Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2008

can you advise me - please
I have grown Chinese cabbage for the 1st. time this year and the crops were
excellent.
I am now clearing the ground where they stood , removing those that flowered

I took over an allotment this year which has some fruit bushes. (good)
The raspberries seem to have spread and are now intertwined with
everything and heavily infested with tall grass and the occasional
bramble. What do the experts reckon to my chances  if , once they have

I hope someone can help me here.
I've inherited a couple of Eucalyptus trees from my sister (in the process
of turning an overgrown mess into a garden). They were both pot bound - been
in pots for something like 6 years.

Hello..
I live relatively near the coast of middle South Carolina.  I know
mango trees prefer dryer and more tropical environments, but I
recently purhased one that is currently about a foot high.  The man I

Has anyone else been having trouble with runner beans this season?
I've put three sowings in so far and got about 20 out of 20
germinated. They seem  to be rotting in the ground after being attacke
by something that leaves holes like wireworm. I put them in three week

Hi, I have several outdoor water fountains that I made.. I would like
to run all at the same time.. I have power outdoors with 2 outlets.. I
would like to buy a powerstrip and the any required extension cords...
I imagine there must be a special outdoor powerstrip that would be

I live in the North End of the Seattle and am looking for a source
to get a small quantity of hog wire (also called deer wire). This
is for a garden project and none of the usual suspects have it --
Lowes, Home Depot. I think this is generally used for livestock

I have a massive slug problem in my garden of pots, (it is only a yard
no grass). I have brought a lot of my plants inside as the slugs won'
leave them alone (I've given up trying things now, tried everything).*
I've tried every suggestion, egg shells, copper tape, *garlic, onion

I'm blitzing a flowerbed that has been overgrown for a few years, and
have found three plants that i'd like to know more about.
http://www.dentonmiller.net/Site/Stuff/Entries/2008/6/17_What_are_these_plants.html
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A friend of mine mentioned that Pennyworth/Pennyworthy plants are good for
keeping away mozzies.
I cannot find what they look like except one possible Google pic, and I
think I may have some, but would like your advice please. Maybe someone

I'm new here - hope it's not too off topic.
S. Ontario - near Stratford - 15 year old locust.
Have bad infestation of HoneyLocust Plant bug.
Tree is almost half eaten.

Does anyone grow fuchsia from seed? I looked at a few catalogs but
none sold seeds.
Any help appreciated.
Chris

For the second year running, I appear to be losing my entire
gooseberry crop to mildew.  As the berries grow, they get
covered in the stuff, even though no other part of the plant
is affected.  I have a Whinham's Industry (worst affected)

It is really wild here today. Wind is gusting so strongly it has overturned
a
heavy hardwood three seater bench, overturned several pots and smashed one
of them, broken a 4" dia bough from the Tulip tree and completely flattened

I have a very good Acer palmatun disectum which is around 8 years of
age, and it has had one stem die back this spring and a second now
looks as if it is going the same way, its in a 15inch pot, good
drainage.