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Talkback: How to improve your soil

It's February in Detroit, MI USA and both my compost pile (three, actually) and my soil are still frozen. Nonetheless, it has been my habit to mulch heavily in the fall, dig this in as the weather warms and apply fresh compost (or other mulch, if I by BillinDetroit

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15/03/2012 15:31:38

by Emma Crawforth

Clematis

hole and mulched which I didnt really do. I also have few plants round them to offer shade to their "feet"......I haven't pruned at all due to their not being much to prune!...Should I replant, or make a couple of adjustments and be more patient by Brycey D

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18/03/2013 22:31:34

by Brycey D

Talkback: Apple and pear scab

to treat the whole tree?CheersS my pears have black fungal type marks on them which disfigures. In the past i have used a seaweed mulch and it worked but this year it has notworked, altho recently mulched some months ago.One tree not mulched, after years by bigdow

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20/05/2012 15:26:48

by Janet Comerford

KILLING IVY

Would mulch or some kind of covering eradicate ivy? We have a well established section that covers the whole bed & the roots are impossible to remove! Use a glyphosate spray or gel-like Roundup-but you might have to repeat the treatment a couple by Dahlia2

30/07/2012 22:29:37

by christopher2

Raised asparagus bed

I have a shallow raised bed of asparaus which is just 3 years old and I am about to replace the temprary wooden edging used to create it. The new edging will allow me to increase the depth of the bed by about 3 inches giving the crowns a deep mulch by gerrya

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26/04/2012 15:32:29

by gerrya

Help - should my acer palmatum be in acid soil?

for the best? Thanks for any advice! It is wrong advice based on that in nature they are found in dappled sun in woodlands. They like any loose compost, so any from the garden centre, with a mulch and feed and they will be fine. I've never planted any of my by lindsay2610

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02/04/2013 20:40:41

by Brumbull

Talkback: Ferns in pots

for three hours and I have two achantus that I dare say would grow underneath six foot of concrete! You just can't kill these plants in my garden. My one essential is to mulch dry shade ery generously and good luck with yours! @Greenthumb wannabe, I would by David Doncaster

15/04/2012 13:13:13

by Wintersong

What do I do with Rhodendriums

the hole well beforehand & also well water the plant in once planted. I personally also would put some bonemeal into the planting hole beneath the plant. I'd also mulch it afterwards- compost, bark chips etc. As with any new planting dont let it dry out by Julie J

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17/06/2012 10:20:16

by Robot

red hot pokers

hi all, any body know the best thing to do with red hot pokers over the winter. they look so untidy right now and i would dearly love to cut them off around ground level and give them a good mulch to protect them. any ideas? many thanks Hello by bossdaddy

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17/12/2011 15:22:07

by siann

pruning

where the new shoots are and you can cut the old wood back to the new sproutings. Emma gardenersworld.com team Hi Annie, I live in West Devon, and agree with Emma, cut them down in the Spring, they would also benefit from a nice dollop of mulch about 4 by annie11

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19/12/2011 19:19:25

by Lyn

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