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How long do carrots take to show in the ground. I keep looking but can's see anything yet. I planted the seeds about 2 weeks ago. I have a Victoria Plum tree in a pot, which has had to be placed in a bigger pot with soil round it to stop

of apples growing in the garden!x Reply to jack: My apple trees in the Midlands are just coming into flower. In full flower now are plums and cherry, but apple blooms are not far behind.If there is no sign of flower buds then your apple trees will not going

I have recently been told that you should always pinch the flowers out of potato plants. I have been growing potatoes for 35 years and have never done this. can you tell me if this is right. my potatoes have just started to flower, how do i know

Not sure why, but I am completely terrified about growing the potatoes.As you can probably gather I am new to all of this and I have never grown potatoes before. All this stuff about chitting them and growing them in bags etc. then piling up

be greatly appreciated.  Thank you. Can you post a photo? These sound like suckers from a tree rather than individual saplings, and you need to sort out where they are coming from. If you trim suckers, as you have been doing, they just grow more strongly than

fruit trees, trying to get the first apple and plum pickings, I can still hear my dad shouting at us "get out of that greenhouse!!" Anyway I have carried on the tradition, not only growing my own but teaching and showing my kids where veg and fruit

rasberry bush,a victoria plum tree,2 blackcurrant bushes,a blackberry bush and 2 redcurrants,can anyone give me any hints or tips about how to grow these succesfully,or the P H of the soil they need ,or well anything really awwwww comeon someone speak

with clematis Hagley hybred [pinky/lilac] and Warsaw Nike [rich plum] growing through it.I did once try a small acer but the summer heat was too strong for it so I moved it to my front garden where its very happy. I agree with lilysilly about hardy geraniums

, however, disappointed to find that when we visited the Grow It exhibit there was a notice on the van saying that the day's allocation of seeds had been given out. It was only just after 1 o'clock! Surely the organisers must have known how popular

with some rot, but now cleaned up and stillproducing good plums. Happy ending!I would value comments on my old Bramley apple tree. It had good crops every year until this yr. It is very meagre this year and I have noticed a small yellow fungus growing