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 <description><![CDATA[I want to build up a collection of scented pelargoniums. Can you suggest some sources?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:57 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[What’s the best way to deal with dandelions in a small lawn?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[My nephew, aged 10, has told me I should allow nettles in the garden for the butterflies. What butterflies and why?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:45 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I want to plant espalier apples, but prefer the idea of training them myself. Can I convert a tree into an espalier or are there special varieties?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I am setting aside part of our quite large garden for vegetables. The area will be roughly 10m by 5m (33 x 16ft), backed by a high wall which faces south. How should I lay this area out?<br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:39 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[We have honey fungus. Two rhododendrons are dead and it has spread into our privet hedge. Is there anything we can do?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:36 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I have a violet flowering outside in January! Is this unusual?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Clubroot has got worse and worse in my vegetable beds. What can I do to prevent it? I’ve tried resistant varieties to no avail. Everything is grown from seed, sown in drills on a different part every year.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I decided to dig up my old strawberries last year. I potted up 50 runners and these are now in an open cold frame, but I’m worried about virus. Will it be safe to continue with them or should I buy more plants?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:24 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’d like to give my son and daughter-in-law a flowering tree for the lawn at their new house. Their garden is small, but sheltered and south-facing.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I was given some lupin seeds which I germinated last autumn. They are now in small pots in a tray on my patio. What should I do next?]]></description>
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 <title>Why do I need a propagator?</title>
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 <description><![CDATA[Why would I want a propagator, when I’ve already got a greenhouse?]]></description>
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 <description><![CDATA[Is it too early to set seed potatoes out for chitting?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Should blackcurrants be pruned? Is it all right to prune them now?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:15 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’ve grown the tomato ‘Tornado’ for more than 20 years, but I can’t find a seed supplier now. Can you help me?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:09 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’d like some ideas for early-flowering perennials. I’m flush for colour from June onwards, but not so good for April or May, apart from spring bulbs. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:06 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’ve come across the tartar bread plant, Crambe tatarica, and wonder if I would find one to buy at my local garden centre. What compost would I use and where would I plant it?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:01 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I have 10 bird feeders in my garden which take me several hours to clean each week. It’s almost impossible to get into the corners. Has anyone invented feeders which can be dismantled for cleaning?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:44 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Can you tell me the correct planting and row distances for chrysanthemums?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Our Brussels sprout plants have suffered in the wind and are leaning at crazy angles. Is there anything I can do to keep them going?<br/>]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:29 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Do you know whether chrysanthemum growers Rileys, Woolmans and Shoesmiths are still going?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:25 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Is it possible to grow a blackberry in a pot? If so, what do I have to do?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:20 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Would you please settle a dispute? My neighbour insists that his tall liquidambar tree is a kind of maple because the leaves are like sycamore leaves. I keep telling him he’s wrong, but I don’t know what family the tree is in. How can I prove to him it’s not a maple?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:59 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I know you aren’t supposed to grow two successive crops of onions in the same spot, but what about garlic to follow leeks?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:55 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A number of butterflies have settled in my garden shed to hibernate. Is there anything I can do to look after them?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’ve been given some agapanthus seed. When should I sow it? Also, last year I sowed seeds of dierama and now have 15cm (6in) plants. How big must they be before I transplant them into the garden?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:27 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[My chaenomeles (Japanese quince) is covered with lovely big fruits this winter. Is it possible to eat them or should I just compost the quinces?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With more people growing vegetables at home, one problem I have is buying seed in small quantities. Onion sets in bags of 100, potatoes in 3kg bags – when will we see a return to loose selling?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:35 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[With more people growing vegetables at home, one problem I have is buying seed in small quantities. Onion sets in bags of 100, potatoes in 3kg bags – when will we see a return to loose selling?]]></description>
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 <title>Will my palm ever flower?</title>
 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A Trachycarpus fortunei palm grows in a west-facing position in my garden. I want it to produce flowers and fruit but none have appeared so far. How can I encourage it?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I am trying to find out how to kill moss on Tarmac paths.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:04 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[What is the best way to grow grapes from cuttings? When’s the best time of year to do it and what compost should I use?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[A friend who has died left behind a packet of tomatillo seeds. I’ve grown them well and they’ve formed fruits, but none has shown any sign of ripening. Can you help?]]></description>
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 <title>Search for a coppery-coloured shrub</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:42 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I would like a few suggestions for a coppery coloured shrub for a mixed border in average sun. I’d prefer an evergreen, ultimate height being about 1.5m (5ft). I’m taken with a cotinus, but they’re deciduous. ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’ve sown seed of pak choi in cell trays and planted them out six weeks ago into my greenhouse bed. They seem rather leggy.]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:31 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’m thinking of buying two Phyllostachys nigra from Thompson & Morgan. They state that they grow 3m (10ft) high, your book Plant Solutions tells me they grow to 8m (27ft), The RHS Encyclopedia says 6m to 8m (20-27ft). Who is right? Can you also suggest any other bamboo?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:26 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I’m told there’s no need to lift dahlias now with global warming. Is this true?]]></description>
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 <title>Why train sweet peas?</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:22 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Sweet peas that I grew by the cordon method were affected by mildew in mid-September, so I stopped pinching out side shoots and let them run. They went on to flower brilliantly, deep into October! Why do we bother to train them as cordons?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:17 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Two parts of my conifer hedging, which is 25 years old, are showing severe browning. What can I do?]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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 <title>Have I done my bit for the environment?</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:02 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[My photo shows devastation caused by cabbage whites. Being concerned for the environment, I resolved to let them have their way. Have I done enough for the environment this year?]]></description>
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 <title>Castor oil plants are deteriorating in cold</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:52 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I have what I think are olive oil plants outside in the sun. Could you tell me what is attacking the leaves?]]></description>
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 <title>Enjoy your date palms as houseplants</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:46 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I planted six date stones and four have germinated. They are now a foot high. Could you give me some tips on how to look after them?]]></description>
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 <title>Are ‘everlasting’ sweet peas 'everlasting'?</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[What is meant by ‘everlasting’ sweet peas? ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[I bought a 1.3m (4ft 4in) ‘Stella’ cherry which I planted in a tub on my patio. It started well, producing several branches, but in July the leaves started to die. ]]></description>
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 <title>What are the benefits of nettle fertiliser?</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:23 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[What is nettle fertiliser supposed <br/>to do? ]]></description>
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 <title>Buddleia’s having a bad hair day</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:18 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[What can I do with my Buddleia alternifolia which has grown out of control? It looks as if it’s had a really bad hair day, but I want it to weep gracefully.]]></description>
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 <title>Something’s eating my viburnum’s foliage</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:14 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[Something is eating the foliage on my viburnum. My son’s plant two doors away is clear, so what is eating my plant?]]></description>
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 <title>Fig tree isn’t producing any edible fruit</title>
 <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:07 +0000</pubDate>
 <description><![CDATA[How can I get my fig tree to produce edible fruit? It was covered with small figs, about 4cm (1½in) long, in September, but I know these will never mature. I’m obviously going wrong somewhere.]]></description>
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