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

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Q – I just finished building a 6 x 5 foot (1.82 x 1.52 m) unheated greenhouse. What can I put in it before spring?

(3 minutes 30 seconds)

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Bob –

Salad leaves

Small cucumbers (female)

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Christine –

Festuca

Carex

Juncus

Skimmia

Gaulnettya

Pernettya

Ferns

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Q – I’ve grown a Peperomia from leaf cuttings which were variegated. The plant is now established but has reverted back to whole green. Can I now remove the original cutting variegated leaves?

(6 minutes 45 seconds)

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Q – My olive tree is growing at a 45 degree angle. Can I train it to start growing straight?

(8 minutes 40 seconds)

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Q – How long does it take for a wormery to establish? And how can you tell if you’re doing the right thing?

(11 minutes 10 seconds)

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Feature – Matt Biggs gives us his ultimate guide to planting trees in winter
(14 minutes 50 seconds)

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Q – Our group of allotments received a generous donation of fresh woodchips. What can we do with it?

(19 minutes 40 seconds)

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Q – I had a wonderful cyclamen and my dad told me to let it have a dormant period. I did so, and it died. When should we give a plant a dormant period?

(22 minutes 50 seconds)

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Q – I live on the West Pennine Moors, with clay soil and lots of bad wind and weather. I want to grow a hedge along our wall. I want it to be 4 foot (1.21m) high, without thorns and can grow to the right height quickly. What do you suggest?

(27 minutes 30 seconds)

Christine –

Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’

Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘L¾±³¾±ð±ô¾±²µ³ó³Ù’

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Bob –

Buddleja globose

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Matthew –

Acer campestre, Field maple

Hornbeam

Beech

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Feature – James Wong tells us about a magical tropical tree, the Strangler Fig.

(32 minutes 15 seconds)

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Q – I have a young Brown Turkey Fig tree in a pot in my greenhouse. The leaves have all turned yellow and dropped off. Before I repot it outside, does it need some help?

(36 minutes 30 seconds)

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Q – I bought a rose plant named ‘Lavender Lassie’ which turned out to be just pink. Do the panel have any similarly deceptively named plants?

(39 minutes 40 seconds)

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