Geranium Cuttings.
Geranuims -One of the easier plants to propagate is a geranium from stem cuttings.At the end of the summer you can take cutting from the plants that have been in your garden over the...
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Soil Erosion By Water.
A simple method to help prevent soil erosion by water in the case of a stream or rain water running down a slope is to grass the area with grass seed and plant Cornus...
How To Plant A Bank.
To planting a garden bank for low maintenance.Many gardens have areas of banks and although they can be turfed you still have the problem of mowing them.The best solution is to plant the plants...
Replacing A Pond Liner.
Pond liners – Replacing a pond liner the best time to do this is early spring or in the late autumn. Often you can leave the old liner behind and place the new liner...
Loss Of Frogs And Toads Over Winter.
The GardenAdvice team has noticed that over the few months we have lost quite a few frogs/toads this winter.It appears the winter extremes have been too much for them.So this years its going to...
Non Fruiting Grape Vine.
There are a couple of main reasons why grapes fail to fruit. The first is a lack of fruiting spurs where the fruits are produced from.This is normally due to a plant being to...
Lemon Trees – Heavy Aphid Attack.
Heavy aphid attack on the the lemon trees I would treat them with a systemic insecticide called Provado by spraying the leaves and watering some into the pots,this is available from most garden centre...
Compost/Soil For Growing Container Lemon Trees.
Ideally the soil for growing indoor lemon trees should have a high organic content and be a soil based compost such as John Innes compost slightly on the acid site around about a pH...
Irrigation For A Vegetable Plot.
Irrigation I think for vegetable plots,the best is a leaky pipe system which waters the ground slowly and does not do much damage to the soil structure.Its OK to water with a hose and...
Eucalyptus Winter Damage.
Eucalyptus gunni which is the most commonly grown tree in the Uk and the hardiest species can be killed by frost and freezing condition that last more than 24 hours.However in most cases you...
