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Hehe its ironic isn't it?! Well I'm not quite worried enough to get those predatory mites just yet, I can handle just the one scarid fly and even its little friends, its already been squished and haven't seen anymore :-)
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I've done a little more research on scarid flies, and according to one of my RHS books it also suggests, as a way of biological control, to introduce predatory mites called Hypoaspis miles . I have no experience of using these as a way of control, but I guess if the RHS are suggesting it then it must be tried and tested. You may have to do some more research on these predatory mites to find out more about them, and where you can get them too. You were right, they can damage plants, but apparently
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You're welcome :) Yes I think there may be a minimum temperature at which these predatory mites will be able to breed faster than the scarid flies, and hence be able to control them, but I'm not too sure what this temperature is, but as you say I think as they are houseplants it should be easy enough to attain the correct temperature. Believe it or not after me saying I had no more scarid flies, which I haven't for about 6 months, I spotted one on one of my houseplants today!!! I spoke
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Hello, I think once the leaves on your Jerusalem Artichokes begin to yellow then thats the time to harvest your crop. I've also heard that a good idea is when you cut the stems (once you have yellowing leaves) you can lay them over the plants as this will help when harvesting your crop as it keeps the soil warm underneath. I hope this helps a little, Nick
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Hello :) Thanks so much for your reply! The greenhouse warmth certainly now helps explain why they failed to do well, I guess I thought I was doing the seedling a favour bringing it inside, but now I know to keep them outside :) I'm hoping that the seedling will be ok, it doesn't look great, but it has lost its leaves for now, so hoping it will burst into life in the springtime! It's now outside in a sheltered spot. I'll definately check out the Gardener's World episode to try
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Yes I also agree, this is a Leylandii. We have a row of them in our garden, they were planted around 20 years ago, and they used to be trimmed regularly to prevent them getting too large. Unfortunately they were not able to be trimmed up for a while and eventually became too tall to trim! They are now very tall indeed, I'd say about 20ft, which is fantastic for keeping that part of the garden very private, we're certainly not overlooked! They tend to block all the light from one side, but
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I'll definately let you know what happens with the seedling, fingers-crossed that I've rescued it now by placing it in the correct environment :) If not then I'll be on the look out for another one (or more), we've had one this year, and we got one last year too, but never had any for the previous 30 years!! Although I must say I wasn't a gardener until 2 years ago, so may not have noticed any acer seedlings! Now gardening and plants are taking over my life, I'm becoming a
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Hello, I know how annoying these little flies can be!! Earlier this year I re-potted one of our houseplants, using houseplant compost, and within a week or so every plant in the room had these little flies in the compost! When you water the plant they fly around the pot, and you can see them running around on the surface! They don't damage plants as far as I know which is a good thing I guess, but they are a pest. In the end I re-potted all of my plants in new compost (not the initial housplant
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I should add that you can obviously contain this growth by trimming/pruning the trees :) hence will be able to attain your desired height for the trees
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Cupressus Macrocarpa 'Goldcrest' does indeed have a lemony fragrance to it, so if this plant has a lemony fragrance then it could possibly be a Cupressus Macrocarpa 'Goldcrest'. It does look like a Leylandii however, but I'm not a conifer expert by any means, and I'm guessing there are lots of very similar varieties out there! If it is Cupressus Macrocarpa 'Goldcrest' then it does have quite a fast growth rate however, it will probably grow around 60cm per year (2
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