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

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Q – Please could the panel help with my chilli and pepper crop – as soon as I seem to get them going, the season seems to be over. I recently heard about keeping them over winter to give them a head-start before next year – will this work and how do I do it?

(2 minutes 46 seconds)

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Q – What’s the best thing to do with Dahlia cuttings over winter that have flowered this year? How long is it until a Dahlia cutting gets to a tuberous stage?

(6 minutes 4 seconds)

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Q – Our recent allotment is overhung at the back by a large oak tree from another property, leaving a heavy drop of acorns on one third of the allotment space. We would like some ideas of what to do with them.

(8 minutes 27 seconds)

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Q – Our garden backs onto a cow field. What would the panel suggest for cow-friendly hedge options that are tough enough to stop them getting into our garden and look good all year round?

(10 minutes 21 seconds)

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Matthew – Acer campestre

Crab apple, Malus ‘E±¹±ð°ù±ð²õ³Ù±ð’

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Anne – Hawthorn

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Pippa – Prunus spinosa

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Q – Five years ago we planted a rockery, and a few years ago noticed a moss, Polytrichum commune growing in it. The more we tried to remove it, the more it spread and is now all over the garden. Please can the panel help?

(12 minutes 36 seconds)

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Matthew – Polypodium

Asplenium scolopendrium

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Berries in Wisley:

Callicarpa ‘Imperial Pearl’

Lonicera ‘Blue Pearl’

Viburum betulifolium

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Q – We recently bought a basil plant but we’re in lockdown so can’t get any soil to plant it out. How can we improvise to take care and encourage it to flourish?

(18 minutes 2 seconds)

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Q – My money plant has white dandruff which I wipe off, but it always returns – what is it, and what should I do?

(20 minutes 22 seconds)

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Q – I bought an Alocasia Zebrina to stand on a table in the hall, but it has been guttating copiously. I understand this happens when a plant is over-watered but I haven’t watered in the last week. What should I do?

(22 minutes 32 seconds)

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Q – I have had my Monstera deliciosa for a few years which I keep in my hallway. This summer I decided to put it in my greenhouse, and it has developed white patches on the leaves – what has prompted this?

(23 minutes 44 seconds)

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Alex – Monstera deliciosa ‘Thai Constellation’

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Q – We have a large Conifer which is full of birds and we love it. However, when visitors come over, they always ask ‘What are you going to do about the tree?’ – do we need to do anything? Will it cause us a problem in the future?

(29 minutes 26 seconds)

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Q – Please could the panel give me some planting suggestions for a small backyard with no sunlight whatsoever? It’s becoming very expensive to replace the yard with plants and shrubs each year as nothing lasts… Can the panel help?

(31 minutes 43 seconds)

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Matthew – Pieris ‘W²¹°ì±ð³ó³Ü°ù²õ³Ù’

Sarcococca hookeriana ‘Purple Stem’

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Anne – Bamboo

Pinus heldreichii ‘Compact Gem’

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Alex – Dicksonia antarctica

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Q – We have a cluster of fungi in our shrubbery that we’ve identified as lattice stinkhorn. Should we encourage it, or will it damage our trees and shrubs?

(34 minutes 38 seconds)

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Q – I have a chicken pen, and this morning, when entering the pen, I noticed two protrusions – maybe fruits or seedpods – what are they?

(37 minutes 31 seconds)

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Anne - Holboellia

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