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Giant fruit

Loads of people grow oversized prize winning vegetables but does anyone grow oversized prize winning fruit?

Picea glauca var-albertiana conica

I have 2 conica trees both in the same position sunny, and in big plant boxes both planted in the same sil. One of them is dying, all the pines have dropped and the other one is starting to go the...

elephant1234

banana plants

I have a very health banana plant with about 7 suckers how do i go about removing these for replanting

Thunderbird+

Pitta Patta Pitta Patta

I went on holiday last week, boy o'h boy, what a week it was, it only rained twice the whole week- once for three days and once for four.

1960darrenh

aaarrrhhh got to get rid of this bird!

Ive got a bird in my back garden that makes a constant repetitive chirp. When it sees cats it goes beserk. It swoops at them but the cats take no notice. The bird just goes mad until the cats...

stephen2504

rotavator

can i just set a rotavator away on a now dead weed infested garden without turning it over first

purdy2007

side shoots

Should I pinch out the side shoots on a cherry tomato plant?

zombie1000

climbing plants

Hi folks I am looking for a hardy climbing plant for my garden. I have just finished decking my patio and have constructed two large planters and require a year round plant to climb up my willow...

Cockney_si

Soil into pots

Anyone know of a quick way to put soil into plant pots without getting hands too dirty or spilling soil all over the floor?

tiggertan

Cherry tree.... Help!

Hi all, my cherry tree is dropping it's fruit. In past years it bore lots of healthy cherries and this year it's not a happy tree! Please help. XXX.

Sammylad

I have some Torch Lillies, where the lower heads have now died. I am a total novice at gardening, and want to know whether I should break the heads off, or the entire stalk? When will they re-flower...

dorothee

unidentified flowering shrub in the garden

If I describe this plant - can someone, somewhere - please give it a name (it appeared approx. 2 + years ago). It's a shrub, with dark green - purpilish leaves (not shiney ). It flowers in a drop...

Cockney_si

Plant watering system

Anyone got any good ideas of a simple but effective plant watering system that i couild get a six year old to be able to use... i.e. put a small amount of water into a place and then later it waters...

Morag1

Seaside Garden

We live in the North of scotland 200 yeards from the North Sea. anything i put into my garden just gets blasted and shrivelled by the wind. The last straw has been my St John's Wort shrubs - any...

Thunderbird+

What the.....?

Anyone have any idea how I ended up with a bunch of flower pots and a window box in the back of my pickup truck as I drove through Brighton the other night ? I would'nt mind so much if they were'nt...

mackdigger

passion fruit

How do I get my passiflora to bear fruit

ibelieve

Thistles

My nephew recently passed away aged 14, his favourite flowers were thistles and I would like to know where to buy some, on line, for our garden .

Lonnie

Unidentified Plant. I have an ID.

Mainly for Cetti, and Tbird, We went to our local RHS gardens today, and they had some, had the picture with me, and spoke to one of the Gardeners. Its an 'Inula Orientalis', Although on fairness to...

waltekar

Lawn

We have a pretty uneven lawn and in two places, it really dips and you walk down into the dip and up again (about 2'x3'). How do you build up a lawn to become level with the rest? Thanks.

what..the?

Want to make my own fly screens

I have decided on two different styles one for doors and one for windows. I have velcro, doublesided tape and tension rods. All I need now is the net fabric. Wonder if anyone knows where I can go...

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