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Talkback: Hooray for pak choi!

box construction please.Am interested in building one but unsure of dimensions and insulation, do you use manure and leaf/straw or is solar heat enough? by Colin Knill

28/11/2011 18:30:20

by Lynn

fusias

varieties or trailing look fine. Vine weevils can be a pest- you would see the tell-tale leaf notches if the pot got infested. Hardy ones can survive a reasonable winter in large, well insulated pots, but I always take cuttings of mine every year by MS NICK

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22/06/2012 17:53:22

by donutsmrs

Talkback: Planting to cut winter fuel bills

Hi Adam when I take my dogs for a walk up the golf course I always walk next to the bushes as it cut down the wind speed and always feels warm than walking down the fairways,There must be savings to be made by over insulating the out side of a by oldchippy

04/02/2013 20:41:34

by Adam Pasco

Recycling compost from last years tomato growbags

-chopped up stuff in the compost bins, it has been colder than normal and due to critical illness in the family I didn't get the change to put more insulation round the compost bins Can I recycle the compost from last year's tomato growbags? How could I by Frank E

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17/02/2013 07:44:25

by Gardening Grandma

Needing old mouse or vole nests

is 32oC, so unless the nest box is indoors the queen needs nesting material that will provide enough insulation. She will modify and arrange what is there, but she will not add to it (carder bees are the exception). So the amount and kind of nesting by BrummieBen

10/03/2013 12:50:34

by figrat

Heated Bench

then make holes the size of the pots used (lets say "3" pots) and then insert the pots into the holes, this then insulates the important part of the pot which is the part which has the roots. I made one by using this site and a video by toby buckland by Brumbull

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10/03/2013 12:40:04

by Brumbull

Talkback: How to fit guttering on a greenhouse

copper. Not a good idea. Otherwise I agree with you. Just use aluminium alloy for the brackets where possible, or insulate the metals from each other with plastic, or possibly paint the copper to minimise metallic contact between the two. Thanks by Marrowcourgette

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13/05/2012 18:50:59

by ianrollason

Dahlia Tubers

tubers. I hope your shed is reasonably frost free. In this weather it is better to put them in a box, cardboard will do, and cover them in dry soiless compost as insulation. A cool but airy place indoors might be better, but they may start shooting which by Sallyann1964

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09/02/2012 23:28:46

by trillium2cv

Using Builders netting to screen greenhouse

insulation then no-you are going to need something without holes like fleece or bubble-wrap- to go on the inside-I don't think netting will help at all Debris netting is brilliant for shading. but not alot of cop for keeping heat in as it would shade by SZYMAGEO2

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27/04/2012 12:14:41

by backyardee

Greenhouses

, look at multi-wall polycarbonate panels, as they have greatly increased insulation properties over glass (although extremely expensive double-glazed glass panels are available, too.) We have a polycarbonate greenhouse and are very happy with it. We by Johnboy2

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30/07/2012 21:21:12

by Johnboy2

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