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  • Re: Plum problem

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 12 May 2005

    Sounds like one of the grafts has failed. A good garden centre should replace it because it is not something you did. Can you take it back and get a replacement? Read more..

  • Re: SEEDS in cold frame

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 08 May 2005

    With a coldframe you can lift the top verying amounts according to the temperature. You can do this with polytunnels but the problem is - what do you do on a hot windy day. The seedlings will get hot if you keep the polytunnel closed, but if you lift up the sides tehre is a danger it will blow away, so you need to be more vigilant. Read more..

  • Re: Small Trees

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 08 May 2005

    Sorbus cashmiriana would be a great little tree - max 12 ft, white flowers, big white berries - lovely autumn foliage. Fine planted 10 ft away from the house. Read more..

  • Re: camellia dropping it's leaves.

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 08 May 2005

    My first reaction would be to suspect that they let it dry out totally, and watered it again before you bought it, in which case I would take it back, as I would not put a bet on it surviving. Read more..

  • Plants for Occassions

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 08 May 2005

    Sorry to be a pedant but can someone correct the spelling of ''Occassions'' please! Read more..

  • Re: Photinia red robin

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 08 May 2005

    Take 5" semi ripe cuttings in September, rooting powder, polythene bag, outside in a sheltered spot or under staging in greenhouse - root within 6 weeks - quite easy. Read more..

  • Re: Fox trouble

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 28 Apr 2005

    Renardine needs reapplication after rain. Read more..

  • Re: Suppressing growth of cracked willow shoots

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 28 Apr 2005

    From the sound of it the stumps are still there - it has been coppiced - and like lots of trees (birch, rowans) they will send up lots of shoots forever more unless you do something heavyweight. Glyphosate on leaf shoots will wear them down but it will take quite a while and repeated applications, as they have big reserves of energy in the roots. You could speed things up by hacking the top of each stump with a hatchet and sprinkling Root Out crystals into the slits and covering with a plastic shopping Read more..

  • Re: japanese maple/acer

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 28 Apr 2005

    Hi Pananne, They are difficult. Bottom heat, constant misting in a propagator. I really wouldn't attempt it unless you have experience of this sort of propagation. Read more..

  • Re: Moving Shrubs, trees and climbers

    Forum post by Goldilocks on 24 Apr 2005

    Very helpful and encouraging thanks. Read more..