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skimmia
Check around the roots for the dreaded vine weevil grubs (they resemble white maggots). Skimmias prefer acidic soil in shade, you dont give any...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Apr 21, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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Leatherjackets & lawns
Try Nemasys or Nemaslug. Needs to be applied now (April) and can be diluted and applied through a sprayer or watering can. Your locl garden centre...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Apr 21, 2005 in forum: Lawns
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Composting
You dont say how long the tea bags have been in there (and if there are thousands are you running a cafe??!). We do the same as you but our bins...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Apr 21, 2005 in forum: Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling
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evergreen lawn feed
Also - when cutting your grass after usung these products dont put the clippings on the compost heap. Should tell you this on the instructions!
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Apr 13, 2005 in forum: Lawns
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Slug pellets
They would say that wouldnt they?? How many people do you know who use them properly - I've been to gardens that have a blue haze on the soil...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Apr 7, 2005 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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Avatars !!
What's a city?
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Apr 1, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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Avatars !!
Works for me!!!! This is the view from the kitchen window. As you can see we have a pretty big garden!!!
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 31, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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Top Soil
Get a calculator and try here:http://www.planet-stuff.freeserve.co.uk/Standards/Conversion_Tables.htm
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 26, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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what to plant under conifers?
Try Honeysuckle, especially Lonicera acuminata, which is evergreen and will make 15ft if you are a good weaver! Clematis montana will grow but...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 26, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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bergenias
It could be that your soil is too rich so they are making lots of leaf at the expense of flowers. Check also that you have not planted them too...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 26, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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pest plants
Its what we do with the plants not the other way round. Alchemilla mollis is a woodlander and behaves in a respectable manner when placed there....
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 15, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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Tree sizes
How small is your garden and what final height are you looking for in your tree of choice. What else do you want your tree to do, smell, have good...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 15, 2005 in forum: Trees
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MOVING AN ACER
Dig out the largest rootball you can manage, at least (30cm) all round the trunk. Slide thick polythene sheeting under the rootball and it will...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 15, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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plants for a shady damp corner
Try our home page. I try not to promote our nursery on these pages as nathan won't like it but you can look - you dont have to buy and you will...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 15, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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Great days out
For anyone in West Wales, the local HPS group meets in Newcastle Emlyn. They have an Annual Plant Fair with at least 10 specialist plant...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 15, 2005 in forum: Member Requests
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New lawn
Personally I would spray with a glyphosate based spray such as Roundup, which is systemic. Follow the instructions carefully as it works best in...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 12, 2005 in forum: Lawns
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moles
Apparently once moles have made their runs they continue to use them without necessarily creating new runs. It has been suggested that trying to...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 6, 2005 in forum: Pests, Diseases and Cures
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speeding up composting
You don't say whether you have an open or enclosed compost bin. If its open then an old carpet over the top will help keep the heat in and thus...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 6, 2005 in forum: Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling
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Mosquitoes in my composter!
Sure they are mozzies? and not little fruit flies which love the veg and fruit peelings??
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Mar 5, 2005 in forum: Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling
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Pruning
One of the problems with common names is that some plants have a lot of them!! I am assuming your 'apple blossom tree' is not an apple but one of...
Post by: Penlan Perennials, Feb 23, 2005 in forum: General Gardening Discussion

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