General Gardening Discussion

I find it does on my paving. Sometimes you may need to give it 2-3 sprayings if the marks are very stubborn, but I've found it very good over the years. I use Patio Magic or Wet & Forget - whichever is cheapest at the time. They both seem to do the same sort of job.

Hi @Michael Hewett I split one a few weeks ago, with flowers on, to give some away. It's looking ok in the pot I've got left!

Agree Tamarix.

I always have at least a couple of pots of seeds growing and all I get is a weed after some months of nurturing.

I do all my strawberries around the base of bigger plants like fruit bushes in pots. Chaenomeles and currants dont seem to care and are easy to train so it lets the strawbs have sun. It needs to be big enough to not get crowded by the strawbs and thin enough the strawbs dont overcrowd it in...

Thanks @ view ahead. I'll definitely bear in mind your advice about pot bound plants

Stores such as Wickes will be open tomorrow, for sharp sand etc.

Know what you mean about the leaflet droppers, I've lost one of the plants between our house and next door, it's obviously been stamped on as the stem has broken off. I'll give some thought about the two lines of wire, it does seem a good idea.I don't think there's a problem with hedges as...

My lily of the valley seem to have a close and loving relationship with snowdrops. They are everywhere. Here is an example of them, growing in less than 6” of “soil” against the foundations of a large, dry, west facing wall. Just coming into bud.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I've tried most of them already. That's why I went for ferns. I was going to put them at the front of my house for someone to take but I want to keep the large pots. I'll see how it goes but I've given up the slug battle. There's more interesting things to do...

Good secure place for a slug pub !

Looking forward to an update, if only to see whether I was right or not .

Thanks Michael. I'll be starting another project soon and hopefully the last of the garden re-design. I'm getting too old for the heavy work.

An interesting thread as I hadn't come across the possibilities of Cinammon before ( other than in the kitchen !! ) so thanks to all for the info.

I did hesitate but thought possibly if it had munched yellow petals it would poo yellow . It might be worth having a look tonight by torchlight if it's practical.

I keep a water butt inside the greenhouse - that's where I need the water, it helps with greenhouse temp regulation, and (probably makes no difference whatsoever) the water temp isn't a shock to the greenhouse plants

Despite my concerns around bark chippings and chiggers, I think I will use it again after all. I do think it looks good and it works.The only other option I was considering was well rotted manure (even though I wasn't sure it would be as effective).It turns out that one of the dogs, who is...

I have tried the yeast sugar and water too with some success. I have two cats so can't encourage birds. Last year was the year of the mollusc I think. I regularly collected half a beach bucket of snails and slugs but this year is drier. I have seen more snails than slugs. It is due to rain down...

@Michael Hewett I've kept quite a few of those shelves and they do come in handy

Hmm...check that variety elsewhere! I wouldn't trust Parkers as far as I could throw them, and they don't state that it's prostrate? Pointe de Raz is a beautiful deep blue if you can find one.