I’m sure you’ve heard of International Horticulture Week that took place a few weeks ago – but this week is the second-ever Women in Horticulture week. It’s mainly an American celebration, but I thought it would be good to talk about it on here too a
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“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design a Chelsea
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“Gardening programmes tend to be very ‘traditional’ white middle-class in their attitude towards gardening”, Julia Sargeant said in an interview after she won gold at Chelsea Flower Show in 2016. She was the first black gardener to design…
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Seaton Carew Golf Club, a historic championship course and the 10th oldest in England, has recently undergone a transformative upgrade with the installation of a state-of-the-art Hunter irrigation system, supplied by KAR UK.Course Manager Tom…
"THank you Olliver"
"Thanks, very similar to what we're putting in place"
"we put the iron on separately around end feb, fert mid end march then again end june and iron separately end oct. If a client has an event, as most of our work is corporate we will put iron on couple of days prior to ebent for a green up. Hope that…"
"Hi Peter. Can I ask, is that 4 visits in total then you do? First liquid iron, then a granular feed, then a second granular feed, followed by a final liquid iron? Or do you combine some of those treatments in to the same visit and so only go 2 or 3…"
"We use decis every week/ fortnight and top buxus feed /tonic every four weeks with perfect results. Good luck"
"Stuart, after many years in this game with predominantly sites of half an acre upwards we stopped using the proprietary fertiliser brands as we could not cope with the growth that resulted. Our regime consists of liquid iron spring and autumn and…"
"if you are getting r/ pro at £35 its cheep, you can get fert with differant NPK ratioes put the granular fert down with a spreder then you are not worried if some goes in the borders then selective weed killer with a sprayer. lawn sand in earley…"
"Thank you Gents, Xentari is on order. I used the Decis because it was on the shelf....and claimed to be effective on the caterpillers.
Fingers crossed we can get these ancient plants looking good again.
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Fingers crossed we can get these ancient plants looking good again.
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"What's the best liquid weed and feed to buy? "
"Hey Did you find out the best liquid weed and feed? I am currently needing some but would like some advice on the best to purchase thank ypj "
"Sympathy! We also are under attack by Box blight and Box moth with some sites having the same plants attacked by both pests . Never seen anything like it in 40 years. The speed of spread is astonishing, on a site yesterday that is maintained weekly,…"
"+1 for XenTari. The bushes recovered but it took a couple of months. That was last year and they've been afflicted again. Apparently you can use as a preventative April June and Sept so we'll try that next year. "
" Hello Adam
With Decis, surely that has to make contact with the pest to have any effect on them ?? (harder with box caterpillar as they hide down the stems and pop up to eat the fresh growth)
Have had success with Xentari (from Amazon) and the…"
With Decis, surely that has to make contact with the pest to have any effect on them ?? (harder with box caterpillar as they hide down the stems and pop up to eat the fresh growth)
Have had success with Xentari (from Amazon) and the…"
Ive never experienced this one before. In the larger garden I look after (5 acres of it, with lots of old clipped box) I noticed a 2' high quadrant of box hedges were bare (the owner and I agreed it was the exceptionally dry weather. The next week…
Help....Box caterpillar has attacked
Ive never experienced this one before. In the larger garden I look after (5 acres of it, with lots of old clipped box) I noticed a 2' high quadrant of box hedges were bare (the owner and I agreed it was the exceptionally dry weather. The next week…
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Echo or Stihl?
Need a short arm hedgecutter petrol for box topiary, won't be used for anything else so Stihl HC45 Echo 2320 or Echo 2020 ? Anyone got any of these?
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Makita XGT 40v range vs Husqvarna professional cordless range?
HelloI'm currently using a hyundai 5 in 1 petrol multi tool for my business, which although decent when working, there is a big emphasis on the "when". Ive decided to convert to all battery power and my first purchase will be a cordless professional…
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Sucker/blower
Looking for one only to pick up box cuttings, petrol machine. Any thoughts on make/model pros and cons, not interested in the blower function it"s purely to pick box up on acouple of jobs. Thanks.
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