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BillStickers

Aphids - just how destructive are they?

My "garden" consists of a few chilli plants on my kitchen shelf. I noticed that one plant is crawling with tiny wingless aphids, and they will no doubt spread to the other plants. I can't think what I...
13:44 Mon 16th Jul 20074 answers, last by BillStickers 16:54 Tue 17th Jul 2007
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Mybird

Gardening help

Any keen gardeners please help. I have two pots of Calla Lillies. The yellow lily flowers each year. The pink lily hasn't flowered for the last 2 years but it has lots of green leaves and looks...
20:00 Sun 15th Jul 20072 answers, last by Mybird 14:30 Thu 19th Jul 2007
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HeadGardener

Grow Your Own

Hello, Does anyone know the company that puts up the posters advertising films at cinemas or the company that prints them? I would like to get hold of the poster advertising the film now out at...
09:49 Fri 22nd Jun 20072 answers, last by HeadGardener 22:40 Sat 07th Jul 2007
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HeadGardener

Vegetable gardening book wanted

Does anyone know where I may buy a copy of the following book. Harry Dodson's Practical Kitchen Garden: A Personal Guide to Growing Vegetables and Fruit ISBN 0563363576 I have tried the internet and...
18:28 Fri 29th Jun 20075 answers, last by Jules001 17:22 Fri 06th Jul 2007
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lakegirl

All greenery, no flowers.

I have some large terracotta pots containing phlox, one plant per tub. One plant is flowering well, the others have grown well, strong and healthy, but no flowers. The plants are adequately watered,...
22:13 Thu 28th Jun 20074 answers, last by lakegirl 20:19 Sat 30th Jun 2007
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stephen2504

rotavator

can i just set a rotavator away on a now dead weed infested garden without turning it over first
22:33 Sat 23rd Jun 20073 answers, last by woodchopper 10:41 Sun 01st Jul 2007
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stephen2504

digging garden

im digging my garden over which is hard work what shall i do with the chods of grass and weeds shall i put them in a big heep or what shall i do with them? my garden is 15 x 8 metres so there is a...
22:24 Sat 23rd Jun 20071 answer, last by HeadGardener 18:01 Fri 29th Jun 2007
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artblue

reduce hedge size

I wish to reduce the width of my hedge about a foot and also r educe the height,I have tried my hedge trimmer but that does not work I wondered about a electric chain saw.
18:19 Thu 21st Jun 20072 answers, last by artblue 18:21 Sat 23rd Jun 2007
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puddicat

want to start a veg garden

have a big garden cant say i am into gardening, but would love to grow my own veg and herbs,can anyone used any good book to get them started, and how did they get on?, it means me digging up some...
18:58 Mon 18th Jun 20072 answers, last by HeadGardener 10:54 Fri 22nd Jun 2007
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Treforda11

Peace lily

I have a very large Peace Lily and am wondering how I can split it
14:59 Thu 08th Mar 20072 answers, last by Treforda11 12:48 Fri 09th Mar 2007
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Oleanda

Weeds

My new garden has masses of two particular weeds. One looks like floppy coarse grass and upon digging I find it has tiny bulbs. The other is a small plant with flat roundish leaves and is now...
16:45 Wed 07th Mar 20076 answers, last by Solarjunkie 15:24 Thu 08th Mar 2007
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hobsonbear

weeds in a new lawn

some of my garden was removed during building work and i want to seed it but i know that brambles, nettle and bulbs will grow through in some places. how can i get rid of them so they don't come...
02:35 Fri 04th Feb 20053 answers, last by Kingaroo 18:49 Tue 08th Feb 2005
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GreenGraham

horsetail

Will growing turnips in a vegetable patch help eradicate horsetail?! I seem to remember reading this somewhere but now doubt my sanity
17:20 Sat 25th Sep 20042 answers, last by HeadGardener 19:59 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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Robinia

Front Garden Make-Over

Can anyone recommend a good site with ideas for front gardens please? I'm reasonbly knowledgeable about plants but not too confident on design & I've got an area (south facing) about 5m. x 3m. that I...
14:59 Sat 25th Sep 20044 answers, last by Newt 06:27 Tue 28th Sep 2004
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plj.foster

killing a Tree

Is it true , cutting a 3" strip of bark all the way round will kill it.
15:14 Sat 25th Sep 20042 answers, last by Newt 19:38 Sat 25th Sep 2004
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noelx

Dalhias that do not flower

My dalhias did not flower this year. Could it be because of the type of soil at my new house?
19:37 Fri 24th Sep 20042 answers, last by HeadGardener 22:35 Fri 24th Sep 2004
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fanacapan

waterlogged garden

Two years ago we laid bark over m,embrane in the garden but this year with all the extra rain it has become waterlogged an impossible to walk on . Any ideas please as to what we did wrong or how to...
13:23 Tue 10th Feb 20045 answers, last by fanacapan 02:08 Sun 22nd Feb 2004
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HeadGardener

Old fusty smelling books.

Is there anything that can be used on old fusty smelling books to reduce or eliminate the smell?
18:11 Wed 04th Feb 20045 answers, last by Tefler 12:46 Sat 21st Feb 2004
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SimonD

Why all the interest in the Norfolk Hoe?

I'm curious to know why everyone is asking about the Norfolk Hoe. Has it featured in the press/radio? I'm interested because I market similar tools from www.get-digging.co.uk and am also based in...
12:37 Wed 07th Jan 20044 answers, last by melandraf 18:15 Sun 11th Jan 2004
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Gillian1

victorian hotbeds

what was the primary heat source in victorian hotbeds?
22:38 Sun 04th Jan 20042 answers, last by HeadGardener 14:30 Mon 05th Jan 2004

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