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rusty watering can
My supposedly galvanised watering can has gone rusty and the water thus also contains rust. Will this be harmful to my veggie plants or will I have to get a replacement can?
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Thompson and Morgan - plants still not arrived
Ordered two lots of fruit bushes via Thompson and Morgan in early Feb when it a special offer appeared on the moneysavingexpert weekly email. Neither has arrived. Anyone else got theirs? Will I be entitled to cancel so I can buy elsewhere if it doesn't come soon? Their trustpilot reviews are absolutely appalling so I am…
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GreenThumb - recommendations?
Hi, I was wondering whether anyone here has used GreenThumb before and would they recommend them? I was thinking of using their services for a few times in the hope of getting a decent lawn before attempting to maintaining it myself.
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Garden wall or fence it? Costs?
Hi all, new here! Have moved house 6 months ago and it's turning into a money pit!! We have 2 13ft 2m tall garden walls (single thickness with end pillars and one central) that are both on their way out along with a curved 1m long wall at the end of those. If I look at having the walls knocked down to the first 2-3 rows of…
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Garden Must Haves
The recent posts on kneeler stools has got me thinking. What are your top gardening products or most used items that you wouldn't want to live without? It might be a mega expensive luxury item or a free re-purposed item. Or what about things you bought with high hopes that have turned out to be a lemon? For me I would say…
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scarifying
I have just had the lawn scarified they have put feed soen but there are a lot of bauld patches. Do I reseed them and if so how please
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Spring fertiliser
Hi Daft question maybe - I need to put down some spring fertiliser on my lawn this week but no idea where to start or what to get...any helpers please?
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Water feature or planter?
We have this decking next to our patio and the space between the two runs all the way under the bridge. We definitely want some form of water feature in the garden but it's not a large garden so we want to maximise the space. We need to tackle cleaning/repairing the decking, so it makes sense to plan to prepare that space…
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Lawn problems
I scarified the lawn at the end of the summer/autumn and reseeded. It looks terrible. I've obviously done something wrong. There was a lot of thatch which I attempted to remove. What should I do to get a nice green lawn? Thanks. Here's a pic of it I took today. It looks even worse in the pic than in reality. :-(
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Houseplant/s with fly infestation
I bought a couple of largish plants from ikea. I noticed a sudden influx of small black flies, which I didn't connect with the plants until a friend suggested what might be causing it. I got rid of both the plants, but what caused it.
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How long to rotavate and rake?
So we’ve decided to revamp our back garden, it’s currently a giant weed patch. So we’ve decided to rotovate it, rake and level it out and the put down grass seed. I’d like to get it done in 1-2 days and just wondering if that’s realistic? Garden is 150m2, so not huge, but a decent sized area to do. Rotovate Rake out clumps…
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Restoring a large polytunnel
Hi all I'm currently restoring a large (25ft X 15ft) polytunnel on my allotment. The tunnel was slightly damaged by fire during the previous owner tenancy. No serious damage to the frame which appears very sturdy, but all there is, IS the frame. I need to recover it and build a new set of doors for one end, the other end…
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Rebuild garden wall
Can anyone give a ball figure for rebuilding garden wall. it is only around the plants, about 3-4 bricks high. Will probably need new bricks/stone as old ones grotty. On 2 sides of average garden. I know there are lots of variables here but just need to know if I can afford it
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Dead Apple Tree ?
I've got a very very old apple tree Lord Lambourne I think. In the six years I've known it, it's cropped reasonably well only a couple of times, but always blossoms and comes into full leaf. This year it blossomed, but what few leaves did appear eventually dropped off Some of the branch twigs are brittle (apple is like…
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BBC Gardeners World 2019 - Discount Code?
Anyone care to share any discount codes? There's usually loads about but I can't seem to find any :/
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Newbie gardening question
I bought a 6 pack of geraniums from B&Q today and planted them out. Now I'm just wondering if I was meant to take them out of the "teabag" that each plant was grown in?! I've checked the picture instruction on the side, but I'm still not sure. If I was meant to take them out first, can I dig them up, remove the teabag then…
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Hundreds of starlings on lawn
We have literally hundreds of starling on our lawn (the cats are just sitting in the conservatory watching them - totally confused) - the birds are eating grubs of some kind - but what kind ? Leatherjackets appear in September What grubs could be the food in spring ?
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How deep a planter to grow carrots, beetroot
As some of you know, I'm very new to growing anytihng, other than weeds :o I'm going to make a couple of planters to grow our own vegetables, mainly carrots, beetroot etc. They're going to be about 2m square, made from treated 3x2" timber. What depth would they need to be to grow carrots and beetroot please? I've asked a…
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Anyone recommend any online plant sellers
I need 10 bridal wreath plants. I ordered from gardens 4 you but they never delivered, useless company. Can anyone recommend a company that does deliver and quality is good?
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Looking for cheap potting on pots
Has anyone found any good value multipacks of the next size up from 11cm pots? I bought loads of 11cm ones from poundstretcher - they were £1 for 12. Flimsy but fine if you take care. I am looking to pot on some plants from that size to bigger and can't find any reasonably cheap pots and as I need loads I want to spend as…
