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Problem affecting impatiens, tomatoes and geraniums

Put them outside yes but I think fleece is a sensible precaution for couple of days.  I dont think there is an  issue but have a look for soil pests like vine weevil. They do attack pelargoniums and impatiens

sambucus black lace cutting back? confusing advice

You can cut elders as hard as you like...no problem at all.

I wouldn't move your elder.  However, cuttings are so easy, so quick and can be taken now.  You will have a new plant next year

MORNING FORKERS

Artjak...it was ME!  Lol

Pinch out when a pair of new shoots is soon on stems.  Pinch out often to effectively double up on growth.  My cosmos are in 1 litre pots and very bushy.  I will plant out in 2 weeks or so but also pot on some imto 2 or 3 litre pots for later plantImg.

Coincidentally my neighbour was planting out his cosmos yesterday...straggly 5" or so specimens each with a terminal flower bud ....ideal candidates for slug bait. I persuaded him to pot on some and pinch out in the process

Problem affecting impatiens, tomatoes and geraniums

There is a disease of busy lizzies....have you got the normal ones?

Most of us now grow disease resistant varieties, like the new guinea hybrids because over the past 3 years or so busy lizzies have been attacked by a fungal disease that is fatal to them.  Sounds very much like your plants have this.

I think your tomatoes and pelargoniums will be ok 

Problem affecting impatiens, tomatoes and geraniums

Are these plants together in the greenhouse?  Sounds like the sun has been too strong and the plants not totally hardened off.  

I would feed and ensure watering is adequate.

Busy lizzies do not like strong sun, the tomatoes are young plants with immature leaves so sensitive to sun.  

I would be interested in other comments....some of my pelargoniums have white leaves but I do t suspect pest or disease.  I expect them to grow out of this state

Marigolds in the veg patch

Occasionally I plant marigolds in my veg patch.  Sometimes for appearance but also because they apparently deter eelworm and other pests from inhabiting the soil. 

Others do this?  Or anything else?  It's a sort of companion planting ....as one would do in the greenhouse, viz.   marigolds or tagetes with tomatoes for whiteflly

to bark or not

Have to agree with bookertoo, I don't dig my garden either....except for runner bean trench.....and simply add compost each year.  Digging,often destroys,the structure of the soil. 

Bark is a great hiding place for nasties ...there are better mulches....but I would dig it into your soil

MORNING FORKERS

Andy...we will miss you if you don't post

creating a full bodied hedge

When trimming hedges aim for the top to be narrower than the base.  So a slight angle to enable light to reach the base.  Hedges look better like that anyway

Advise for a newbie please :What can I plant under runner beans?

You can grow lettuce there.  I do that for early lettuce crops whethe lettuce is ready but beans not ready for picking...still growing

Shallots

best foliage perennial plant for the garden

ACER FLAMINGO

drat and curses to this hot sunny weather

The best dicentra is........?

Expensive perennial plug plants

SPIGELIA

Saint or sinner?.....don't like annuals

It's made my day......

Marigolds in the veg patch

Cannot propagate new guinea impatiens

Veronicastrums and heleniums

The very best variegated herbaceous n perennial plants....and do you like em?

More blue n yellow

Late seed sowing