Programme Archive 2005

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Programme 27: 29th October 2005
Fremontodendron - blown off trellis - prognosis
Winter Jasmine and Crispin Glasnevin - when is the right time to cut back
Bird of Paradise - sowing seeds - correct conditions
Daffodil bulbs - right time to lift and divide
Bramley half standard - what to do with windfall apples
Hydrangeas - best time to take cuttings/method
Holly Tree in graveyard - roots have been cut - will it die off or is it likely to sprout again
Magnolia Tree - 8 years planted - needs to be moved
Orchid - pot bound - how to transplant it

Programme 26: 22nd October 2005
Orchids:  what to do with green shoots that are appearing everywhere
New garden:  advice as to what to set at this time of year
Dahlias:  not flowering properly
Gooseberries:  Infestation of mildew on gooseberry bushes
New lawn:  what seed variety should be sown for slow growth
Golden Beech or Green Beech hedge - best choice?

Programme 25: 15th October 2005
Half acre wilderness - how to convert to a vegetable patch
Plant climbers - suitable varieties for wall situated in the grounds of a Montessori school
Apple Trees - apple scab disease - how to prevent this happening next year
Crocus bulbs - how to stop birds eating them in the springtime
Ivy - best method to remove from a stone wall shed
Pear Trees - fruit being eaten by coddling moth
Oak Trees (Blackrock, Dublin) - bereft of acorns
Potted Rose Bushes - when and how to plant
Victoria Plum Tree - fruit rotting on tree - also, best time to prune
Monkey Puzzle Tree - disease on trunk

Programme 24: 1st October 2005
Long narrow grass verge in front garden - what would be
best to plant?
Apple and Plum Orchard in North Mayo - no fruit
Rowan Ash Trees planted in driveway - alive but not thriving
Tomatoes - is it time to bring them indoors?
Young tree -  one of main branches snapped off - can it be repaired?
Apple Trees - fruit has brown rot
Miniature Apple Tree - no fruit this year

Programme 23: 24th September 2005
Decking - problem with grass growing up between the
wooden planks
Banana Plant - growing in Wexford!
Peas - pods have mildew - will that affect the seeds?
California Lilac (Ceanothus Concha) - dying - 4 years old
Fig Tree - can it be pruned?
Philadelphus Shrub - no blooms this year
Escallonia Hedge - can it be pruned now?
Thuja plicata - foliage turning brown

Programme 22: 17th September 2005
Row of Trees... Thuja Smaragd... middle one dying
Hedge being overwhelmed by a vine type plant
Plant identification -  Mallow bush or tree
Tree/large shrub for screening purposes - advice
Lawn - information regarding setting a new large lawn -
half an acre
Chinese Lantern Tree -  how to prune it
Pansy seed - was saved, but vanished
Cherry Blossom Tree - it just doesn't look well growing
beside a red brick wall

Programme 21: 10th September 2005
Damson Tree - no fruit this year
Cherry Tree - is it worthwhile trying to grow cherries in the West of Ireland
Acacia (false) - centre stem cut off - does it need to be painted
Indian Bean Tree - how to encourage flowering
Lawn - advice to ensure healthy green grass next Spring
Umbrella Plant - leaves are falling from the stem
Window boxes - colourful flowers for wintertime
Potatoes - problem with worms/slugs
Lawn - infested with Baby's Tears
Pear, Apple, Plum Trees - plenty of growth but no fruit

Programme 20: 3rd September 2005
Roses - problem with black spot
Orange Tree - no flowers this year
Weeping Willow - brown rust disease
Fremontodendron - slime flux
Carrots - are they in danger of attack from Carrot Fly at this time of year?
Potatoes - slugs
Beech Hedge - choked with weeds
Old Lawn - bald patches with long pieces
Ivy - wants to kill off ivy but not hedge
Cowslips and Primroses in full bloom at present - unusual?

Programme 19: 27th August 2005
Hydrangea - good foliage but not flowers
Lettuce - poor germination rates and bitter taste
Compost Bin - inclusion of peach and nectarine stones
Crinodendron - loosing leaves
Gloriosa Lily - 7 ft. high - just one stem
Russian Vine - leaves gone brown
Fuchsia Plant - 40 years old - surrounded by ivy
Rowan Tree- leaves wilting - few berries
Curry-leaf Tree - Murraya koenigii -  follow up information

Programme 18: 20th August 2005
Curry Leaf plant/tree: can it be grown in an Irish climate? Where can I buy it?
Variegated Poplar Tree:  Rust disease
Large neglected garden:  infested with ants....how to get rid of them
Hedge:  ideas for a hedge to define boundary...high ground...facing south/west.
Vine Weevil in strawberries - information on life cycle
Cabbage plants:  heads cut off at ground level
Clematis Montana:  no flowers
Gerenium:  rust disease

Programme 17: 13th August 2005
Cabbages (Hispi) - bursting apart
Maple Tree - 15 years old - stopped growing and died
Tomatoes - grown in kitchen - ripening methods
Tulip bulbs - best time to lift them
Greenhouse - what is best to sow at this time of year
Japanese Maple - leafless - Cordyline Palms crowding it
Alder Trees - advice regarding pruning
Protea seeds - when and where should they be sown
Mahonia - stems on one side of it have lost their flowering heads.

