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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names are provided.

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Q – My parents have sent our family 4our grow bags, tomato plants, chard, spinach, runner bean plants and herbs. Our flowerbeds are currently overrun with ivy, which I can’t take to the tip. Any advice on how to get started?

(2 minutes 50 seconds)

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Q – I’m finding it difficult to source fresh vegetables but remembered you can eat nettles, so I now have a litre of nettle soup. What other edible and nutritious foods might I find in my garden whilst I wait for salad crops to grow?

(6 minutes 10 seconds)

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Pippa – Good-king-Henry

Dock leaves

Dandelion leaves

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Matthew – Chickweed

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Q – I’m a renter, so all my gardening is in pots. I can’t buy compost from my nursery, and don’t use enough to buy online. Can I reuse compost if mixed 50/50 with new compost?Ìý

(8 mins 16 seconds)

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Dig for Victory feature

(17 minutes 4 seconds)

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Q – I have lots of seeds, but in my flat, all I have is a 4-year-old grow bag – would planting them in the grow bag be a pointless exercise, or would it work?

(21 minutes 11 seconds)

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Q – Before leaving the office, a tray of cacti were heavily watered. What can I do to dry them out?

(23 minutes 6 seconds)

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Q – I recently re-potted my avocado plant, which I grew from a pit, and its leaves are drooping. A quick search suggested I had over-watered it, do you think this is the cause, and is it salvageable?

(26 minutes 3 seconds)

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Garden Glossary

(31 minutes 37 minutes)

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Q – My Ammi majus – grown from seed – has holes on the leaves; what is this, and will it infect other plants in my greenhouse?

(35 minutes 37 seconds)

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Q – Could you give me some advice for gardening with teenagers? Ideally something to be done in short bursts with almost immediate results.

(38 minutes 2 seconds)

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