Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / September 2008

I have a Kiwifruit plant which I grew from seed which grows (and
flourishes) during the begining of Autumn right through to begining
of Spring then it closes down all Summer. No leaves no growth!
I keep it inside on a window ledge in the same pot as my bay leaf tree.

Please can you help with some advice on my fairly new acer tree.
The tree was looking very well upto abou t a week ago, but now all the
leaves have started to crisp up and have started to fall off.
I know its now part of the leaffall session, but it seems very quick for

Is it legal to grow tobacco in a domestic garden?

Is there any advantage in planting cucumber seeds in hills  V/S flat ground
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We have a newport plum in the front yard here in Denver. Looked pretty
for a few days in the spring but never fruited much. This year though
it is about ready to snap in half from all the fruit. We don't want
the fruit and have had no success in finding people to pick it for

I would like to see comments from people with Agapanthus growing outside.
I'm thinking of putting them between the Camillias  mentioned in the
previous post , and thanks to all who responded.
We had both Japonica and Sasanqua Camillias  in NC before we moved here,

I've recently planted some lettuce seeds in the hopes of them
sprouting into lovely plants ..
Perhaps I'm a little anxious, but the seeds have not yet sprouted and
I'm worried it might be a bit too cold for them at the moment ..

Tennis, how'd you get your L alaorii to grow?  Mine just lingers.  A new
growth and then it dies back. I've tried clay and moss, caly and fine bark,
now its in plastic and fine bark....
K Barrett

South east England. A mature tree and this year a bumper crop. Last year's
problem of bitter pit was solved by advice from this Newsgroup recommending
spraying by calcium. This year perfect large fruits harvested by hand
develop large brown patches within days of picking. Could ...

I've had my worst harvest ever, the only thing that did well this year was
my blueberry bushes and my cucumbers. Most of my tomato plants died, those
that didn't have only produced enough tomatoes for a couple of quarts of
sauce (thus the $500/plate estimate). I don't think the ...

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Please can anyone help me to identify this flower? I was given it abou
5 years ago and so I presume it is a perennial. When I went to Beamis

Hi I just wondered if anyone else has had any luck growing this shru
outdoors in the uk? I have a plant that i brought back from the sout
coast of Sri Lanka, which i accidently left out all last winter. It wa
quite a large shrub, maybe 2ft in diameter, and survived right throug

Did anyone else see this? A group in Sheffield shaking trees to get
the fruit off and passing it on to local groups and charities.
I can't think of a single apple tree on public land where I live - am
I just not looking hard enough?

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Can anyone help please?
I have masses of ivy that keeps encroaching on my garden. There used to be
some commercial products to kill ivy but I understand they  are no longer
available. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can kill it- or at the