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lily beetle

I am planning my garden for the season.In the previous two seasons my garden has been plagued by lily beetle,my crown imperials were attacked and all my lilys.I have read that spraying sunflower oil on plants will help.Does anybody have any advise by sal3

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27/02/2012 14:41:47

by honey2

Talkback: Ants

that Ivy attracts ants,espcially red ants and that Penny Royal is a good deterant?? I have millions of ants both outside and inside. they undermine my veg garden and Inside i have slight succes by using lavender oil in the floor wash. In the garden only by kaycurtis

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01/07/2012 12:26:04

by sotongeoff

Talkback: Dandelion

on the fresh wound.Lovely.Thanks for all your tips above, I will be getting out there with the salt, any moment now... Eat the dandelions, don't kill them! These plants are one of the first flowers in spring and the bees love them. The flowers are also edible by PamelaJ

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19/04/2012 21:15:10

by dawjan

Oh no, lily beetles are back!

Hi all, I finally managed to get 8 rows of potatoes planted this evening (it has been too wet in the East Midlands to do heavy work on my clay soil for the last month), so decided to have a look at how my lilies (in pots) were doing before the light by BobTheGardener

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17/05/2012 15:07:22

by Emma Crawforth

Rosemary

My current one is probably going to be dead in the next month or so because the roots are too damaged so I got two replancement ones from work for a quid. So my question in how to plant these two so they survive? My crurrrent one is in a pot by Swedboy

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26/04/2012 08:01:33

by Italophile

Talkback: Beetles, wasps and toads

There's a new beetle on the block, or should I say lavender plant. Its shiny black with stripes ranging from pale orange to dark red, about the size of a ladybird, could be mistaken for one i guess, except its unusual colours. Did check out by Excited finder

28/11/2011 18:31:52

by Richard Pidds

Beetroot

? If you get nothing, you can eat the leaves in salads. Good tip, Alina. I blanch the stems for about 30 seconds, then the leaves for about 10 seconds, drain and dry them them very well, toss them with some nice vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, and P by Bettyslad

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23/05/2012 10:36:46

by Italophile

coverup climber wanted

Hi, I'm looking for a plant that I can use to climb up a large drain pipe, 10cm diameter and then round off onto a a piece of trellis work above my kitchen window. Its on a sw facing wall with little shade. It would need to be very happy by debanslow

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12/06/2012 17:49:37

by auntie betty

Talkback: Growing veg in containers - garden pests

was planting beans. I eventually dug up one two inch one and took it to the youngster. That's as far as I can go in killing or, helping to kill, anything living. I have grass snakes in my raised vegetable beds. They disturb the soil and seedlings and I don by Jane

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28/11/2011 18:43:46

by tillymint21

Frost damaged Ivy

Caster Oil plant which is planted in front of the Ivy has also died. I really do hope the ivy is not dead as it is is so well established will take a long time to grow another one. Hi all you can do is to cut off the brown leaves and hope that new by Lavender Lady

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18/04/2013 21:36:55

by Dovefromabove

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