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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 was…
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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
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Oak tree foam
Just a quick question. Whilst tidying round the oak tree in my garden I noticed a small strip of foam rising up from the base. There were a couple of wasps mooching about by the foam and a very strong smell of cider. The ground by the base was also wet and strong smelling I'm pretty sure that nothing has l lodged by the…
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Builders rubble - Can I dig it in to my soil or do I have to remove it?
Hi All round the edge of a new patio is builders rubble, I think it may be called crusher run but am not sure. There is quite a lot of it but the soil is quite clay so wonders if I could just till it in rather than removing it. link to photos Thanks
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Green Stuff :)
What in the way of green stuff can I plant now, for winter yield? Like chard or kale - anything that can be flung into a soup or stew.
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Bugs on Cherry Plants
HiOur two cherry plants about 4 metres apart has this black ant like bugs on the leaves making them curled and shrivelled.Happened same time last year too. Pictures attached.Any ideas what they are and how best to get rid of them?Many Thanks
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Best online retailer of potted hedging plants in Northern Ireland
Hi everyone, I am planning to buy 35 contain-grown laurels for my hedging. Does anyone recommend good nurseries?
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New lawnmower problems
I mowed through the cable of my lawnmower recently so I had to buy a new one. I was initially going to buy another Flymo one but after reading reviews, I decided to buy a Spear&Jackson one because everyone was saying how light it was and easy to push. It’s not! I can barely push it and it’s exhausting. Mowing the lawn now…
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Climbers on fence
hello We have a couple of climbers that I want to plant (two honeysuckles and a jasmine). We want them to climb the fence dividing the back garden from our neighbours. They have a slightly raised garden and they own the fence. It's way too low (1.5m probably or less), and we need privacy. Its south facing so they don't…
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Improved Heavy Clay Soil 'Flower Bed' - Now Grass and Weeds Growing
When I moved into my property, there was a section of my garden (which I will call a flower bed area) that was very heavy clay soil. It was the type of soil that is rock hard, grey and has cracks in the summer, and looks like a pond in the winter. When I moved in, I managed to turn the soil and didn't see any living…
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What can I add to compost to help drainage
I bought Bulrush Professional John Innes No.3 compost to repot a bamboo plant and a gooseberry plant but the soil doesn't drain water so what can I use to help drainage.
