Here are some answers to some common questions that Gardens Monthly have put together this month and a few of my own that you might find interesting:
How to avoid your tomatoes splitting - Tomatoes tend to be split if the water supply is erratic, especially if there is too little followed by too much.  Gardens Monthly suggest that you should water [...]

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These are books that I suggest buying and adding to your collection.  By clicking on the title of the book you will be taken to Amazon to purchase the book from their list. 
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Plant Propagation (Royal Horticultural Society’s Encyclopaedia of Practical Gardening)
Vegetable and Herb Expert
RHS Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers (RHS)
RHS Pruning and Training (Rhs)
The [...]

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 I have now started to feed my house plants once every two weeks again, and the ones which have outgrown their pots I have re-potted in larger ones, again using the New Horizon compost and give them a good watering until water is trickling through the bottom. I water every one/two weeks depending on how dry the [...]

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I decided taken a few cuttings from my hebe bush and they have rooted nicely.  The cuttings were taken only few weeks ago, hebes’ are pretty good at rooting quickly and the flowers they produce attract the bees and  odd butterfly.  For a detailed description of how to take cutting successfully how about getting a copy of Plant [...]

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