Plant Care

Nasty Wee Beasties........

Advantages: Easy to Use
Disadvantages: Need to apply a couple of times a year

...got rid of them using Nemasys Vine Weevil Killer. As an amateur gardener I didn't know what these creatures were when I first encountered them in my garden. I was out pottering around one day when I started complaining to my husband that one of our plants that had been in a tub for years didn't seem to be growing at all. It was then that I decided I would re-pot this poor plant to see if it was pot bound and could do with a bigger tub. We bought ...
...plant out. YUK! You can imagine my disgust when the whole tub seemed to be full of wriggling little grubs, some were white and some were going brown. Luckily I had my gardening gloves on. "Well at least I know why this plants not growing" I thought. I thought that was the worst of it until I saw some other ugly wee creatures crawling about, I had no idea what they were, but they looked liked a kind of grey/black beetle thing with what looked like ...

Sgathach 18.10.2005 · Read full review
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For all you bees!

Advantages: see review
Disadvantages: none!

...centre, as I wanted more Lavender plants to plant along my path. Lavender is my favourite herb and I already have dozens of plants in my garden. The gorgeous scent and colour of lavender remind me of holidays in the South of France! Growing Lavender. ******************** It is possible to grow Lavender from seed but I recommend you buy established plants from a nursery. Lavender is not expensive to buy; I paid £2.00 each for established plants. ...
...Lavender is less hardly than its English counterpart, but has gorgeous butterfly type flowers. French lavender likes to be in full sun with well-drained soil. I grow mine in a large pot on my sunny patio. If you grow your lavender in a container then you will need to water it. You must also ensure the pot is large enough as lavender has long roots. English lavender is much more hardy than the French variety and once established will need little ...

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So easy even I can't kill it!

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Disadvantages: -

...leaf - and that's my money plant, gifted to me by my mum . The money plant, Crassula Ovata (or Jade plant as it is known in China) comes from the succulent family, the same family as cactus plants . Luckily, it has no prickly bits, so is safe for little kiddy fingers and cats that like to eat everything. Luckily for the plant, this also means it it able to store water in the leaves and roots to call on when I forget to water it! It is an attractive ...
...doesn't mean it's dying - money plants LOVE the sunlight, although they are just as happy sitting in a dark corner somewhere . They also flower, tiny white blossoms, although mine has only ever done this once , after I deprived it of water for a particularly long time . I've never had to feed my plant, and I leave mine on my kitchen windowsill in direct sunlight . I water it a little probably once every two or three weeks, only a couple of teaspoons ...

Thehonesttruth 08.07.2009 · Read full review
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Tomatoes

Advantages: love the smell and taste
Disadvantages: have to wait so long for them

...- lycopersicon esculentum Tomatoes are normally red and round shape fruits but as the market for them still grow there different varieties, callous and shapes. The first tomato came from Eastern Mexico and they first been grown by Aztecs. The tomatoes spared all over the world after Spain made their great discoveries of America. And from about 18th century tomatoes has been eaten nearly all over the world. In Brittan first tomato has been grown ...
...world and produce 32000 tomatoes. Tomatoes are very good for you, they are high in nutrients and containing high level of vitamin and as we all know they are low in calories. One tomato can contain: 5mg of calcium, 0.5mg of iron, 11mg of magnesium, 19.1mg of vitamin, and the list can go on and on. I enjoy to grow them and specially to eat them. When I was a little girl my mum had a greenhouse and she always grow own tomatoes. When I started my ...

redeyes22 21.06.2009 · Read full review
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Adam's Apple

Advantages: tasty, healthy
Disadvantages: none

Did Eve give Adam an apple in paradise? The bible doesn't mention one, only the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In the 5th century AD people began to become interested in the kind of fruit she gave him, considering the flora and geographical conditions of Asia Minor where the Garden of Eden was supposed to be they thought it could have been a fig, a grape or a citron, monks in Northern Italy, however, were convinced that the fruit ...
...warm there. Botanists assume that apple trees originated in the area between the Caspian and the Black Sea, they grow best in temperate countries with a cool climate and plenty of rain during the winter. Central Europe and North America are the main regions for the production of apples, but they're now also grown in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America - in the months when we've got winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Internationally, ...

MALU 13.02.2008 · Read full review
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