It would appear that the most common disease is chocolate spot fungus. Lawrence Hills (organic) reckons watering with comfrey liquid might help,...
I have mislaid my book "The Fruit Garden Displayed" We are looking for it now and will read up to remind me. have just taken a book called "Apple...
That is one nice Camassia... I think I want one...so where can you buy them? The ordianry camassia are seeding around my garden. Palustris...I...
I did not know Bramleys were tip bearers and the ones I have seen did not look like that. However its is a very vigorous cultivar. if you hack it...
My first thought was a crow. Magpies can make such a noise and jackdaws make a sound that I would describe as a sort of croak. Higher pitched than...
Some of the mottling could be due to honey dew perhaps. That is where aphids expell sugary solution and then mould grows on it. I think the roots...
I have some Verbascum Phoenecian hybrids. They are different from that in the photo. They are so floppy the leaves lie flat on the ground. Mine...
Think yourself lucky you haven't got a male labrador. If its edible they eat it, if not they hump it. :D
Have these big bulbs opened up yet? I want to see what they are....please!
Slugs would eat it, not leave it brown and mottled. Doesn't sound like its wilting...collapsing. Is this brown like....crisy brown? How big is the...
If its Dorset I am wondering whether it clay over chalk or limestone, in which case you would need one heck of a lot of flowers of sulphate to...
I should warn you about Palustris sending seed. He sent me some seeds a while back and I was just expecting a few allium seeds. I got lots of...
I can't see anything wrong with the shape of the tree. Silver birch has naturally pendulous branches. You don't want a thick trunk, otherwise it...
I was in my conservatory the other day with the door open. I heard a pattering sound on the carpet, looked down and a baby blackbird ran over my...
I would stress that nutients must be low in concentration. For plants to take in nutrients in through the cell walls of the roots then the...
Bad news i am afraid tricyrtis ARE in the lily family. So if they eat Fritillaria ,which they love, then they are just as likely to munch your...
There are some plants where a high level of nutrients can inhibit germination. I think i remember that lettuce germination can be depressed by...
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