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I bought a loganberry cane in May and put it in a huge square container about 3 feet square and about the same deep. It has now grown so tall but hasn't flowered yet. Do I have to nip the top out or...
I received a bouquet of flowers and it contained a wild type flower,mauve/purple colour,it has now started to sprout tiny white flowers in the purple,has anyone
any idea what flower it is please,...
By now I should be picking them, but they are still not at the top of pole, very little leaf and very few flowers. I usually do very well, grow enough for the whole year. Is it the weather? Anyone...
I have 4 tomato plants in my back garden (3 in a grow bag and 1 in a pot) and we're off for 4 days and don't want to bother the neighbours with watering them. My eldest daughter says she read...
Hi, have just picked my first onions. Do I need to let them dry out before use? ta
I have been topping up my raised bed for several years now with the used compost from growbags. Do I need to add anything this Autumn/Winter to make the soil more fertile for growing veg ? Cheers. D...
Thank you Woofgang and Rockyracoon, following your advice I got a Third in the competition, it was fun to do but took several attempts to achieve anything worth entering.
I have a leylandii hedge in ny back garden which is cut back twice yearly in March and September to a height of six feet. I keep it this height so I cannot see next doors `garden` as it has been left...
I know that strawberry plants generally do not perform very well after about three years, but if I propagate them by layering, will the plants that result be 'new' or just a clone of the tired parent?
My buddleah bush has grown to a whopping 15 feet .Alot of the flowers have died off now but there are lots that are still blooming.Can I cut all the dead ones off now or am I better waiting until they...
I have collected tulip seeds from my dead tulips, and wonder if it worth trying to grow then on? Any help would be great. Thanks.
Hello. Back in the middle of June I planted some chitted spuds in a potatoes grow bag and asked on here when to harvest them. The answer was when the flowers are dying off. The problem is, especially...
...This is an ongoing problem so this year I put a hosta in a fairly large container on my patio.The container is round metal and about 13ins high,like a miniature old fashioned steel dustbin.Almost...
Mine has gone a little wild and brown
Should I cut it back and if so when?
Many thanks in anticipation...
I have found some old bread flour and yeast (Not eating as much bread as previously) Can I throw them on the compost heap??
can anyone tell me why my raspberries have got horrible dry blackish patches of seeds on the tops, there is no maggot inside, but it looks as if some little so and so has sucked out the juice from...
Planted 7 x Red Robin 12' standard trees in April. They all seemed OK when planted and for the next 2-3 months. They all then 'flowered', but some then lost nearly all of their leaves and have now...
Morning I've just bought some large bamboo plants and plan to transfer them to a large planter. The supplier recommends I use John Innes number 3. Can anyone tell me if this is the only brand of...
Good news! Duncer's solution worked. The ants have gone although I am keeping plenty of cheap washing up liquid handy in case they decide to come back. They may still be lurking. Duncer's solution was...
Have bitten the bullet and pruned one wisteria to 2 buds having read about this in an old magazine and for comparison left the other to 5/6 buds . It's supposed to be timesaving, no need for February...
