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Gardening
Hi green fingered folks. I have just bought a Venus fly trap and don't have a clue. What is the best way to re-pot it to a larger pot without stressing it? How damp does the soil need to be kept?...
Can anyone identify the pest/disease that is affecting my apple tree. The underside of leaves are covered in a scattering of tiny orange coloured eggs. I've trawled garden sites, but can't find...
I have loads of slugs in my garden..if I put slug pellets,it will only kill those venturing on the paving slabs,won`t it...how I would love to get rid of the horrid things permantly!!!!
I have 2 hydrangeas ,in large pots, some of the leaves are turning yellow so I suspect a watering problem, does anyone know of a way to check this please?
thanks, wired...
I have a small area shaded on three sides (garage, fence, bamboos), slightly sloping and not very easy to get at for regular maintenance. Any suggestions, please, for low ground cover, preferably with...
very tired and straggly. Is this usual? Are they at their prime earlier in the year?
When dead-heading petunias (or any other flower for that matter) do you just pull off the died flower or remove both the bulbous bit and the flower?
My raised vegetable beds badly need reinvigorating, so I'm going to dig out about half the soil & replace with compost, but what's the best time of year to do this - Autumn or Spring?
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Hi - urgent advice needed please from AB gardeners! We have a beautiful 20 year old Yucca Gloriosa plant 4 ft tall growing in an enormous clay pot. It has been in this pot for the past 10 years and at...
I am fortunate to live at the end of a village with quite a large garden. Next to my garden is quite a large paddock which has not been tended for over 10 years. I need to get into the paddock and cut...
I am trying to grow some dwarf runner beans in pots. They seem to be going quite well but the first leaves that appeared are now falling off. Is it normal for them to lose those leaves once they get...
Iv'e managed to grow several chilli plants from seed and are now ten inches tall . Would I get a better crop if I put the pots outside in my garden or do I leave them in my sun lounge ?.
Bought one today (plant of the week at Morrisons) very pretty with very dark rasberry flowers/plumage whatever it goes by. Can't find much info about it, but it does say plant it in the garden.Has...
My sister has again asked me to identify a plant in her garden and I can't find it via Google or any of the plant nursery sites I frequent. This one has special meaning for her as it was part of a...
Last year on my allotment i had a very large crop of strawberries. This year I planted runners from last years plants and the crop was almost non-existent. From about 50 plants I gathered not more...
What is the smallest pot I could reasonably expect to grow sweetcorn in ?
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further to my question about indoor tomato's ,i have noticed a lot of them are turning brown on the bottom of the actual tomato ....is this normal ?or do i have a plant that's infected in some way ?
Hope they enjoyed them because they are not getting them next year if I can help it. A week ago the tree was loaded and my daughter and I were admiring how good it looked in its first year in my new...
is it possible to grow a cherry tree from the stone of a bought cherry if so how should i go about it
I have recently bought a house, and has a 'what I thought would be a lovely'low maintenance front garden which is laid to gravel over matting so no weeds, with a few conifers and shrubs dotted around....
