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  • My swede need a boost ...

    Forum post by KarenC on 25 Jul 2012

    My swede are still tiny, in spite of the rainy weather and warm temperatures. What fertilizer could give them a boost to grow to a reasonable size? Read more..

  • Re: Empty Broadbean Pods

    Forum post by KarenC on 25 Jul 2012

    Mine were shooting up this year developing heavy fruit, but while I was still screaming 'YEAHHHHH' the blackfly came and I had no beans at all, the stems were covered in black lice! I find this very discouraging, don't know whether I'll try to grow them again. Who said that broadbeans are easy to grow? Read more..

  • Re: Empty Broadbean Pods

    Forum post by KarenC on 25 Jul 2012

    Thanks for the hint, I am eagerly waiting for my 2nd lot of BB to blossom and then I will put this method to the test! Read more..

  • Re: My swede need a boost ...

    Forum post by KarenC on 25 Jul 2012

    Can one buy hen's blood powder in the garden center , OR did you mean I should nick one of my neighbor's hens to bring on my veg? Read more..

  • Re: My swede need a boost ...

    Forum post by KarenC on 25 Jul 2012

    Good question ...... but I was thinking of the cockeral Read more..

  • Re: Plant search

    Forum post by KarenC on 14 Jul 2012

    Thanks Miranda, very helpful! Might be lucky now to obtain one from my local gardener .... Read more..

  • Plant search

    Forum post by KarenC on 12 Jul 2012

    On a recent holiday to the UK, I admired a shrub in the garden next door which looked exactly like the yellow variety shown under 'Plants' and 'Plant Finder'. Is this Primrose and what is the botanical name for this exactly? Read more..

  • Re: Rhubarb and Brinjals

    Forum post by KarenC on 10 Jul 2012

    Rhubarb is very easy to grow and mine did come up faithfully year after year in big fists in spring. However, I read an article recently suggesting thatyou dig up your rhubarb after 7 years and change its garden position because the soil will be exhausted after this period of time ..... Good luck! Read more..

  • Broad bean disaster

    Forum post by KarenC on 09 Jul 2012

    Hello, my broad beans are plagued by black lice and have not developed much fruit at all, although there seemed to be enough blossoms. I tried to combat the lice by spraying with washing up liquid but it did not help much. When I came back from my holiday, the shoots were limp and the stems are full of the pest. Is there an alternative remedy which I could try? Maybe it was simply too hot for this type of plant here in Austria ....? Read more..

  • Re: Orange spots on pear tree leaves

    Forum post by KarenC on 09 Jul 2012

    Hello, my pear tree had the same problem every year and my neighbour told me it is called Gymnosporangium sabinae, a type of fungus that survives only in correlation on both pear tree and juniper bush. Sometimes it helps to prune the juniper early in the year when it develops thickish growth on the stems so the fungus cannot develop. I cut my juniper down this spring, and my pear tree is not showing any sign of the plague this year! Read more..