bit by bit, hence the all my pots!) My mum was always my go to with what to do and…
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Anybody recognise this plant?
It's self seeded, has grown to about a metre tall this year.
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Increasing value of a house by improving the garden
Hi, I have moved into a new build house recently. The garden is currently 60% ditch and 40% flat grass. It is approx 10 metres long by 5 metres wide. You step onto the grassed area and look down into a steeply sloped ditch which is 6 feet deep and is basically just soil. No bushes, weeds, grass etc, just soil. The ditch…
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Mulching Now?
So I’ve made a rather large bed in the corner of my garden that gets full on sunshine from 3ish to 7pm. I’ve plants all my perennials but they were all 2 litre babes with a couple of 3ltrs thrown in, as I wanted them to grow into the bed. What I’ve noticed on the are soil it bakes a lot so I wondering if I should mulch now…
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Have I Just Grown a Weed?
Hi, I planted a rose seed on the first day of lockdown. 100 days later, I have this: I didn't think a rose would grow that quickly. Now, today, I see these sprouting on a couple of stems: reminiscent of a dandelion. Have I spent 4 months watering and repotting a weed?
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Killing Nettles
Hi There is a large area of waste ground to the rear of my house which is over run with nettles which encroach into my garden. The waste area is owned by a local builder who went bust and refuses to respond to me. Is there a cheap and effective way to kill nettles? Thanks
