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Neglected garden! Help!
Hi all, I’m a new home owner, my rear garden is a reasonable size but hasn’t had any work for a long time! There’s a gravel area at the bottom with a shed that’s seen better days. There’s old furniture down there as well from the previous owner, it can’t be rescued and has to be scrapped. I already rescued a dining table…
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is a 3" deep planter too shallow
ive made my first ever planter, to fit in a small space so it can only really be 3" deep soil in it. Is this too shallow for anytihng at all? Or are there any bedding plants that will grow in it for the summer? Am new to gardening so apologies if its a silly question :o
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Compost in large quantities
Just wondering if anyone knows where you can by compost in large quantities? I've watched and read quite a lot by Charles Dowding and I want to give no dig a try and I have a large area to create. Also the compost used appears to be a mulch compost as opposed to the potting compost mixes that you can buy. Long trerm I will…
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Tiered strawberry planter, watering?
Anyone use tiered strawberry planters? Thinking of installing some myself this year. How do you control watering though, if we get another heatwave like last year how do you stop the top one from drying out too quickly? What about automatic watering? Anyone tried it? What have you tried, what worked what failed? Thanks.
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Goodland's Breeding Pots
These breeding pots used to be stocked by the 99p shops which no longer exist. I have searched online and can only find a similar item obtainable from a company in China, ie…
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Issue with daffodils
Not sure if it’s me or where I’m buying the bulbs from (Wilko) Planted a few containers with different daffodils in November, only a couple of them have bloomed, loads have blooms about to open but all of them have small blooms and most have 2//3 blooms per stalk, I’m sure I bought bigger varieties. Just wondering why they…
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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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conifers
How wind resistant are conifers? Next door has this very tall fat conifer which is being blown to bits with the wind. No we can't do anything about it but wondered if they stand up to it better than other trees. The other side lost a tall tree the other day
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How often to change compost?
I have 3 big pots in the front garden and I’m not sure when to replace the compost. Does this need to be done every year? If I feed the plants, could I do it less? Two of the pots have John Innes No3 (after someone recommended it) and the camellia has ericacious compost. The plants are all getting big and the pots are so…
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Oak Seedlings
I live on the edge of woodland here in Sheffield and constantly end up pulling oak seedlings dutifully delivered by jays & squirrels. In recent years I've been carefully digging them up to preserve the taproot and potting them up - usually just coiling the taproot into the bottom of the (small) pot. Now it's time to put…
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not had many frogs spawning this year, anyone else ?
hi folks, I know the "early spring" only lasted a week or so, we had frogs spawning in the pond, but only 4 or 5 normally we get 30/50 do you think the long hot summer has had an effect or maybe the dry winter ?
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Sedum Seeds
I've some Sedum (Autumn Joy) around the garden, and I know it's best propagated by division, but when I cut the heads back over xmas, I kept a small tub of seeds after sprinkling some around the nether regions of the garden. Some of the spring buds I've rescued in the past have taken a couple of years to fill a small pot,…
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support for climbers on fence
I might be overthinking this, but I'm about to plant a honeysuckle (dropmore scarlet) against my fence and a clematis to go with it (Jackmanni) Whats the best support to use? trellis, horizontal wires or some kind of wire mesh? Thanks!
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Seedlings and cold snaps
Hi All I have been busy this afternoon pricking out a load of seeds that needed it and got to wondering about how cold they can survive. I remembered reading that seedlings need more light than heat so have moved what I can to the greenhouse. I have moved out melon, cucumber, courgette and tomatoes but have just brought…
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do i need to stain/varnish pressure treated wood
Am going ot make 2 or 3 planters from treated 3/2" timber, will it need treating with something as well? Will the ends needs treating where I've cut it to size? And if so, whats the best clear treatment for it please? My first small garden project so looking forward to it! :)
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base dressing for potting compost?
I am making up potting compost for vegetables (seedlings) based on coir that I usually make with perlite, rockdust and commercial slow release fertilizer. I forgot to buy the fertilizer! Can I use fish blood and bone? If so how much? I do not want to add too much and scortch the plants. (No details seem available for use…
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Garden renovation
Hi Everyone, We are beginning our garden makeover and I'm looking for some advice. At the minute we have no turf/grass whatsoever as the garden was 50% patio and 50% gravel. Everything has been laid on liners so hopefully it will be easy enough to get the waste up and out. Once the liners etc are up am I right in thinking…
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Baffling Moss Problem
Hi Our lawn has too much of moss last year. Last year I did aeration and also top dressing. Yet this year moss has come back. Funny enough lawn under the shade shows no moss!!. It is the area of lawn which is most exposed to sun that shows maximum moss and weeds. What else should I do?
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Mouldy seedlings
I hope everyone is having a wonderful (if a bit windy) weekend. I have noticed today that a few of my seedlings that have come through in the heated propagator have a bit of mould around them. Does this mean I am watering too much before they go in the propagator? I had been told that you should not over-water young…
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Grass + leaves - will a strimmer work?
Hi all. I've just moved into a new property. There's a small lawn which is on uneven and sloping ground. The grass is covered in leaves from last Autumn. Given the uneven ground, would a strimmer be more appropriate than a mower? And can I strim over leaves and grass together? Or do the leaves need to be raked off first…
