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How do I repot and care for a bamboo plant
I bought a fargesia rufa bamboo plant and the stems looks yellow and the roots are coming out the bottom of the 9cm pot so I want to repot it to a larger pot but what size pot should I use and should I remove all the old soil from the roots before repotting and should I mix fertiliser in with the new soil.
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Garden sleepers against fence
Hi, we have recently just completed our first garden lockdown diy. We have put sleepers up against our fence & filled it with plants. Unfortunately 🙈 we never put a barrier between the fence & the soil. Can anyone suggest anything that can be done without completely digging the whole plant bed out?
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Building a Shed
Hi, I bought a shed, delivered flat packed and built it, everything seemed fine. I painted it using Ronseal Fence plus (which is recommended for fences and sheds) All was well except now I have noticed the horizontal panels have moved creating gaps in the panels. Also where they have put nails in the panels, the wood is…
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How to kill this ash tree
hello Two ash tree saplings have grown this spring in a rain gully. Any idea on the best way to get rid of them? I am afraid cutting them will not be enough. Will the roots still grow if I just cut them? They are right next to the house!
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White scabious
hi there, Can someone help me with my white scabious... i have a lovely scabious it's a tall rather than clumping variety but it instead of sending stem's upward it's got 2 stem's running along the ground... under the foliage of all my other plants. I've tried staking it but the stems it's grown are quite thick and it it's…
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Rotavator and clay soil
Hi all. We're digging out a large section of garden to extend the patio. The section is higher than the patio will be and so needs digging down. We've done half of it. And that's now compacted. But we need to dig down deeper. We'll be hiring a skip in a month to get it all finished. But I wondered if it would be worth…
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Garden Waste?
I agreed a price with a fencing company to have old fence and gate removed and replaced. This happened on Friday. I got home from work, saw new fence then paid. I've just discovered down the side of my shed and next doors fence a bank of mud that they have removed, carried up garden and hidden there. If it rains it's gonna…
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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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Moved a ceanothus bush, how do I rescue it?
Last month I decided to move a ceanothus bush that was fighting for light. I know it was not the right season and I was too impulsive. Since the move I have watered it everyday, but it looks to be dying. The leaves have shriveled up and the blue flowers dried up and are falling off. Any tips on rescuing it?
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Getting rid of red ants in garden
Hi All,So we have red ants all over the garden, we initially dug out the affected areas to remove the nests etc, filled them in with new compost and started growing new grass. But we've discovered that they're all over the garden. I've started digging up the garden as we're going to put new grass down etc and keep finding…
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What is this seedling?
I recently tidied up a border and removed all sorts of stuff including an ash sapling. There are many in the area. Now I saw that the border has a lot of these (see picturr). They are tiny so the pic is magnified. Any idea what it is? Hopefully not ash..
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What clumping bamboo for pots
I want to try and screen a chain link fence so my kids cannot annoy the neighbours dogs so I'm wondering what clumping bamboo I can buy that will grow in a pot but doesn't have thorns.
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Question for anyone who anyone who has to manage acreage?
This is a question for Davesnave or anyone else with experience of managing a few acres. We have a field and on our boundary we are having lots of weeds etc encroaching on our field. Its ivy, nettles, bramble mainly and the field next door has lots of it on their boundary too which is left to run rampant. This area of…
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Gardening Express online scam
Ordered £300 of plants on 12th April Company promoted themselves as “trying to support the garden centres and nurseries forced to close” they had thousands of plants ready for immediate despatch, expectorder in 2-3 days. After 3 weeks I started contacting company, they then removed phone number and online chat facility i…
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What is this weed that is taking over my drive?
Hi, There is a new weed that is sprouting all over my drive, what is it and what is the best way to deal with it? I've tried to pull them out but it just snaps leaving the root behind. Thanks in advance.
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What to fill a raised veg bed with?
Hi all,I have just bought a small raised veg bed (1m x 1m). I dont have any topsoil, but I have half a bag of compost and a ready supply of well rotted manure. Can I just fill the raised bed with the manure and the tiny bit of compost that I have? Or will that kill any veg that I plant? Thanks
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Giant sunflowers in smaller pots - what will happen to them?
I've grown a load of sunflowers and they are now about 2 ft tall. I put some out in the garden and they were demolished overnight by slugs and snails even though I put them in upside down cut off plastic bottles to protect them. :-( I don't have much space for the rest but I have put them into the largest pots I can…
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Holly tree turning into a skeleton!
Can anyone help with my holly tree which is not a happy tree at the moment. Whole branches seem to be losing the leaves and all the branches look as if they have large wet patches on them. I initially thought maybe the tree was lacking water and have been watering it in the dry weather but the branches which dropped their…
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Slugs and my Strawberry plants
I have loads of strawberries on my plants but I also seem to have loads of slugs. I am growing them in a raised bed with bark on top of the soil. Any suggestions as to how I can protect the fruit from the slugs would be gratefully receive as new at growing fruit. Thank you
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Placing pots on the ground
Hello,I have a rather silly question.. I have a couple of potted plants that I want to put in a soil border (among other plants which are in the ground). The issue -- maybe not an issue -- is that if I put the pot right in the ground, then a whole bunch of red ants and white eggs appear at the bottom of the pot. So first…
