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Planting out tomato plants
I have a few tomato plants in the house which i started from seed in early March. Plants are now 30cm high. I intend to plant out in polytunnel. Have been tempted to plant out recently with all the warm weather we're having, but also weary about a late frost in May! Night time temp for this region, north UK, showing 4-6…
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Garden shed re roofing
Hi, I have an old(15 yr plus) wooden garden shed. Its felt roof it came with has split exposing the wood underneath. Its needs re-roofing and the cheapest quote of 5 has been £210....So it looks like I may be taking my first foray into refelting the roof. Its quite small(each panel is 180 x 80cm). I've bought felt, clout…
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Westwood Lawn Tractor having electrical problems.
Hello everyone and I hope you are all safe and well in these bizarre era. I wonder if one of you can help me. A few weeks ago the ignition barrel failed on my otherwise reliable and faithful 2001 model Westwood T1600 Tractor. I could start it with the key, but the key would either fall out and the tractor would stop or i…
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Honey fungus on hedges?
Hello all, So I was cutting back
my hedges recently, and noticed that the trunks aren't looking as
they used to be. The hedges also aren't growing quite as thick last
year. Some of the branches are dead and brittle. From my
online research, it looks like the hedge may have honey fungus. I've
attached some pictures. Quite…
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Minature Fruit Tree Blossom Falling Off?
I have a minature pear tree and apple tree, i have had them for over ten years in containers but every year they blossom followed by the blossom going brown leaving no fruit, i have tried mixing compost into the soil and different plant foods but in all this time i got two pears in year six which survived but i'm thinking…
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Greenhouse Base
I have chosen the best place for my greenhouse. The soil is not good for growing directly into it so was considering pavings slabs. Would this be the best way to go? It is 8ft long x 6ft which takes me to just short of the blackcurrant bush (there is room to make the base bigger than the greenhouse) A complete novice to…
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Taking a cutting from a much loved Magnolia Tree
Hello I wonder is somebody could very kindly help me. Im a bit (very) clueless about gardening but have a very loved Magnolia tree that has followed us around different houses. Now its too big to move. How could I take a cutting from it to grow one to two on so when we move in a few years time I can take part of it with…
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Sub soil / bad soil spread on top, how to fix it?
Hi, I did a diy room in the garden last year. We excavated too much earth and reached I think the sub soil layer (pale orange color) and I think we hit the water table, don't ask me why, it was just a mistake! When time came to dispose of the soil from excavation (few months later), someone suggested that I spread some of…
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Help in identifying this plant
Hi we have this plant in the shady corner of our garden. it is about 2 feet height and has not grown much over last 5 years. i have attached picture of the flowers and leaves. can anybody identify it? many thanks
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Planting potted bulbs outside
My son works in a large DIY store and has brought me home some surplus plants. Amongst them are potted daffodils, hyacinths, grape hyacinths and tulips. Can I plant these in the garden to come up next year?
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Growing veg in growbag with plant halos
Hi, I'm looking for a little advice, as not being able to get out of the country this year comes with the added bonus of being able to grow some basic veg.
I had bought some plant haloes a few years ago, so Ive now got an extra deep growbag, and space in it for three tomato plants.
Is it only tomatoes that I could grow in…
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Wanting a waterfall
We’d like a waterfall in the garden if possible, not a water feature but an actual waterfall. Ideally one or 2 fence panels wide at the bottom of the garden (approx 16m away, 8 std fence panels) and 6ft high. i know I’m asking a lot. Anyone got any ideas how we could go about this please? I was thinking a metal or timber…
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Moss on Lawn
I have a very mossy lawn this year would scarifying get rid of it?
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Rotting object in compost, what is it?
I was emptying out large plant pots today with a view to planting carrots. One large 12” pot was full of compost, I started scooping it out when I felt a large rubbery object, roughly egg shaped and maybe 4” long, covered in soil, but with part exposed to show a pinkish fleshy moist region. I then noticed a stench of…
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Getting rid of garden waste?
Never had a garden, cut my grass for the first time the other day, and now I have 5 bags of grass. I would be fine to pay for a brown bin however, from what I read you can't just pay for the bin and that's it, they charge you a yearly fee to get rid of your garden waste. All the recycling centres near me are shut down too.…
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tom thumb hanging tomatoes
I've grown some Tom Thumb hanging tomatoes from seed both red and yellow varieties. They are 5 inches tall now,have several sets of leaves and are in a 3 inch pot. They are happily growing in my conservatory at the moment and look realy healthy. Now that they are getting several sets of leaves do they need nipped out like…
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Planting a rose in an area that probably had fireblight
I've had two shrubs die and I think it was fireblight.
I want to dig out the roots , replace the soil( a gap in paving) and replant with a rambling rose.
Any advice please?
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Karcher pressure washer
I’ve been cleaning my patio. The pressure hose from machine to patio cleaning head has sprung a leak. Presumably it’s not the sort of thing you can just tape up, so does anyone have a clue about whether it is replaceable or not. I can see how to change the head but I can’t see an obvious way of fitting a new pressure hose.…
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Please help me create a mature area to plant
our garden is mostly laid paving, which we want to pull up and replace but leave a section (that has sun from about 7am til 6pm in the summer) of soil to plant several trees/bushes that are rapidly outgrowing their pots. we've got 3 x flamingo trees, a buddleiah, a forsythia and 2 bumblebee bushes (sorry don’t know their…
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Strongest weed killer
Hi, we need some help please. What’s the strongest weed killer to spray on a large paved back yard where huge weeds are growing? The slabs were put down years ago without any suppressant so my daughters garden looks like a jungle. There are big gaps where the weeds grow freely.
