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Hi Seeds. From a physics point of view, the greater the gap between the outside and the inside, the better. So if you protect your greenhouse with the 'flat' surface on the outside, and the 'bubbly' side touching the glass, you will maximise the volume of trapped air and therefore maximise the insulating effect. Putting the bubbles on the outside wiil mean that cold air and rain can touch the inner surface and warmth will be more easily lost by conduction. For these reasons, the bigger
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Hi JP This is not much to do with taking cuttings, but you and the Housing Association should be careful of cutting down such a well established tree which is so close to a building. All trees obviously drink a great deal of water, and when cut down/ dug out/ pruned heavily, they cease drinking so much. So what? All of the water which would otherwise disappear into the tree remains in the ground and can cause 'heave'; this is the opposite of subsidence, but causes just as much damage. It's
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Cheers, Boggy. I have investigated further, and the plant is growing from within the grow-bag. As it eminates from under the plastic, I think it very unlikely that bird poo or airborne seeds are the culprits. I reckon that the seed must have been in the compost. The pips within each black seed are about 0.5mm in length, roughly tear-drop shaped, and greeny yellow in colour. And the black seed pod is packed with them (about 30 in each, at a guess). From your website link, it seems that Black Nightshade
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Rather strangely, I was going to ask the same question about some similar berries on a plant which I have growing in my polytunnel. However, I already know what the mother plant is; it's a tomato! These little blighters sprung up after the main plant had developed, and appear to be growing out of the main tomato stalk, just above ground level. Never having seen these berries before, I was going to ask if they are some sort of seed or 'runner'. Sadly, its dark now, or I'd nip outside
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Sounds like docks to me jjay. You need to get all of the roots out for both nettles and docks, or they will just sprout up again next season, the wee blighters. Same goes for dandelions too. Apparently, a 10mm sectionof root is enough for some of these weeds to start again, making it a bit of an up-hill battle.
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Hi JJay. Good luck! Being reasonably oop North, the grass-growing season won't last much longer. It all depends on how good the top soil is; if you have plenty of weeds, especially nettles and docks, you are probably OK. Get out all the stones and sticks that you can. Dig over to break up the top 3-6 inches of soil. Rake level, and beat the soil thoroughly if necessary to minimise the size of the lumps of soil; they need to be as small as possible (almost as fine as sand is perfect!!!) Then water
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If your local authority is anything like ours, getting hold of a Licenced Waste Carrier Licence is almost no effort at all. Plus a £15 cheque. I'd recommend going through the hoops; we did in our (construction) business, and I can now take any amount of rubbish to the tip with no problems.
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Tammy, Don't forget to remove every last trace of all potato plant (including all fragments of the spuds themselves) because any infected material can cause problems to potatoes next year, even if the new potatoes are not in the same soil.I speak from bitter experience, and have suffered blight for the last two years!
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Tammy; sorry for the delay, but the growing tip (as I understand it) is simply the bit at the end of the stalk (ie the newest growth). Bt the way, a different pack of seeds says to do the same with my tomato plants when 7 trusses have set.
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My squash seed packet said to cut off the growing tip as soon as 4-5 baby squashes have formed; your plant may be spreading its available resources too thin to allow the babies to mature.
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