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Thank you. I'll pass that on to him.
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you could try giving it a good mulch of ericaceous compost and no fertilizer as for the buds not opening it could well be frost damage cover it with fleece if its in an exposed area in autumn and winter
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quite right, it’s a sad state of affairs when we have to read warning labels on plants today. It’s also dangerous to livestock as well.
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I prepped the soil well before planting with a good ericaceous compost (I have all of my acid loving plants in the same area and, apart from the camelia, they're all thriving). However, you may have hit the nail on the head regarding frost. There is another, smaller, camelia along a well sheltered fence in the garden and the blooms are just about to appear. 🤔 Unfortunately I'm not as keen on the flower on that particular one. It's a bubblegum pink colour my Dad chose. It wouldn't have been my choice. lol My camelia had gorgeous deep red flowers when I bought it. I don't think there's much I can do to bring on the bloom this year, but I'll take your advice and cover the camelia this winter. Thanks for the advice.
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Thank you for that advice. I remember using coffee grounds a few years ago when growing my first jalapeno plant and the results were spectacular. But I don't do gardening on the same scale as my dad and wouldn't have the knowledge base needed to advise him. This has been very helpful.
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swop them over lol i trimmed ours back hard 2 years ago to shape it a bit but left the height planted a load of fritillaria bulbs around the base looks very nice with a bit of colour
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Well I managed to get the raised veggie patch weeded and enriched on Friday, which then crippled for for the following two days. So I've yet to get any seeds in the ground, but it does give me something to do this coming Friday. 😆
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haha i tell the young'uns to pace themselves and even now i dont follow my advise it is a nice hurt tho
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Haha, yes I'm very much a person who can give great advice, but I'm terrible at taking it. 😆
It's certainly helped my mental health though, seeing that glorious blank canvas, ready for seeds. 😁
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dahlia soaking day ready for planting sleeper planters painted and topped up blackbird comes after my hard work and chucks it everywhere with his new found lady friend they do make us smile
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Awww, I'm glad Mr Blackbird has found love @michael57 I love watching our pair hopping around, demolishing the tidy piles of dirt we've made. They're always in such a rush too. 😆
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haha its like cleaning up after kids again
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It is not clear why you planted raspberries near the wall. There should be a distance of at least a couple of feet. In 20 years you will be tired of these weeds with berries).
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Old sleepers are poison.
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back in the day on the farm we would use used railway sleepers for gate posts the more tar on them the better making them water proof they were more weather proof than your modern garden sleeper made from soft woods the asbestos dust could cause a problem from used sleepers tho and sitting on hot sticky tar could be fun
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I like the smell of old railway sleepers! Was looking at hard wood sleepers from Africa. They were very old, with alot of 33nhin3
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alot of engine oil, diesel splodges.
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last a lot longer than what they class as sleepers nowadays
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I know that north of Aberdeen, there is track that was laid in the 1930s! The Network Rail lads working late at night told me (I am often out very late with the dog).
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