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teaming with red admirals whose caterpillars fed on my nettle clumps. It's been worth all the nettle stings. This is my first year of growing vegetables and I am keen to try Monty's recommendation of sowing green manure over winter. However, have scoured by judyjenn

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28/11/2011 18:44:09

by terrycc

Hops

plant that is so easy to grow. An added bonus is that the bees and butterflies love them and blue tits and robins enjoy the seeds in the winter. I have the hop plants clambering up an apple tree and up my pergola. They die down in the winter and new by auntie betty

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01/09/2012 09:48:48

by jatnikapyar

Ballarina Trees

on the post. Still none the wiser as I don't have fruit trees. Note to oneself - read the post properly ! I have just had a balleria apple tree removed from my garden. It was supposed to grow to a height of 2M. It was taller than the house when it was cut by Katiejane

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07/03/2013 14:08:41

by Cestvalere

Talkback: Floral dispays in France

could and would grow the same plants all over the country. I am a British national by the way.Mary I have a 30ft apple tree in my garden which produces cooking apple size fruits. The skins are deep red, and the flesh is red also. The blossoms are pink by kaycurtis

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28/11/2011 18:39:30

by 0000000

misletoe

it prefers - I know it likes apples. Also they did say it could take up to two years before you see any sign of genrmination as they talked about checking progress each spring. Good luck Hi ChrissieB i just looked at the how to grow site, the missletoe is a by cedric blackwell

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21/12/2012 10:41:01

by santa moniker

small tree suggestions please

north wall. The Laburnum vossii does look lovely though and not too big at 7m. Re the Crab apples Malus John Downie is lovely. Acer griseum too could be a good choice. Lots of choices! What about a sambucus nigra (black Elder) it says it can grow to 8 by staffsmags

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05/07/2012 10:31:13

by staffsmags

Talkback: Spring blossom on fruit trees

? Or do I need to be more patient in terms of years. I would be grateful for any advice! For Jane of Craigenally Farm. There is a great book about growing apples, particularly in SW Scotland. "Apples in Scotland" by John Butterworth. Wellworth a read by kathy korpe

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28/11/2011 18:31:22

by Crealmdillery

Potatoes

HI would like to know the best potatoes to plant this year, last year our potatoes fell apart when boiled but in middle was dry and flourie Thanks Pauline Hello Pauline, It sounds as though you need to grow salad potatoes. There are plenty by paulinefuller

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18/01/2012 20:01:20

by Terence Jones

No berries on my rowan trees

's on end. But that is only a guess, and yours may be suffering from a quite different problem. If you mean that it was planted last year, my guess is that it's spent this growing season trying to establish a good root system (even plants have to prioritise by Dolores2

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09/08/2012 09:08:22

by Dovefromabove

Talkback: Organic pest control

Yes Jennifer I've had exactly the same happen to my Bishop of Llandaff. Good idea of yours for the cloche, I'll definitely try it. Can anyone tell me how long an adult vine weevil lives? Yes all this is fine for apples and plums but - do you know by margaretm

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28/11/2011 18:29:59

by Laura Harman

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