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How do I dispose of the weeding rubbish which contains bindweed and the roots as I was told they could not be composted and could continue to survive in the soil. At present I have it all stored in a plastic barrell.
Please put my husbands mind at rest as he keeps insisting they might be usable. He knows nothing about gardening but like all men, never takes his wifes knowledge as 'gospel'. The mushrooms in pics are growing in my garden under a Pine tree. They are beautiful but I would love to know the name of them and if they are poisonous.
Would it be too late in late Sept. to trim a laurel hedge?
I have a beech hedge planted about 1 year ago.What is the best type of weed killer to use and when is the best time to spray . If I top it will it thicken.
A year ago I had lots of evergreen trees cut down at the back of the garden, one metre high stumps now remaining. I notice many many yellowish mushrooms all over various parts of the lawn and especially surrounding the jacquemonti birches. I'm very worried it is honey fungus as one of the tree trunks is full of fungi.
Hi Gerry, A friend of mine gave me some of her left-over propagating successes but we can't identify this one. It has small thorns or spikes and grew quite rapidly over the summer.
I had a few trees planted two years ago but they have failed to grow. I think this is down to using the strimmer to close to the bottoms of the tree while cutting the grass. The bark has bee chipped away but the trees are still alive. Is there anyway I can fix this and help the trees grow to their potential? Thanks.
I moved the Philodendron Xanadu to the front porch of my house which is enclosed and it is doing much better and I will move it indoors completely soon. It gets tiny aphids mainly on the back of the leaves. I have sprayed it with a house plant pest spray containing fatty acids its (been in the garage a long time perhaps it's gone off.")as they seem to keep coming back. Can you reccommend a treatment please?
Drimys. When would be the better time to move this 4ft shrub - autumn or early spring?
Please identify from the attached picture. Can grow very tall. Also recommend how to eradicate.
I've been recommended this site by a friend and so wanted to ask your help in identifying this shrub; it's beginning to look a bit straggly since I took this photo so I'd like to be able to help it along.
I had 4 mature japanese maple (don't know the variety) planted about 2 months ago. In the past couple of weeks one of them, in particular, has developed curled listless leaves gone brown around the edge and some of the leaves have a dusting of what looks like white mould. The bark and branches look ok. I can take a photo if it would help but don't have one to hand at moment.
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