Best Compost For Growing Potatoes
Potatoes grow best in open textured compost that is rich in organic matter. When it comes to compost, a well-balanced compost that is rich in nutrients and has a neutral pH is generally the...
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Chafer Grub Control.
Nemasys Chafer Grub Killer. Chafer grub killer is the recommended application to most lawns during August and early October.This is when the young grub larvae are active and the temperature is above 12ºC (54ºF)....
Leather Jacket Control On Lawns.
Daddy longlegs or crane flies come from leather jacket larva in your lawn Leather jackets are the larvae of crane flies, which are also known as daddy-long-legs. They are a common pest that can...
Plants And Damp Peaty Soil.
Most flowering plants that need peaty or acid soil are not too keen on damp conditions and one would therefore have to drain the soil.This can be done by installing a drainage system into...
Slippy Decking.
Often softwood decking can become slippy due to a of a build up a layer of algae and litchens which become slippy in wet conditions.These are in effect small micro plants feeding on the...
Nectarine Tree Loosing Fruit.
Nectarine tree land other type of fruit trees loosing fruit is often due to a lack or potash and/or Magnesium in the soil.A good general feed of a plant food such as growmore fertilizer...
Building A Waterfall.
Building a waterfall we would normally only cement in the key rock and then stack the remaining rocks on these key rocks but it does depend on how steep the water fall is.1 to...
Non Flowering Narcissus/Daffodils.
Why Aren’t My Daffodils Flowering? How to Fix Non-Flowering Daffodils There’s nothing more disappointing than waiting eagerly for your daffodils to bloom in spring, only to be met with plenty of green leaves...
Late Spring For Pruned Shrubs.
Most shrubs that are pruned hard back in the winter months will take longer than normal in the spring to show signs of the buds bursting into life, especially if you have cut them...
Soil PH Explained For Veg Gardens.
Every soil has a pH level,imagine it is scales,the middle of the scale being pH 6.5 which is the average or most common soil normally associated with a loam or clay loam soil.At one...
