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who have this prob tell me more please,,,,, Alan4711  Conifers such as leylandii do not regrow from brown wood so, as long as you chop off the tops and take the branches back into brown wood, they will stop growing. They will also be effectively dead

free, but a disappointing crop in terms of size and number of spuds. Why is that, I wonder (I did water regularly) johnd- I find potatoes are such gross feeders that I do not get a good crop unless I put a layer of well-rotted horse manure over the bed

having similar problems. Planted in  asunny, well drained spot, the plant settled in well with lots of new growth, but this Spring the leaves are turning yellow and brown and dropping off, and I can't understand why. I've watered and fed but to no avail

in the big bed...towards the front wall...started with Rosemary - I had two - one that was larger and had been there for 7 years - suddenly the old leaves started getting brown under the fresh growth and it died (thought maybe the harsh winter had killed

I have a 50cm tall Beaucarnea Recurvata which splits into 4 branches near it's top.  I have had it for about 13 years.  A few months ago I noticed that one of the branches appeared to be dying off; the leaves were brown at their base, ie where

I'm in a quandary over what to do about potato blight (Phytophthora infestans), a fungal infection that causes foliage to develop dark patches and can result in the rotting of the tubers. We didn't seem to suffer from it at all on my last plot

and brown and crumbly as it has been rotting down for years, but the people who made the compost sprayed their veggie, is this compost safe for my plot. Would appreciate advice. thank you is it O.K. to use old spent compost purchased from garden centres etc

make them worse. When you say that it is rotting, what exactly do you mean? Cherry trees don't just start to rot from the rain. Just remember that Ceanothus does not sprout new growth from old wood, so if in pruning hard back you think it will re

looking unhealthy, leaves starting to develop brown, yellow patches, holes etc. I did some pruning to get the leaves away from the soil, suspecting blight, and they did start to improve - I suspect thanks to the hot spell.Now the weather's been more

for grass cuttings is male human urine. The more different plant material there is in compost the better it is, but grass properly rotted down is better than nothing. Not easy to get to rot properly as it tends to go anaerobic and instead of decomposing