Programme 16: 6th August 2005
Potatoes - black spots
Raised 2 ft. high bed set on limestone gravel - acid plants
Fatsia - losing lower leaves
Dill, coriander and mint - being eaten by earwigs
Stardust tree - briars growing up through them
Redcurrants - can they be safely moved?
Eucalyptus tree - roots close to house
Heather roof - pergola
Ivy - spreading over ground area - effect on bulbs
Apple trees - crop failure

Programme 15: 30th July 2005
Daffodils - will weed killer affect bulbs?
Lavender bush - has spread and gone all wooden - advice regarding cutting it back
Victoria Plum trees - fruit has small brownish spots
Rockery - suggestion for bedding plants
Rhododendron - low flower production
Moroccan Broom - failed to flower
Arbutus (Strawberry Tree) and Nothofagus - growing problems
Wild Strawberry plant - taking over ground area

Programme 14: 16th July 2005
Red Spiders - on fruit bushes - problem with bites
French tarragon - difficult to find
Oxalis - troublesome weed in borders
Red grapes - pea size, shrivel up and fall off vine
Courgettes - rotting
Submerged lawn - advice
Strawberries - rotation system
Bamboo - care of the plant and the seeds
Acre of land - advice regarding a low maintenance garden

Programme 13: 9th July 2005
- Walnut tree - 7 years old - died recently
- High Noon Tree Peony - can it be transplanted
- White Campanula - what to do about rust
- Abies koreana - no blue cones
- Elaeagnus - being hit by disease
- Apple tree - problem with fungus
- Redcurrant bush - no fruit this year
- Wild Fuschia - this year's flowers appear to be different!
- Roses - being choked by bindweed

Programme 12: 2nd July 2005
- Lilac Tree - 100 years old.  Lacking flowers this year - curled leaves and brown spots.
- Malus Profusion - leaves diseased - rust and black spot.
- Potted Fuchsia's roots growing into the ground. Removed it but now flowers are drooping.
- Orange Blossom - unsuccessful in rooting cuttings.
- Which shrubs to grow up against a bare 8 foot wall in back garden?
- Grapes growing in greenhouse full of mildew.
- Lupin planted last May eaten by snails.

Programme 11: 25th June 2005
- Onions - bolting and tips of leaves going yellow
- Lawn - violets growing in the grass and spreading
- Ivy like climber - how to get rid of this
- Phlox flowers - fungus appearing
- Strawberries -  are treated timber shavings safe to use
- Identification of insect - like a sandhopper - will it harm plants

Programme 10: 18th June 2005
- 15 year old Ivy - leaves turning brown and withering
- Cordyline - needs to be cut back
- Irises - advice on transplanting
- Robinia - problem with greenfly
- Strawberries - berries falling to the ground before ripening
- Rowan tree - attacked by blackfly
- Pyracantha - scab problem
- Cherry Blossom tree - bare branches
- 5 year old Ceanothes - shedding leaves

Programme 9: 11th June 2005
- Potentillas - advice on care
- White beam tree growing too close to digital dish
- What to grow on an exposed, windy site in Tralee
- Corkscrew willow - canker problem
- Prunus Yeodoensis - did not bloom last year
- Plum tree - leaves have holes and brown spots
- Apple tree grown from a pip - now needs to be transplanted
- Acer tree - not thriving
- Monkey Puzzle tree - how to control the growth

Programme 8: 4th June 2005
- What to do with an Oak Tree in a bucket?
- Heather beds - are limestone chips safe to use?
- What to plant on a one acre site
- Identification of a Morrocan Broom/Pineapple Broom or Cytisus battandieri
- Composting with worms - dilution of liquid
- Trouble with Conifers
- Bootlace fungus and bark

Programme 7: 28th May 2005
- Photinia Red Robin shrub - leaves falling off
- Grisellinia hedge - 36 years old - leaves small and dull
- Weeping Cherry Tree - new growth being eaten
- Hydrangeas and Roses - yellow and brown on half of each leaf
- Liquid Amber Tree - branches dying
- Bouganvillia - dead flowers 
- Lettuce and cabbage - being eaten by Leather Jackets

Programme 6: 21st May 2005
- Plants/Shrubs/Apple Tree bark being eaten by rabbits
- Olearia Hedge:  how to encourage growth
- Bizzie Lizzie is not thriving
- When to prune a Lilac bush
- Plum/Cherry tree - 25 years old - is this the end
- Beech Hedge:  how to weed the surrounding area
- When and how to prune a rhododendron
- Laburnum attacked by wind

Programme 5: 14th May 2005
- Using a compost bin and pruning climbing roses
- Are flatworms a problem?
- Mulching mower v ordinary lawnmower
- Saving roses sprayed with the wrong product
- Whitefly on Yucca plants
- Canker in a Poplar tree
- Pruning a Foxglove Tree
- Caring for a boxcut hedge

Programme 4: 7th May 2005
- Aloe Vera Plant gone into seed;
- Hollybush with berries still on it.
- Fruits of a vine being eaten.
- Giant Geranium Plant.
- Spreading wood bark chips on lawn.
- Spraying Apple Trees.

Programme 3: 30th April 2005
- Giant Phormium
- Cherry Blossom Tree
- Pear Tree
- Wild Garlic
- Cactus
- Apple Trees - attacked by worms - best time to spray?
- Roses
- Apple Trees - problem with canker

Programme 2: 23rd April 2005
- Jasmine and Hydrangea
- Magnolia
- Fairy Ring on Lawn
- Daffodils - black spot
- Acer Pseudoplatanus Brilliantissium
- Hibiscus
- Eucalyptus Tree
- Beech Hedge 

Programme 1: 16th April 2005
- Dahlias - being eaten by insects
- Garden Pond - algae growing
- Wild Rose Bush - propagation
- Daffodil - 4 ft. 5 inches high
- Hedge for stoney area
- Lawn - drainage - rushes
- Bamboo Plant - yellow leaves