Soil For Raised Beds.
Rhododendron need slightly acid soil How to Prepare the Soil in Your Raised Beds for Healthy, Productive Plants Preparing the soil in your raised beds is one of the most important steps in creating...
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Establishing Quercus.
Question We have a 12ft Quercus Suber feathered 20/25cm girth which we bought at that height a year ago.We have a south facing garden.It does not appear to have grown at all since then...
Starting A Vegetable Garden In October.
The Organic Garden Catalogue offers two late sowing seed collections, one vegetable,and on the other salad which are quite interesting and can provide vital information for organic vegetable gardeners. In October you can still...
Ant Issues.
Ants can cause concern but they are a nuisance rather than destructive pests. They feed mainly on insects,including other ants.They also look for the sweet liquid known as honeydew,which is excreted by aphids and...
Grape Vine From Seed.
growing a grape from seed most people like to buy plants because then they know that they will get a cultivar that is good at fruiting.It is very exciting to grow your own grape...
Reducing The Size Of A Callistemon (Bottle Brush Plant).
Callistemon – cut out a third when danger of frost has passed and then to give it a good feed with growmore (but no more than the advised amount as too much fertiliser can...
Brambles Invading Other Plants.
Question I have a number of brambles creeping through my conifers how can I control them. Answer Brambles by there very nature will often invade other plants and creep and crawl through the plant...
Hoof And Horn Fertilizer For Garden Plants.
Hoof and horn fertilizer is the traditional slow release fertilizer used in gardening since the victorian times.As the name suggests its simply ground up anaimal bones and contains hoof and horns of cattle etc.It...
Carnation From Cuttings.
carnations they are not very long lived plants and need to be renewed from cuttings every few years.If you have any growth that is still healthy I would take some cuttings or ‘pipes’and start...
Pruning Callistemon Rugulosus.
Question How do I prune my Callistemon rugulosus. Answer With regards to your question on your Callistemon rugulosus I would be inclined to cut out a third when danger of frost has passed and...
