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Beware combustible compost

On 20/08/2012 in forum

Yesterday morning about 9am my neighbours had to put out a fire that reduced my metal and plastic greenhouse to a melted heap. The only items in the greenhouse were cuttings and a few pots of compost that had dried out with no plants in them. Thanks


Keeping Cats off My Veg Patch

On 14/04/2012 in forum

% success. This year I am going to try citronella oil mixed with water.  I've read that it is highly effective. Apparently it can be safely administered to paths but it's not for use on grass or plants.  Perhaps there is a way of using it to create a border


Talkback: Aphids

On 22/06/2012 in forum

i have bought three gooji berry plants of you 2 years ago and i have not had one berry on them so far is there something i am doing wrong. i have had no information on how to look after themhope you can help me on this. mrs beryl shally I have


Lupins laid low with infestions

On 16/05/2012 in forum

are aphids. I used an extremely noxious bug killer on them to get rid of them immediately and save the plant – especially as last year it had a rather sweet peppery fragrance, but I really do not like to use such strong pesticides especially if there is any


Is Vermiculite dangerous

On 06/07/2012 in forum

information, there is no evidence that vermiculite currently available for horticultural purposes (e.g. potting plants) is a health risk when used as directed."I suppose that the key phrase is 'when used as directed'.So don't shake up a bag in a confined space


My evening last night - if I didn't laugh I'd have cried!

On 10/05/2013 in forum

stations with nothing in place to take over, Germany are building coal fired ones??Wind power is slow not very effective and has a footprint bigger than a Yeti, they all say wind is free although the fabrication of the unit, the oil in that large gear box


FORKERS Sheds

On 03/04/2013 in forum

in as BobtG's. Apart from stuff like fertilizer, pond food and garden tools it also gets used for car bits, motor oil cans, reserve batteries and all sorts of odds and sods! I use my shed to store my lawnmower and deck chairs. Wish I had a shed


Non Support of Poor Companies

On 11/04/2013 in forum

with an order that I placed with them. I had orderd a tray of "Plugs" which when they arrived were almost all dead.! I wrote to Thompson and Morgan with "No Responce" I telephoned them and was told the plants would be replaced, nothing arrived. I telephoned


Talkback: Cleaning the greenhouse

On 21/01/2012 in forum

the rest anyway. There has been no effect on the plants in a bed beside the greenhouse either. I clean my greenhouse with the recommended amount of Jeyes Fluid to warm water. For the stubborn algae, I have added a squirt of Fairy Liquid. This seems to do


Welcome to the plants forum

On 24/07/2012 in forum

in shape to a caster oil plant but the leaves have the same texture as a cheese plant. I've grown it outdoors for years, it's evergreen, and in a sheltered spot stands up to snow and frost, it like's sun and drinks alot of water as it's  grown in a pot. I


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