Garden
9 Root-Balled Yew Units Set on a 20-Metre Line from Practicality Brown
Nine root-balled yews across a 20-metre run puts each plant at roughly 2.2-metre centres....
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Photinia Red Robin Leaf Spot Stopped with a Bordeaux Mixture Spray on a 12-Plant Hedge
A 12-plant Photinia Red Robin hedge covered in purple-ringed blotches, half the lower leaves...
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12 Litres a Week Saved by a Blumat Drip System on a Raised Herb Bed
I ran a 1.2 by 2.4 metre raised herb bed on Blumat Classic carrot sensors, a 3 mm supply line,...
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Fiskars PowerGear X: Cleaner Cuts on Woody Hydrangea Stems Than Standard Bypass Pruners
By year four, an old paniculata hydrangea can carry pencil-thick basal stems that make a tired...
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Prune an Apple Espalier on M27 Rootstock into a 3-Tier Fan Against a South Wall
M27 is the most dwarfing common apple rootstock, holding a mature tree to roughly 1.5 to 1.8...
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Wormcast Compost from a Wiggly Wigglers Wormery Feeds a 5-Metre Raised Bed
A five-metre bed worked to 20 cm holds about 1,000 litres when it is one metre wide, and roughly...
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Terracotta vs Elho Recycled Plastic Pots for Overwintering Fuchsias on a Cold Balcony
A 30cm terracotta pot holds roughly 12 litres of substrate and can leave a fuchsia root zone 2 to...
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Vine Weevil Grubs Cleared from Heuchera Pots with a Nemasys Nematode Drench
A collapsed Heuchera lifted from its pot in autumn usually reveals white, C-shaped grubs curled...
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6 Weeks to a Finished Compost Heap with a Hotbin Mk2 and Fresh Grass Clippings
A Hotbin Mk2 can hold 60 to 70 degrees Celsius when the carbon-to-nitrogen balance is right, and...
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