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My greenhouse cucumbers are very healthy and vigorous,they've thrown out several branches with leaves,flowers and growing fruits ...BUT I have a feeling that I ought to stop them after so many... ...
Does anyone have one & if so is it starting to leaf yet?
I was beginning to think ours had not survived the winter, but it is just now starting to show the first signs of leaves....
I'm growing "Carolina Reaper" chillies for the first time but I must be doing something wrong. The plant is lush, green and I've got quite a few flowers growing on it. I've then gently pollinated...
I'm growing Carolina chillies for the first time, they look healthy and lush. But they've started to grow lots of leaves low down on the plant near the soil level. Should I leave them alone or would...
I have 6 lemon tree seedlings that I germinated from a lemon Whilst they are still alive they are still only approx 6-8 inches tall. They have leaves continuing to sprout I don’t know what you...
For those of you interested, the results of January's RSPB Great Garden Birdwatch are out....
First one for me, caught a squirrel sat on the fence eating a strawberry, that's how tasty they were. Did'nt think that they were on the menu!
Anyone grown this plant ? I have the smaller bugle, with the bronze leaves, which is doing well but I wondered if the giant variety might do even better as a ground-cover, weed smotherer, being much...
this winter, what with all these heavy frosts.
It looks like its Wilton....
i had a large box of geraniums on display on my balcony till yesterday, still flowering but found they were literally covered in green ahpids "in December" ! ive got rid as i'm getting fresh ones next...
Has anybody grown courgettes this year? I have had quite a lot but found something is eating one or two, possibly slugs so I`m trying out something i.e.: Enclosed each one still growing with a thin...
Several plants(Everbearing) grown through black plastic have leaves that have big holes munched in them and some flower stems are brown and dead. I have checked the plants and the soil under the...
Does anyone know where the fuel pipes go on a petrol hedge trimmer 2 stroke it has a little plunger on the side 2 pipes on carb and 2 coming from tank thanks
Does anyone know of a supplier of GU10 spiked garden lights with a cable gland of 9mm. It takes a 50w halogen. I have fitted my own lights previously, but I cannot find a unit with this diameter cable...
I am so pleased - along with everything else being early, our lovely Seagull rambling rose, which goes along the fence and up the back of the house, is just coming into flower. It's a full month early...
I have several Dianthus that have been happily growing for several years in a sunny ,south-west facing sloping border . They have finished flowering and I cut away the brown and dried foliage, they...
I have caterpillers on my tub plants ...apart from manually picking them off,what is the best insecticide to use...there are so many of them???
Was wondering if anyone has bought one of these and if so what do they think of it please? I can only see it on two sites online not even on the Yeoman website itself so wondering if it's cracked up...
Am having trouble with the spool. Have rewound line several times. Cuts O.K. for about 6 inches then when you examine the spool there is about 1" wire protruding which will not advance when using the...
I have an old Gardena THS 400 electric hedge trimmer on which I have just renewed the blades, but now the motor drive shaft helical gear has worn out. The gear is integral to the motor drive shaft, so...