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Suggest you obtain some Epsom salts (£3 per 1 KG at Boots) Unscented is best. Add 1 teaspoon (5gms) to 1 litre of water, apply prior to feeding. This is magnesium sulphate which can correct magnesium deficiency symptoms of which your plant is suggesting. One application should be adequate, but...

Brilliant @ricky101, thank you. I will clear them tomorrow, chop them up and add them to the new compost heap, they might act as ‘brown’ compost, which I need anyway.Thank you again

That's great news, thank you.

Here are the best three photos of couch that I can find on the 'net. If that's what it looks like, you could keep mowing it, but it will make a beeline for the borders.If it's not too widespread, you could try lifting a long length by inserting a sharp spade under it and stuff the stem into...

Hello again,I'm returning to this thread for further advice please.I planted out a few of the toms and cucumbers and kept the rest in the conservatory, here are some pics:As you can see the inside plants have done a lot better than the outside ones but now the...

Thank you, we get a lot of bees and butterflies so I am keen to keep these. I know the plants they like so can just replant these when I dig all the weeks out. Thank you for your suggestions for what to plant. I'm looking forward to getting started now

Welcome to GC wanoennogs. I think perhaps it would be a good idea to work through your list first and establish what we should suggest.Many plants are just one colour. Would your mum be happy with mixing the same plant together in different colours? Or does she want different species...

Agree with Infradig, probably everything will be all right and the plant roots and worms will work their way through the different soils.The only issue would be if the planting holes were very small and the clay soil around undug. Even then most plants should be ok. (I have that situation in...

HiMy wife has decided what flowers she would like!She wants wildflowers - she likes the differing colours and varying heights around the side and back fence and we will go for a border.and then perhaps some more hardy evergreens next to the garage; perhaps in a planter.

yeh, just annoyed, I wanted Aloe vera plants, nevermind I`ll get some from elsewhere, I will still see what they produce if anything

Notice today that our main Asda store had nice looking 6 packs of garden ready Lavenders for just £5.

Good afternoon @GaGa73'RULE OF THUMB' FOR SIZING UP YOUR BONSAI POT The basic principles for estimating your ideal pot size is relative to your bonsai tree, making it really easy to calculate. The length of the pot is determined by the bonsai's height, the depth of the pot is determined by...

We might be :-) It's the Sansevieria Trifasciata if that makes any difference. Would that change the type of soil you use?

I love dandelions.

Definitely sycamore seeds, they also root into decking and shed roof's, they get everywhere.

Or maybe the temperatures were that bit lower nearer the ground.

A hydrangea. Chop the old blooms off now and all will be well I should really go and do mine too

Unfortunately I've lost 3 about the same size plus 2 much bigger ones. As pete says there is a good chance they will throw out a new shoot from the roots. I'm waiting till mid summer before deciding to cut it down.

That's good.There's a growing number of scientists worrying about the health of the world of fungi. When people talk about biodiversity they are usually concerned with plants and animals, but there's a growing realisation that both groups depend heavily on a third, often overlooked group, the...

We are on heavy clay (clay is excellent feed for plants) and in the early days accepted that there would be some puddling. Regular composting each year has been they way we went except for the veg plot. With the veg plot it needed more drastic action to stop the veg getting flooded and we were...