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mystery plant

Posted: 17/06/2013 at 18:04

Oxalis iron cross is what that is.

new user - cannot sign in - please help - thanks

Posted: 17/06/2013 at 16:51

This site should be renamed the The Twilight Zone, bizarre to say the least !

weed killer!

Posted: 16/06/2013 at 22:17

I've poured salt onto the crushed and bruised remains of Dock, which I can never dig out .....and the baby leaves that were left are now dead. Hopefully the root is too.

Carrots.

Posted: 16/06/2013 at 22:08

Yes, now is fine. I sow mine in a 50/50 sharp sand mix in boxes off the ground. So don't have that bother with the fly now.

Cleaning out a pond

Posted: 16/06/2013 at 21:54

Lovely pond !!

I used to have 2 ponds in my garden. The fish pond was in full sun and always went green and a bit of a battle at times. And the wildlife pond was in shade from 11am onwards......and I could always see to the bottom of it - crystal clear water.

You should try the plank idea for a few weeks, if you don't have kids. Starve the algae of its food source, the sun. See if you can rid the water of its green hue. It might still look cloudy but with hand filtering and partial water changes this would improve in time.

No, the plank idea won't look attractive but experiments never do. It could give you a direction in which to follow from here. But don't cover the lilies or oxygenating though - they need full sun.

Strawberries

Posted: 16/06/2013 at 20:19

lol Nope, is the shortest answer. Just pick 20 and eat at once.

foxes

Posted: 16/06/2013 at 20:16

I got pest control in, to sort a fox problem at the allotment - there was a den next door in a neighbouring garden and the mess it left behind was unbelievable. Pest control's solution was to spray the the area with the scent of a dominate fox every two weeks for 6 weeks. To my surprise, it worked a treat and the fox moved out.

I did ask if it could be caught and released. The answer was no.

Tried the male urine trick.....it didn't work ! Nor did human hair, collected from the hairdressers.

Tomato mosaic virus

Posted: 15/06/2013 at 21:16

Good greenhouse hygiene should be followed regardless. You wouldn't eat food from a dirty kitchen, so why would you grow food in a dirty greenhouse. It should be cleaned and disinfected on a regular basis.

The local school has a greenhouse and the pupils grow various flowers/veg. It annoys me every time I pass, to see the filth that no one thinks too clear.