Frequently Asked Questions

Compost and Soil

Disease Control

Acer tar spot
Apple & pear scab
Apple Blossom Wilt and Wither Tip
Big bud on blackcurrants
Blossom end rot
Brown Heart
Brown rot on apple tree

Can I eat blighted potatoes
Cucumber Mosaic Virus
Fusarium patch on lawns
Halo blight on French Beans
Pear rust
What’s the layer of mould on top of my seed tray?

Disorders

Bolting brassicas
Brassica blindness

Daffodil blindness
Greenback on tomatoes

Fruit Growing

Apple fruit thinning
Apple Identification
Apricot varieties
Blueberries
Growing citrus
Harvesting Medlars

Pear leaf blister mite
Poor growth of apple trees
Pruning plum trees
Replanting fruit bushes
Very early flowering
Watering lemon trees

General Gardening

Biodynamic advice
Care of Poinsettias at Christmas
Cleaning garden tools
Digging tips
Grazing Rye
Green manures and the vegetable garden
Growing Liquorice bushes
Growing mistletoe
Growing watercress

Orientation of vegetable beds
Pruning Clematis montana
Pruning Magnolia
Raised bed edging
Saving bean seeds
Sourcing native organic plants
Watering containers
What to do with woody waste
Witch Hazel

Pest Control

Aphid damage
Apple twig cutter
Cabbage rootfly in compost
Capsid bug
Carrot fly
Cuckoo spit
Flea Beetle
Glasshouse spider mite

Lily beetle damage
Scale insects on holly
Slugs and the Butcombe Box
Two-spotted spider mite on crocosmia
Unseen sawflies!
Viburnum beetle
Weeding carrots and carrot fly

Vegetable Growing

Asparagus
Banana shallot varieties
Bitter Cucumbers and cross pollination
Blight resistant potatoes
Brussel sprouts and firm soil
Carrot seedlings
Chitting potatoes
Growing vegetables in the shade

Hot boxes: Early sowing of vegetables
Jerusalem artichokes
Ring culture
Soya bean varieties for the UK
Storing early potatoes
When to water what?
Why do our carrots always end up small?

Weed Control

Bindweed in the vegetable plot
Bindweed in topsoil
Bramble clearance
Carpets and the organic garden

Flame weeding
Ground cover plants
Japanese Knotweed

Wildlife Gardening

Attractant flowers
Bee swarms

Butterfly habitat box
Butterfly larvae protection

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