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Gardening
A few of my neighbours already have a good crop of ripe tomatoes, but mine are still small and green.... We all planted the seeds around the same time (March/April), and we all get the same amount of...
Hi, I'm new to this growing your own mallarky and have been very successful so far with potatoes, tomatoes, sweetcorn, garlic, beetroot, cabbage, lettuce and runner beans. My question is-with my...
I am about to shell no end of walnuts. Can I put the shells on the compost heap?
I am going to collect the seeds from my nasturtiums this year,do I leave them on them the plant until they have dried out or can I put them in a dry place to mature?
We are fairly new allotment holders and are about to dig up our potato harvest.What do other people store their potatoes in? Large paper or hessian sacks seem obvious but hessian sacks seem very...
Can I get one at a garden centre? and how do I care for it? on a balcony?
Some radishes have gone to seed...quite a lot of the stalks.....any idea how these can best be collected for replanting...
Do I have to take my Dahlia tubers every year and re-plant them in the spring?
can anyone tell me if i can buy hungarian grazing rye in gardening centres please
I`ve got a Dieffenbachia in the living room that I`ve had for years and it`s done really well but it has outgrown itself and gone straggley. I will probably have to get rid of it so I would like to...
This tree was bought as a 2/3yr old in April time and had a small amount of blossom which never amounted to anything. A couple of weeks ago we noticed it was blossoming again and now it is forming...
I recently watched a programme where the gardener grows these peas, and has been for a few years, and also stated that they were the sweetest peas he'd ever grown. He explained about how they had been...
do theses old fasioned ( the one granny had ) still exist. I havnt seen one for years
One of my apple trees has a strange greyish/white substance all over it, which when touched, stains your hands red..... It hasn't affected any other tree.... Des anyone have any ideas what it is, and...
My question is - why are my fuschia leaves covered with dark red marks. If was was any other plant I would thnk it was rust but I dont think it affects fuschias. Any ideas what it is or whether I can...
i have some lovely peaches this year, but they have started falling even though not quite ripe, and i notice that the stones are split in two, are the two things conected? and why is it happening?...
The plant looks healthy enough with flowers etc but leaves going yellow from the bottom. Can anyone advise.
What is the botinical name for the himalayan poppy
I bought a passion flower pot plant which I kept in the conservatory. It grew so fast I put it out in the garden for the summer. Will I be able to leave it out all winter so that I can grow it up a...
We have a Lavender which has grown too big for its location. I like it where it is though, so how far back can I cut it. I don't want to kill it.