I might need 200 cuttings Shiney :dancy:
Well ive had a Monty moment. The bloody Box. Inspection today i noticed 15 plants with signs of blight. Ive taken them out and burnt them but i...
Took out another 5 Box plants yesterday, all brown. Im convinced this is due to sun and scorch. Ive replaced them with new ones and i will watch...
Thanks Adedoll. I started this to do just the thing you have said so im glad its helped in some way for you. Gardening is full of ups and downs,...
Yes they say that and looking at plants in other peoples garden a few miles around the area, there plants still look green and flowering. I think...
My Aster are usually out by September and mine just starting to flower. Will be finished by early October. I love Aster.Its been there for 5...
I feel i have a connection to Monty. I seem to agree with everything he says, even to the extent to what i'm thinking, he mentions it on GW....
I honestly think the summer drought has caused by problems. With the Box and the Sorbus.Healthy plants can fight off stuff better. Re think on...
The Copper Kettle i fear is too far gone but will wait until the spring.G
Sorry to hear of the loss Sheal. Mine looked sick last year but has been ok this year. Maybe the extra year in the ground to get established has...
and Sedum does well BUT Buddleija looks sick. Both do not mind dry poor soils.Work it out, i cannot not.
Its interesting as i planted a Mallow 18 months ago. Risky i thought as looking at what it likes its the exact opposite to what i have but i must...
Ive got the Box and the odd evergreen but most are perennial. I could do i suppose but wouldn't just mulching be a quick boost rather than a long...
Does sound very similier conditions Kristan for sure.
I have dug a test pit some years ago. There is two feet of brown (although clay soil) then yellow clay. No pan as such. No builders rubble. When...
The other issue is that its so chocked up with plants that i dont have a lot of room to dig the surface. Hate looking at bare earth.G
When i say pan i mean top of the soil. If i keep adding muck then top few inches will be good stuff but the top of the original soil would become...
But i dont think there are that many worms to work it in Sheal. If i add 2 inches of organic matter, ive still got the hard pan of the top of the...
Im sure its the lack of prep in my West facing border that is the issue. The east side gets morning and early afternoon sun in summer, the soil...
Very kind Kristan, will see if i can find an area. :blue thumb:
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