knowledgable gardeners required

[Amanda P]

What's the best weedkiller money can buy? Any recommendations?

I heard Agent Orange is quite effective. But I don't think it has UK approval.

 

[longers]

I did ask. But I don't know. However, politician-like, I will evade the question by answering that I think most bonsai trees are of species that have small leaves anyway - possibly because the answer is no,they don't grow leaves in scale and a six-inch tree with six-inch leaves would just be silly.

Good answer.

I've got some stumpy oak trees that are producing leaves in proportion to their full grown size not the 18" or so I plan to keep them at.
It might take them a bit of time few years to get used to not growing any bigger, I dunno.
I did hear that the leaves shrink to suit the scale of the tree but that might have been campfire talk or from a bloke in the pub.

That trees with small leaves are normally used for bonsaing does seem to fit with what I've seen done in the past.

I was talking to a forummers dad the other weekend and admiring his diddy trees, I reckon he'd know but I forgot to ask him.

 

[Speicher]

Two questions for experts to kindly answer:

I have some Schlumbergers aka Christmas Cactus. The foliage has turned from a vibrant green to a sludgey sort of pink. I have repotted them. Will they return to normal colour of foliage? Should I cut them back so that the new growth might be healthy, or have they got some disease?

Second question about Bottle Brush Plants. I would like to take some cuttings from these. What time of year is the best time of year to do this? I have several varieties, most of which have now got flower buds. Should I wait until they have finished flowering, or take cuttings now so that the new plants have plenty of time to get established before autumn?

Thank you for your help.

 

[rich p]

Take the bottle brush cuttings of newish semi ripe growth tips - which would be in late summer.

Be patient, the ones I took last summer are still only about 6 inches high!

 

[Speicher]

Thank you, that explains why bottle brush plants can be expensive to buy, and why I would like to propagate from the ones I have got.

 

[Maz]

Do you want to kill everything or just weeds?

hi
Basically, any plants it comes into contact with.

suppose its best to apply it when no rain is forecast for a couple of days or more...

 

[ChrisKH]

hi
Basically, any plants it comes into contact with.

suppose its best to apply it when no rain is forecast for a couple of days or more...

Jeyes fluid works well. And it will kill you also, with sufficient exposure.

Jeyes is used to steralise soil before planting seedlings and in diluted form is a very good weedkiller. In fact it will kill everything. It cleans drains rather well and clears moss from paths also.