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So a question on today’s GQT from Glamorgan, “has anyone grown mangelwurzel,” so no one unsurprisingly grew this in the audience and surprisingly too no one of the panel (Chris Beardshaw, Beth Coredon and Pippa Greenwood) have grown this.I bet Bob Flowerdew has, so have you?

Can you see any roots coming out of the pot drainage holes ? If so, pot on into larger pots. You may even get away with planting some out if you have a place ready. Also at this time of year, your location and the current weather vagaries will make a difference as to the timing.

Sorry, I was meant to say I went native and ordered Sea Buckthorn, Wild Privet and Common Privet. I got is as a hedging pack from Hedges Direct. They are coming as 40 to 60 cm plants. I need to get digging soon as I know they really need to go into the ground asap once they arrive.

Whilst I wouldn't pretend to know the ins and out of the different types of bus, we do have both single and double deckers thru the village on a regular basis - HPC 2, school and community buses. Narrow road and this house is on a sharp bend, no pavement and with about 6 inches to spare between...

What a good result @hailbopp, not surprised you are now on your knees. You will have deserved a good rest when the sale is over.

What do you experienced gardeners make of this video? Basically the guy just cuts all the leaves off his fern. Some people in the comments say that's a terrible idea, others say it works, and some say it depends which type of fern.I've been feeling like cutting 2 of my tattered three ferns...

Good plan.

Thank you everyone, it is covered in flower buds so I'll keep it potted near the back door for fragrance and then consider where to put it. We had a pretty cold winter for here and it would have been sat outside in the sales beds during that, so is probably a lot more hardy than I had considered.

That plant looks like Euryops pectinatus. A common sub shrub that's used in a lot of public planting schemes.

We love our Lakeland airfryer - one big drawer with a removable divider. Bought silicon dishes which are dishwasher-proof to save on the mess.

I used to top dress my clay soil with loads of it, and it was a family challenge with the kids to get to the mushrooms first. Although I know they add chalk, it didn't seem to affect the plants, but I never tried making compost purely with it.