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I'm thinking gardening types are likely to have quite good DIY skills so thought I'd try picking some brains. We have two sets of large patio doors at the back (N/E facing) of our house. Also a couple of rooms that we don't use in winter. It makes sense to me to have wooden external shutters...

I don't I'm afraid. I'm not a smart phone user so never havve a camera to hand. But it's just a bog standard seabuckthorn whip (60 - 90cm), planted nearly 2 years ago. It's now 6 foot tall (I measured it) and nice and bushy.

You'd think Google would have the answer to this question, but I can't find it anywhere! I planted a bareroot sea buckthorn whip 2 years ago. This spring it was still just a little twig, but during summer it's shot up to about 5 foot tall and very bushy. I would estimate it must have put on 2...

That had been my original plan, but the reason I am thinking hornbeam only is because I need to keep the hedge quite narrow. Hornbeam apparently is very happy to be clipped quite hard. If you do that to some of the others you mention you won't get berries and flowers. We do have a mixed hedgrow...

I'm in fairly urgent need of a privacy screen (nosey neighbour). We have a 6 foot boundary fence and my plan is to plant a hornbeam hedge about 3-4 feet in from the boundary fence. My intention would be to keep it clipped in hard on the fence side, leaving me an access corridor to maintain my...

We've had the same neighbour for 14 years or so. We've always got on ok, but didn't have an awful lot to do with him. Last year he had an extension built. It was pretty awful - couldn't really enjoy the garden becasue of scafolding overlooking us. But we were fine with that - just one of those...

As the title says, I'm looking for small plants to put out now to ensure that my garden bursts into life early in the season. Location: Scotland, UK Climate: Cool, damp, mild summers.

I find the idea of saving my own seeds to be very appealing. However, reality is starting to bite and I'm thinking it's time to switch to disease resistant F1 varieties. (this year's long, hot, dry spring led to rapid growth and reduced airflow around plants, followed by weeks on end of no sun...

Whent it comes to veggies, the problem with polyculture planting (plants scattered all over the place) is you forget where they are and therefore forget to harvest them. Or at least, I do! My compromise is to plant 3 or 4 little clusters of each variety in different parts of the garden...

This is kind of what I was getting at with this thread. To be honest, I don't think anyone knows. There's a lot of guesswork about how it all works. But I would have thought if you have bottomless raised beds (so if there's connection with the soil) then the raised bed will be linked into the...

We bought a 2000L bag of woodchip for our garden (approx 1m x 1m x 2m). Plans changed and it ended up sitting on the end of our drive in full sun for 1 year. It didn't appear to break down in the slightest and there's no sign of fungal growth (so no white threads). It's now spread on the beds...

I've used granular mycorrhiza powder when planting trees. Hard to tell if it helped as I had no control. Interestingly though, I used to plant trees, hedges and shrubs the traditionaly way in my clay soil - so dig a hole and mix in loads of compost to plant into. Most of my trees died. I...

Neem is all I have - I'll look into Copper. I'm growing a short season cantaloup that should do well in my climate. It might be worth looking at for you - the quicker you can harvest the better from the sounds of things. "Minnesota Midget First seen in 1948, this fantastic variety was bred for...

It wasn't old leaves going brown. It was very acute - it initially happened overnnight and it was young and old leaves. Not gradual, but just burnt to a crisp around the edges of leaves. It happened to plants at one end of the polytunnel in one night, and then a ffew nights later I opened up too...

Neither do I! According to Google: "A mycorrhiza is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plant's rhizosphere, its root system" I know that trees and woody plants need fungus to feed them, whereas green plants like...

So watering in the mornings would make sense - letting it dry out during the day, and keep it well ventilated at night. Maybe a spray with Neem too? We had dry weather without a drop of rain for most of may and june. I was misting the polytunnel daily to keep the heat down and it was fine then...

Thanks guys. I'll get a photo tomorrow. But MiniOrchardDude - that description matches perfectly. And yes, I have read that hairy plants trap water droplets that then work like magnifying glasses, burning the leaves. I've been closing the polytunnel at night as our temps can dip as low as 10...

Although some studies have shown that these new types of high yeild veg varieties are the reason for nutrients being so low in foods nowadays. Low nutrients in veg and cerial (and cattle, pigs, hens etc if they're eating less nutrient dens food) doesn't matter in the first world where we all...

This is my first time growing cantaloupe melon. I've selected a variety suited to my short, cool Scottish climate. I'm growing them in a polytunnel in big tubs on a bed heated with soil cables. Anytime night time temps are below 15 degrees I put the soil warming cables on. Spring was VERY hot...

According to this article, fungal networks have shown in many studies to be hugely important in protecting against disease and insect attacks as well as providing nutrients, Those studies also show that tilling is harmful. BUT it touches on the fact that virtually all studies compare no-till...