General Gardening Discussion

I was trying to remove a load of ivy from some trellis panels which were erected to hide the neighbours sheds. A couple of years ago they removed one shed completely but left the back panel of another in place. When I started cutting away the ivy on that panel the whole thing started to rock...

I used to do that but I'm too lazy these days, must admit if there are any vine weevils in there you will find them that way.

Definitely!

Thanks all. Nice to hear what others do. I will get some bagged farmyard manure and fork over the soil before I lay it then cover with the chippings. I think that there is a good 6 months for the chippings to 'mature' over the winter and early spring with hopefully rain etc to help break it...

I would like to add the following:Dealing with plants that are too prone to fungal diseases. Going out when it's dark and cold, or worse still windy, to cover a lot of plants with fleece in Winter (though I will do that selectively for very few). Comparing your lawn to your neighbour's....

If your soil is still warm you could try some under tunnel cloches - plastic with removable ends - to keep them warm enough to grow quickly.My online forecast is for farmers so tells me that daytime soil surface temps are in the high teens/low twenties but go down to single figures at night...

Violas and cyclamens in our out door plastic orange water containing trough sitting on wheels for easy movement around the patio.

Ah ok it was Gardener's world

Yes - the pruning of flowering shrubs largely depends on when they flower @pete, and any later ones can be pruned afterwards if, and only if, the timing is suitable - ie not freezing conditions etc. Best left if that's the case, and done in late winter/early spring, but it always depends on the...

Taking fat aloe leaf from plant, let it sit in the fridge for a week or so, then take the skin off and blender with freshly pressed lemon juice and honey. Again keeping the mixture in the fridge and not for too long.

I think plant world collect a lot of their own seed - their dierama mix produced quite a range! So I guess they're just saying where it came from.

The Saxa salt tub had a saying on it."Eat a sack of salt with a friend, you'll have a drinking partner for life,"I think you would be sick or dead long before you could do that, though it didn't say over what time period you were supposed to do it.

Sometimes you can see cutting material on the stems of Pinks bought at a supermarket. I've been successful in getting them to root on several occasions

A good guide here -Gooseberries: pruning and training / RHS

It doesn't need pruning yet. Next autumn remove about 1/3 of the oldest (the thickest and darkest) stems

I agree - cut back the dead stuff @Greenfield81 and it should come away again, but if you don't have suitable conditions for it, it's perhaps not worth having. They grow without any help here in the west of Scotland, but we're much wetter here than the east side. I have one [P. Little Heath]...

@Howard Stone we have just been given a "Dartmoor" cutting from our neighbours. A really lovely specimen and in flower. Planted out yesterday so hopefully it will like its new home.

Would think so, we use the Doff Slug tape which is about 25mm wide.Like @Goldenlily26 mentions adding some slug pellets as well, though cannot get them in very deep without damaging the roots. Think we might try drenching them with Garilc water as well in Spring, though some of our established...

Good grief! You are obviously keen on them I had a huge plant in previous garden with leaves bigger than I've seen elsewhere. It didn't sucker and it didn't flower. Very curious. And I can't remember where I got it