General Gardening Discussion

Purchased a large batch of the chemical treatment from Amazon when I finally realized what the problem was. My box hedges (though not looking like a hedges anymore, shaped more like bonsai due to infestation) get treated every year to fend off the box caterpillar. They were an established...

This comes from the couple who originally collected the seed that my plant is descended from Crûg Farm - Store Note it is many years since they offered any for sale.

I'm not overly keen on them now @Plantminded . I like the smaller ones I have, as they work well with the other perennials etc, but I'm not convinced any of the medium ones would be brilliant, and I really don't have suitable sites for them - other plants I'd rather have in those anyway. Too...

@TheMadHedger This variety is available from a number of suppliers. Poppy: Papaver Somniferum Maanzaad Bread seed.

This takes time. If you have a multistemmed bay that you would like to be a standard with a twisty stem, strip off the lower leaves leaving enough at the top for the plant to grow. Then plait the stems. Tie loosely if necessary. Eventually you can remove the ties once the plaits are stable. This...

Nice bit of kit, if you can get it!

To mit looks like insect damage of the new shoots as they emerge, the leaves then grow but are distorted. The fact it made normal growth of the long shoots suggests that by that time the pest had gone.The missing new growth after the pruning could suggest the plants are struggling a bit with...

Thanks We have already added bone meal and well rotted manure to the bed in preparation so hopefully all we will be good if we get some decent rain.

The concentration of chlorine in wash water is 5mg/litre in US (UK drinking water 1mg/ltr.) However it has been replaced in many plants by peracetic acid (vinegar and hydrogen peroxide) due to public perception. It is a moot point whether one wishes micro-organisms dead or alive... Processes in...

Mine didn't flower this year.Last autumn I grew some foxgloves from seed in trays in the greenhouse, as I always do. They remained small plants over winter, then this spring I pricked them out and planted in individual plant pots and they grew well in size and I later planted them out in my...

Its coming around to bare root hedging season; perhaps it may be best to start again, in which case get on and prepare the boundary so as to be ready to plant your selection in November. Buy Hedging Plants: Hedges for Sale Online Bareroot, Potted | Ashridge

Thanks @pete

Agree about pot size. In particular, for shrubs don't choose ones that are a lot narrower than they are high . They seem to be fashionable but are no good for anything but annuals. Plant roots want room to spread out sideways as well as downwards.

@Thanks @Selleri . So much information! I'm going to have to read your post a couple of times and take notes. I tried a supermarket spud once and it did, indeed, get blight so I never bothered again.

When I had a problem with duckweed I used a hose to push the duckweed to one end. A strong spray was enough to move it past lily leaves without damaging them. I certainly didn't get all of it, but did manage to reduce it a lot.

Harold broke his "freely" given sacred oath to William, no Christian would do that so obviously an infidel/pagan.

Your trachelospermum jasminoides (Star Jasmine) wants to grow to about 40ft x 25ft so will struggle in anything other than a huge container.I'm not sure what you mean by - These will also now go in the ground in a border be in troughs.If you plan to sink the troughs into the soil, why not...

Looks like chlorosis Michael, a sequestered iron feed usually sorts it out.

I think you right, I will probably have to cut the pot to repot the plant.This is actually my second ZZ plant. I’ve got a big, leafy green one already here to keep her company. She had a drink yesterday, and today she’s getting a well-deserved upgrade to a new bigger pot. Thanks again to my...