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staffordjas

staffordjas

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tek-monkey said:
Is there such a thong as permanent weed killer? The ivy from the house behind has destroyed most of the shed, and while I can just about get to the stuff going over the fence it's the stuff rooting under that's doing the most damage.

Does salting the earth work? Can I just bung a load of salt on my side of the fence? It's a rental house so residents don't care about sorting from their side, all I can do is kill what's on mine.
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Your post just inspired me to get out our side gate into the woods and cut down as much as Ivy as I could that's growing up the fence from that side and towards the shed. Some is probably going under the shed, but I can't get down the gap between the fence and shed to reach it. Pulled lots of the roots up as well on the wood side near the fence.

Not a good idea climbing between trees and undergrowth wearing flop-flops and bare feet though! No matter how careful I tried to be the stingy nettles attacked and got me . Lesson learnt....don't be too lazy to spend a few seconds putting shoes on.:roll:
 
Noah

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Ok, I am happy with the crocus, daffodils, cyclamen & hyacinth being in flower in my garden at this time of year but a bit surprised that one of the rosemary shrubs is in full bloom.
 
Gramaisc

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I arrived back in November, to find that an old boy up the road had collected two large bags of leaves from where they congregate at the entrance. So, I resolved to use them for the winter mulch over the rhubarb - I've used the last grass cut for that in previous years.

I noticed this morning that there was evidence of emergence, so I've taken the half-rotted leaves off, mostly, and let some light into the new growth.

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I also shredded up a load of last year's dried up marigolds, verbenas, etc. and reinterred them back into the accidental flower bed and its adjacent currently redundant cold frame. Most of the seeds will survive the process, and there are plenty, so a few losses can be ignored.

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staffordjas

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This plant (top bare on) was in the garden when we moved here in July. No idea what it is but had white flowers on during the summer.

Would you advise to leave it as it is in the hope of it getting leaves on the existing branches and flowering , or cut it down to the roots (or partly )?

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littleme

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Does anyone know what this shrub is? It flowers late July/ August & has lovely blue flowers that the bees love, dies back to sticks in the winter. I've tried Google lens & plant identifier, but they keep saying cenopthys (sp?), which it definatly isn't?

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Gramaisc

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littleme said:
It was bloomin big, and the cat didnt like the taste of it, it's dissapeared now, & we think it's the thing responsible for eating all the foxgloves
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They were much more of a pest in the distant past, and they were collected in large numbers, often being incorporated in soups.
 
littleme

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Noah said:
Larvae live in the ground & eat plant roots, can cause damage in lawns. Adults don't usually cause much damage to plants
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Nothing really earlys foxgloves...but I put a picture up a few weeks ago of 2 little bugs that I thought it was....now I'm thinking it's this monster. He's safe, somewhere in the garden as we lost him. Very interesting to see, I've never seen one of that size, sheild bugs are out usual friends.


I believe he dies t live fur mor than 5 weeks, so he can have fun in our garden as long as he doesn't land on me
 
littleme

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littleme said:
Nothing really earlys foxgloves...but I put a picture up a few weeks ago of 2 little bugs that I thought it was....now I'm thinking it's this monster. He's safe, somewhere in the garden as we lost him. Very interesting to see, I've never seen one of that size, sheild bugs are out usual friends.


I believe he dies t live fur mor than 5 weeks, so he can have fun in our garden as long as he doesn't land on me
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I wrote this then forgot to post it, I can see why now (heads still not working, hope there aren't to many other posts like this?!)....


Anyhow big bug is safe but I'm still interested in what might eat foxgloves?
 
littleme

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So can anyone recommend good compost for growing veg & flowers....we've been using John Inness peat free, Sainsbury's own type Pete free & Wickes (random broken bags) of peat free over the last few years , but have had very little results, with more things failing than growing. The compost doesn't seem as soil-ey as it used to, seems all dried up wood bark & coir stuff?


Is there anything anyone recommends?
 
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