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Over ten years, Gerry Daly answered more than 5,000 gardening questions. His knowledge is based in science and practical experience, and by working on radio and television. Access to the advice database is open

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What's likely cause? it occurred on the potatoes from just one plant. Plants either side are okay

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I would like to store seeds in old plastic containers from multivitamins that have moisture eliminating tops. What would you recommend?

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Purchased this tree, japanese maple - dissectum Garnet, two/three months ago and repotted it some weeks later into a larger deeper pot (see photos) in John Innes 3 and also put gravel in the base for drainage. As you will see from the attached photo, it is situated in a sheltered location which gets plenty of morning sun which, I understood to be the ideal for this species! Unfortunately, the foliage is showing signs of withering. What could be the reason?

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What is the best time of the year to visit the Japanese Gardens in Co. Kildare?

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I planted this at the front wall of my house thinking it would grow over the wall but it seems to just grow upwards and seems to sprawl all over the place. I'm not sure how to look after this plant and make it look nicer than what it does. At the moment it just looks awful. Could you tell me what to do and how to look after this plant??? Apologies but I'm not sure of the actual spelling of the name but that's how the person who gave it to me pronounced it. It's there about 8 years so it's quite big.

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A young pear try that I purchased in Spring and planted up immediately always had droopy foliage. I assumed that was a varietal habit. However, in recent days it has developed black and brown marks on the foliage and the droop has become more prounced. I am concerned it might be fireblight as it is planted among 25 more apple, pear, plum and cherry trees. Is my diagnosis correct (see attached photo)? Will it spread? Shoud I remove the tree and burn it? The variety is William Bon Chretrien.

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