i have just sown a new lawn 2 months ago,it is very patchy with lots of weeds like chickweed mixed through it.thistles are also a problem. i have cut it every week with the hope of killing off the weeds but they still remain.in the patchy areas i have applied more seed but the lawn looks very dirty.what can i do to rectify this?lots of people are telling me to give it a weed and feed, but is the lawn not too young?
I have a house in a rural area which I visit for long weekends and holidays. Badgers visit regularly and leave their faeces in rows on the footpath from the road to the front door. I have fears about cleaning this and doing the lawn etc. Is there an effective deterent please?
Last year I planted Cordyline 'Red Star' which had been growing in a container for two years and when new growth started from the base, I removed them cleanly, but new ones keep growing and the tree itself is not. Should I give up on it?
About 2 years ago we constructed a new garden bedIn Autumn and Spring over the last 2 years we have saturated the bed with all kinds of perennial bulbs mostly purchased at Lidyl and Dunnes Stores.Now I am suspicious but not 100% sure that a significant number of the summer perennials that came out last year havent appeared this summer (even though it has been a slightly sunnier summer). I am thinking that only the additional summer perennials that were planted this spring are only appearing with last years summer perennial bulbs not appearing at all!All we did with last years summer flowers that grewwas cut back the stems in the autumn as they rotted.Can you advise or help me with why last years perennials bulb flowers may not reappear this summer yet?I am also wondering what are the best multicoloured,durable summer and spring perennial flowers recommended to last through the spring and summer and come out every year.We find that the perennials (with exception of gladolias) dont last too long and are not multicoloured with lovely blues, purples etc like the bedded plants. Can you advise here also?Finally finally whats the best spray in big quantityfor rose attack and flower attack and the best killerfor dogleaves, weeds etc in lawns? We tried A d50substance spray in the lawn, half killed the dogleaves but not fully.
Some of the leaves of my potato plants are turning yellow, in fact one or two have shrivelled up and died. I dont think it's blight because I've been spraying them with dithane regularly. Could it just be bad seed? Thanks M
I purchased a young Victoria Plum tree last November and it is doing well. It is a good shape, "wine glass", but is getting very leggy. Can I trim back the long spindly new growth now or must I wait until the autumn?