recently picked onions have a little milldew on the inner skin what has caused this . I suppose there is no cure for this year . How can i prevent this happening next year?
We have just cleared our house site and I am looking for some advice. We have a large garden and I want to plant some trees - the ones I am interested in are Prunus Kanzan, Japanese Acer (Palmatum), Arbutus Unedo and Cypressum Golstrum. Would there be any problems planting any of these near walls as I don't want to encounter any problems down the line!! I intend to keep them cut to a certain height but it is the roots I am worried about. Also, can you recommend some shrubs which will grow to 5-6ft and provide some colour through the year? Any other advice on planting a new garden would be greatly appreciated!
A 35 year old monkey puzzle tree growing approx. 10 feet from our house and is about 30 to 40 feet tall - Worried about the roots and the house foundation, do the roots grow straight down ? Should we be considering having the tree cut down and if so should the roots be left intact or removed also ? Many thanks.
Ihave gathered seeds from Sweet William, Aquagila, Pansys and other flowers I just don't know the name of, now I want to know when and how to plant them. I have a polytunnel and a glass room in our house but I was wondering would it be best to plant them out in a clean bed and when to do this, then the fun is plant or weed.I plant a lot of seeds baught in packs in Jan & Feb would it be the same
I planted some flowers in a bed & threw on some multipurpose plant food (grey granules) & after a week the bed was covered in little two-leaf green shoot things. Nicer looking than weeds & very easy to pull up as their roots were just below the surface but I suspect weeds none the less. Could the plant food have set something off in the peat moss to sprout these 'shoots'?
When or do I prune my escalonia hedge it is about three years old but only a year in the ground, it also so has some yellow spots on it. If yes how do I prune it. Also I have whitethorn in the hedge do I prune that too?