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Oxalis versicolor - Candy Cane Sorrel - anyone else tried this?
I bought 5 diminutive corms/bulbs from a Dutch supplier a month or so ago and they've all sprouted in the 3" pot I've set them in - which is great. What isn't great is that they're shooting up in a very spindly way on my windowsill and are touching on a foot tall now, the stems being as thin as matchsticks. They're…
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Electric "pole" hedge lopper/trimmer that isn't expensive / rubbish or both
Looking for actual feedback on electric or otherwise lightweight pole trimmers that can do a general hedge tidy on rough hawthorn/beech/bramble hedges I need a decent amount of reach for height and slope. So a pole type not a tool directly in your hand. Battery one end. Pole. Cutter(s) the other. I have seen a middling…
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Slugs, slugs and more slugs !!!
Is it just in my garden or is there an abundance of them this year?? Trying every trick in the book to avoid using pellets.....but everything is being chomped away at...even my potatoes and tomatoes which usually escape them. Another sign of climate change perhaps......................
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Garden path suggestions
Hello, advice please! I’m having a path in my garden and need advice on suitable materials. I’m elderly, with severe arthritis so walk with a stick or a wheeled rollator. I have very little confidence walking outside in case I trip or stumble and fall. I need a path that’s completely steady, even, with no uneven bits that…
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Pot Chrisamthamum
Bought a potted Chrysamthamum (spelling????) last yr covered in small white daisy flowers. Planted in garden last Autumn but no flowers at all this yr. It has grown tallish rather than wide and not even any buds. What have I done wrong or not done?
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What’s Wrong with These Apple Trees?
Hi all, I’ve inherited these two apple trees, but something seems off about how they’re growing. This year, they’ve produced way more fruit than leaves, and the branches are so heavy with apples that the fruit is touching the ground. I’m worried that they may have been pruned incorrectly in the past. Could that be the…
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Any garden detectives to work ths one out.
Somehow my plastic flower sat on a table outside has fallen to the floor. It's pot is smashed on the concrete. But the plastic flower is 3 metres away on the lawn and some of the artificial flower heads seem to have been plucked off. Any ideas how. My first thought is crows as one was attacking rubber wind screen wipers on…
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Oil stain on driveway
Someone came in my drive with a car and left an oil stain. I noticed 24 hours later so I used lots of wash up liquid and laundry and a hard brush. Spent about 30 mins will this lift it? I am waiting for it to dry but will that do and will it weather in or with some rain now I put that down?
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Large Garden - Irrigation?
I have a small irrigation set up in my garden for the veg patch and bamboo (that I have in pots). A potential new, much longer garden may come into reach for me. Does anyone have any good ideas about irrigation and how to get water to the back of the garden with good pressure or any other ideas for irrigation? I saw a nice…
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Plants for gravel area
I have a gravel area that is planted with various Verbenas and Echinops. There's an area by the summerhouse that doesn't get much direct sun this time of year where I had some Astilbes for several years. I've removed them as I was having to water them a lot, but can't find anything to replace them with. Could anyone…
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Garden stones
I’m going to replace my garden stones and the middle bit as slab got damaged would one bulk 750kg bag do this area?
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Connifer Cutting Guidance
Hi all, I have some tall connifer tree's in my garden. Is the best time to cut them April - August to avoid risk of browning or killing the tree's? I cut them ladmst May and could do with trimming the tops of them before winter but found mixed information on line. Some saying can cut until end of Spetember others saying…
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Removing old metpost spikes
Is it possible to remove old metpost spikes from soil - specifically clay soil - after the posts have rotted out? I have several such which I put in in my garden thirty-odd years ago. I’d like to take the opportunity to change the garden lay-out, and these old metal sockets are now a trip hazard. I’m thinking perhaps…
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Lawn help
Hi all, first time post on this board. For the first time in my life I have a relatively nice garden. However the previous owners had dogs and I think that is what has caused some of the patches that can be seen. I also tried to cut the grass on too short a setting and it cut things up. I’ll put it on 40mm only from now.…
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Greenhouse costs
I am after a greenhouse ,either 6ft by 4ft or 7ft by 5ft ,have looked on line and the bulk of the ones available have terrible reviews ,either nearly impossible to erect or simply not worth the money ,i have looked at Rhino brand greenhouses and although they have glowing revues thet are very very expensive. Can anybody…
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Do quality 'garden clogs' exist?
Both me and my wife like to kick on some 'garden clogs' - we've tried the cheapest on eBay to some known brands, as well as actual Crocs and they don't last more than 18 months or so. We just use them to go out to the bins, get things out of the garage or shed - so a few times a day. The soles always wear through as…
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What can I plant late August early September
As per the title. This is myt first year with an allotment, and I want to keep planting as long as I can. Today I hope to plant a whole lot of coriander. I don't know if it will work - I've just got eating coriander seeds, but will give it a go. My plan is to grow loads - I have some open areas where I've cropped other…
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Garden Clearance
I've just moved house and my back garden is a mess. There are dozens of stacked, chipped paving stones. The flower beds are overgrown with brambles. It's a mess and is sucking the enjoyment out of our new home. Is it possible to get a company to come round and clear my back garden of all this mess and just leave me with a…
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Trivia. How do you get clean tracksuit bottoms after mowing lawn
Hi . Never been in this section before but I've mowed the lawn and cut some bushes a bit in a pair of tracksuit bottoms and they are covered in the cuttings or seeds etc.. I have tried to clean them using brushes soft and hard before and after a wash in the washing machine. Still there. Can simply get another pair from…
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Harvesting - how's it going?
How's your harvesting this year? What are you growing? It's our first summer in our new house and we have managed to harvest parsley and sugar snaps! * pea sugar snaps in a big pot, harvested already and great! Planted more! * tumbling tomatoes in baskets, lots of flowering with 2-3 tiny tomatoes. Hope to harvest next…
