I’ve never had a problem with water freezing inside the water butts either. However, I do stop collecting just because I use less during the...
@Grandma Sue - Super Sauce is as its name suggests, good for cooking with. It has very few seeds and is quite ‘meaty’. If it has any drawbacks,...
Apricot Desire - a water lily type.[ATTACH]
Doris Day. A cactus variety bred in the 50’s.[ATTACH]
Dahlia Kilburn Glow. A water lily variety.[ATTACH]
@trogre - I also use Chempak 2 on my young fuchsia and dahlia cuttings feeding weakly, weekly prior to moving onto Chempak 3 and/or 4 later on in...
@Kevin CowansI’m potting off penstemon cuttings today and it reminded me of your post.The picture below is of P. Sour Grapes cuttings which I...
I’m also getting impatient with my amaryllis bulbs! However one point to note. If you store them in the fridge, please make sure you don’t have...
@Donna Crossman - I’m pleased to see that progress is being made. As a rough rule of thumb, those buds with colour showing will be fully open in...
Kilburn Glow - a water lily type. For some reason, I find photographing red flowers with my phone tricky but this one was growing in some dappled...
@Donna Crossman - have you fed your dahlias at all? A feed with too much nitrogen in it will cause the dahlias to grow lots of lush green foliage...
I appreciate that the OP wasn’t necessarily seeking advice on neem oil but as several posters mention it, I would point out that it is not...
@He who dares - in my opinion, no it’s not too late is the answer. Your greatest problem may be in finding non-flowering cutting material as it...
@fairygirl - I’ve also been waging a battle against the snails and slugs. I garden very naturally as I get a lot of hedgehogs and I don’t like...
Carolina Moon - a water lily type.[ATTACH]
Conifer hedges which go brown can also be suffering from disease, fungus or aphid attack. As @ViewAhead says, hopefully it’s the growing...
The Soil Association has a list of names under their soil testing section. In addition, a simple ‘soil testing’ Google highlighted several other...
Vine weevil? Possibly a bit early in the season for grubs but if the plant was hot-house raised, the life cycle may be earlier than normal. Is...
@GaGa73 - I think one of the reasons it is wet is because it is on a paved surface. All composts make what is known as ‘compost tea’ which in an...
@GaGa73 - someone will be along before too long who is a better composting expert than me. However, some initial points.Compost bins work...
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