Posts by: Kathy_

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Chillis and peppers only get one flower per growing tip so leave on all the sideshoots and you'll get more fruit.

Try and plant things slugs and snails don't like. Things with tough or furry leaves for example they won't eat. and avoid plants with nice lush foliage such as hostas. Ferns, hardy geraniums and Meditteranean plants are all pretty slug-proof.

If you don't want to use slug pellets you can get dry granules which form a barrier around plants. There work fairly well. and copper tape or pipe is supposed to work.

How much sun does it get, what's the soil like, etc?

grasses, heucheras and hardy geraniums will all tolerate drought. You could go for Meditteranean plants such as lavendars, marjoram, salvias. If it is shady you could grow ferns instead, lots of dryopteris and polystichums can tolerate dry soil.

Most perennnials when they get established will hardly ever need watering, just if it very very dry. But if you plant them this time of year they'll probably need more water this summer.

Do you know which varieties they are? There are hundreds of varieties of acer palmatum and their heights and widths vary a lot.

If you know the names, type them into a search engine and see if you can find profiles of them.

I'd ask the place you got them from.

This programme annoys me, it is just loads of slightly nutty allotments owners talking slowly and not doing anything excting.

I don't like it, but it will probably end up on UKTV Gardens soon as most BBC programmes do.

they'll get tubers so you'll be able to overwinter them.

They are houseplants. They can be a bit tricky to grow. They want a sunny position, don't let them dry out or overwater them. They can get quite big too. The flowers smell gorgeous though.

It will depend what variety it is, how big your plant is, whether you are growing it outside or inside, where abouts you live, etc.

Grapes can be grown outside in the UK and as parts of Ireland are warmer than most of the UK I would imagine they could be grown outside if you have a suitable variety.

I would imagine it is due to the lack of water as it hasn't rained for weeks and it might not be getting watered enough.

Are they old seeds? Parsnip seeds don't last very long, you have to buy fresh seed each year.

I've not heard of that and I wouldn't have thought it would work, however I've heard of using rhubarb leaves to kill aphids. Never tried it though so no idea if it works. You'd probably have to be careful spraying it on anything you wanted to eat.

Nettles can be used as fertiliser.

With decking you can have problems with rats and it can get slippery, but you could try decking if you want that or pave over it or use gravel or bark chips.

It depends what type of plants you use as to whether they die over winter. If you use hardy evergreen perennials they will live for many years and look good all year round.

Leave them for at least 6 weeks after they've finished flowering and feed them.

Do you want climbers? Evergreen clematis would look good. What's the soil like and how much sun does it get?

They would take a few years to get big enough to cover the fence properly, although you could plant a few fast-growing annual climbers such as sweet peas and morning glory to fill the gaps.

put covers over them. stick hulahoops cut in half or semi circles of plastic pipe in the ground and cover them with something.

so why did you ask if you're not going to do anything about it anyway?

They're quite tough, you should be able to move it now. just make sure you water it well after moving with it being so dry at the moment.

You'd be best asking local gardeners as they'd know what grows in similar conditions. Do you have any local gardening clubs?

you're welcome.

plant it out now.

You shouldn't tie them up. You shouldn't tie daffodil leaves up either.

If you would like the tulips to grow well next year leave the leaves for at least 6 weeks after they have finished flowering before you cut them off.

they are very tough so it should be okay. could be a bit tricky to move though because they get big fleshy roots.

it is called coleus canina I think, I have never planted it though so I don't know how effective it is.