I have two old trees on my site they are covered in a dark green Ivy my neighbour told me to removed the Ivy as it would kill the tree (choke it) is this true
I have over wintered a Canna Lilly and have new sprouts appearing. They are covered in small, sticky, white spots that rub off easily. Is this harmful and what, if anything, should I do about it?
Looking forward to receiving more gardening questions from you all. Please include as much background detail to your question as possible, as this really helps me provide a more informed answer.
I seem to have an infestation of caterpillars in my flower and veg garden. I've used the usual sprays from the garden centre, but they seem to come back. Is there anything else I can do, please?
Also I can't seem to control my neighbour's cats using my raised veg beds as their loo. Please help
Hi Adam, I have just boxed off an area at the back of my garden to grow some vegetables. I am unsure of what sort of topsoil/compost I should put into the boxes. Could you please advise me
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH ONE OF MY COMPOST BINS WHICH IS FULL OF WOOD LICE. CAN I JUST CARRY ON TOPPING UP WITH KITCHEN PEELS, GRASS-CUTTINGS, WEEDS (?), LEAVES AND NEWSPAPER. WILL IT AFFECT MY PLANTS WHEN USED LATER? OR SHOULD I DISCARD THE WHOLE LOT TO BE SAFE. THANK YOU.
Hi Adam, we've set our hearts on a couple of trees we'd like to plant to remember my wife's mum & dad who passed away within weeks of each other. It's the Persian Silk Tree [Albizia julibrissin Summer Chocolate] and Princess Tree [Paulownia tomentosa]. Both are unusual, attractive, but grow to 5m. Could we keep them shorter than this or should we try for ones grown on a dwarf stock? Thanks Paul
Last year i bought 1000 double early variety tulips and planted them in November, was very excited to see them coming up sadly 30% of them are budding near ground level. will they shoot up ?
Hi adam, we have a plot of autumn raspberries[30ftx10ft]large tussocks of grass started last year , have dug out ten leaving 6inch x 1ft holes and the clumps are really heavy.Getting older by the minute any better way to get rid of the remaining 10? [plus others coming up ].We used horse manure 2 yrs ago,if its any clue.Dont like weed killers but may have to, what do you think?They are near the rasps but we do have a lot I suppose[are the rasps all linked up with each other? Thanks deed.
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Many thanks for all your questions. I've answered two batches of them now, with more answers being written every fortnight.
You can find the first batch of answers here:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/ask-adam-one/
You can find the second batch of answers here:
http://www.gardenersworld.com/ask-adam-two/
Looking forward to receiving more gardening questions from you all. Please include as much background detail to your question as possible, as this really helps me provide a more informed answer.
I seem to have an infestation of caterpillars in my flower and veg garden. I've used the usual sprays from the garden centre, but they seem to come back. Is there anything else I can do, please?
Also I can't seem to control my neighbour's cats using my raised veg beds as their loo. Please help
Thank you
Lucy Sandiford
Hi Adam
Last year i bought 1000 double early variety tulips and planted them in November, was very excited to see them coming up sadly 30% of them are budding near ground level. will they shoot up ?
wht did i do wrong ?
whts wrong with them ?
lethal!