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up’ one or more of the organisms that can cause damping off.I’m not saying don’t use water butts, but it’s well worth taking care with what plants you use the water on. I use water butt water on more mature plants, and on those in open ground. I

I'm the proud owner of two whopping great carnivorous plants. One was a present to my son from his granddad, the other is a rescue plant (much like our rescue cat!).Right now my greenhouse is looking decidedly miserable. My pepper and tomato plants

the sun's rays, burning leaves beneath them. This effect is exacerbated if the plants are in the greenhouse. I think this has happened to some of my ripening peppers.Some crops, like tomatoes and chillies, can develop low calcium levels if they have been

off the worst affected areas, and bin them. As last year was so wet, it’s likely that fungal diseases will thrive this spring, but hopefully drier weather will check their progress. Now the sun is shining I’ll open the door of my greenhouse, to give my