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what feed?

great tips- many thanks

what feed?

Many thanks for this, especially as i now know what i need to get the most from the hostas!

Thank you

what feed?

Hi,

I was just reading an article in the RHS mag that said magnesium deficiency causing yellowing leaves etc, can be caused by over use of nitrogen feeds such as tomato feed as potassium competes with magnesium for uptake by plants.

I use as much home made compost on my garden as i can get, tomato feed on toms, and a nettle feed (every few weeks or so- well watered down) & pelleted chicken manure (occasionally) as a general feed for all flowering plants, fruit and veg. I also have quite a few ferns and hostas.

Is there a gernal rule of thumb with regard to what feeds to use and for which plant? are soem feeds better suited to foliage plants and others flowering or fruiting plants?

All this has really made me wonder if i'm doing the right thing.I'd really appreciate some straightforward advice.

many thanks in advance

weed or plant ID help needed

I really appreciate all your suggestions.

I did have an aster last year or the year before, but can't remember where i planted it and thought it hadn't survived the winter. I guess perhaps it did after all, and has seeded itself, there's rather a lot of it. I've replanted some that I'd dug up, will wait and see.

weed or plant ID help needed

Many thanks- I'll stop pulling it all out then.

weed or plant ID help needed

not sure why these images aren't displaying, i hve ensured they're public.

leafy thing:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30911797@N07/7329212752/

red bit in the middle:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30911797@N07/7329234194/

weed or plant ID help needed

Hi,

I wonder if anyone could help identify these two plants, they've come up in a border and i don't recognise them so suspect theyr're weeds. The first there are quite a few of, about two foot tall (at present in south east), leafy,no buds so far. Seems to be fairly shallow rooted, cream coloured & fibrous, but spreading through roots.

the second with the red centre, I've not pulled this up yet so not sure bout roots. there is just the one I've found so far, it's about 40cmtall and has a ed centre (not the lupin the background)

any  advice & suggestions gratefully

received.

Alkanet

Thanks for your comments. I'll continue composting it, if nothing else it's bulks it up, but will avoid the roots. I take it flowers are OK so long as they've not yet set seed?

Alkanet

Hi,

My garden has loads of green alkanet growing. A few years ago ( before i'd realised what this was) someone told me it was comfrey, so i'd been composting it for quite some time before i found out otherwise. Now i know better, but given it's part of the same family as comfrey, I wondered if it is it advisable to compost the leaves and stems, leaving the roots and flowers to the local dump or should i remove all of it to the dump?

bargain seed potatoes

to pinch out or not

Is it Ok to keep picking rhubarb

Lavender from seed

what feed?

weed or plant ID help needed

Alkanet