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very good crop. Thanks. Reply to Terry: The very wet weather during August and September probably caused rotting to start. Brown rot is quite common on apples, and often starts when apples get damaged due to insects or bird activity. Some fruits may rot

can see the probem. Doesn't guarantee a diagnosis, but it helps. Are the spots actually yellow? Or a pale brown/fawn, as in necrotic (dead) leaf tissue? And when you say the light levels are low, how much sunlight are the plants getting

black. Is this normal? Any advice on how to make this sucessful? Hello rootbeer, When I've taken cuttings from these plants I tend to take them with an aerial root attached. Thats the brown root that comes from the stems, these roots grow downwards

as a result? Just a guess... Lots of things that would normally be dead headed have to have their dead flowers nipped off with the secatuers, the ground was so wet that the whole plant came out or the stem just came off at the rot line! Great gardening

....however...... Now they are dying. The leaves are turning brown and curling over. Having looked on the Internet, they say it's because I have planted them out at that wrong time. Apparently you should plant them out in the autumn, they never said this on the plants

.Every soil needs feeding with compost to boost its organic content, and mulching with well-rotted material does just that. Thick bark chips or "pretty" man-made materials like glass, tyres and broken up CDs (yuck â?? who, other would ever use these in a

feeling that if I leave them they will come back next year (?) but do I chop off all the leaves, right back to soil level or just let them rot away, or something else altogether. I'm sure this is a really basic question but everyone assumes you know what

buy them? They may not be vine weevil grubs-take a photo and someone will identify them for you When did you add the add the manure etc-was it well rotted or fresh?-did it smell,full of flies? The manure was well rotted - bought in bags from a garden

little 'brown' matter. That is, too much kitchen waste and not enough garden stuff. The flies are attracted by the aromatics of fruit and veg fermentation so more dead leaves, corrugated paper and prunings may help dilute the fruitiness of the decay. Hi

After a rare day that I could go out in the garden without a snorkle, thermals and a weatsuit I have spotted that my Clematis Cassis that I bought last year seems to have just gone brown and died. It is two years old and grows close to a Montana