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Keeping cosmos short
for their full height. Thank you! Hi Jovia, I've grown Cosmos in big pots before, by pinching out the tips you will get good bushy plants but they will still be quite tall and may need support. They can look quite spectacular though I'm wondering how big by Jovia Noon
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28/04/2012 17:52:20
by LisaJ
flopping hedges
shaping them or putting up a small fence infront to aid support, but he said he doesnt want either, so im stuck is there some way of keeping the hedge up right  ? help What sort of hedge are they?  How long have they been planted? There is no magic by coopergte
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06/04/2013 15:46:03
by chilli lover
Climber to cover large wall
you can plant it now. It will need some supporting as well. As it is such a huge space why not have a couple of things, to extend the flowering period. I have a May Queen Climbing rose in my garden. far too big really for the space. It really wants a by Dom
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04/08/2012 22:20:30
by blairs
pruning damaged plants in wet conditions?
 tall growing veg like pea's were were damaged with the wind over the last few days, beans were blown off their supports. Foilage on my potato plants has also been snapped off too.   I'm in Lancahire and have removed all damaged stems. On the fruit bushes I by nadiamaz
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25/06/2012 00:45:36
by Zoomer44
Talkback: Reflections on Gardeners' World Live 2009
.(dotted lines?) Still not enough time to see everything & had to miss gardens,but I did find the societies I was looking for.And actually looking forward to 2010.Well done for getting it right! how do I find the new pull up supports for climbing plants in pots by Alex
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28/11/2011 18:38:53
by kaycurtis
Splitting 2 Amelanchiers
6-7 foot high. Yes.  Their roots are busy working hard pumping sap up the stems for the flowers and foliage to open out.  If you stress them now you risk losing the plants.   Wait till leaf drop in autumn and do it then as the roots will have all by Highland Jeannie
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24/04/2013 15:27:20
by Highland Jeannie
Strawberries
I have a fair few strawberry plants and in previous years they have been eaten by ants birds and slugs and this year i want to stop the problem!  Ants can only eat them if someone else has broken the skin for them, they are not able to get into a by Lalat
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02/06/2012 17:33:22
by Lalat
Clematis Rhapsody
them. I do have a go, but I do it as loosely - and therefore messily - as I can. Just a bit of loose support and then they are on their own! One thing that has finally dawned on me is that lush displays of clematis usually have more than one plant by Lucy3
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07/07/2012 03:35:19
by DevonJan
This is what happens when.....
I took the advise of some young gardener in AG mag to set tomato seeds in January, my dad there sniggering away, 'Thats the way to do it these days dad' I says! 'Go on then' Says he. Well, now my plants are 9/10" tall, no way they can go by Lyn
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26/03/2013 13:10:39
by Lyn
Clematis - prune hard back now?
the plant tied to the original two foot canes it came in and provided no additional support or trellis. It is only by sheer determination it has managed to reach the top of the fence by using a scraggy winter Jasmine that was next to it, but after by Tim Burr
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05/06/2012 14:36:23
by obelixx