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Well, I have a tray full of autumn sown broad beans bursting out of their pots, the plants are about 4 ins high. Do I need to repot or put them in the (very soggy, heavy) ground ? They do need to go outside-can you cover the ground with something by blueberry77

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04/01/2013 10:19:53

by summerpots

Protecting plants from frost

just wondered what needs protection. I have planted up a lot of pots with fuscias, lobelias etc and also have dahlias and sweet peas in the ground so should I be covering them in fleece everytime there is a frost? Many thanks for any advice! It has by Abby2

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16/05/2012 22:25:21

by Strewberry

Osteospernum

lovely white flower with variagated leaves that was in a large pot that I lost one winter. Should I move all the pots under cover or are they hardy? Apparently the temperature is going to drop down to freezing tonight. I am in Cornwall. I would by ChristyRose

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17/11/2012 20:53:34

by Verdun

Bind Weed / Top soil

see but obvioulsy concerned that i will end up with bind weed in my new flower boarder as i'm bound to have missed some. my partner wants to cover the whole boarder with weed killer therefore my questions are: If we cover the boarder with weed killer by karen williams2

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14/01/2013 14:01:08

by sotongeoff

Talkback: Snow

The garden with the tree's covered in snow look fantastic my cotinus has large blobs of snow attached to the twigs which look like flowers and my willow tree the top is covered in snow which gives it a great hairstyle effect. Here in Northampton we by Jane Moore

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28/11/2011 18:37:53

by WILMIL

Bare root roses arriving tomorrow - help!

garden (i asume you have some) survive the frost so these will too. If you havent got any ground suitable put them in a couple of builders buckets and cover all the roots with soil they will be fine. Thanks Rosa carriola and galest - some very useful tips by happycottontail

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01/02/2013 22:34:59

by Busy-Lizzie

Help! How can you get rid of grass in the border?

or shine ). Any advice is a tremendous help. Thank you FG In that case I think that your only real option is to pay someone to dig it out. Once that's done you could try covering the ground with a weed-proof membrane and covering that in turn with bark by Forestgump

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28/05/2012 10:22:00

by Forestgump

Growing potatoes in pots

compost bag...free. And roll the bag down, to about a foot high off ground and punch some holes into it. Fill it with compost, put 3 potatoes in and cover with few good handfuls of compost - roll up bag slightly if need be. It's a bit too early just yet by 222222222

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07/03/2013 10:30:52

by marshmello

Rhus Typhina

About two years ago I planted a Rhus Typhina which has now grown to about 6ft tall. However, it has two main stems which fork at about 9" from the ground. One stem is perfectly straight and the other is at a 45 deg angle. Unfortunately, a couple by Websken

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19/07/2012 07:04:24

by Websken

planting where path used to be

Hi, I have lifted a number of slabs in the garden to create more space for plants but beneath the old slabs the earth is covered in concrete / cement powder (looks like grey sand). I don't think I want to grow any veg in this but I am unsure of how by novicegardenerB

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02/03/2012 09:49:58

by xerxes

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