Postbag Edition, Sparsholt College

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Why do trees bleed? Can you eat the leaves and stalk from your Brussels sprouts? How do I grow blueberries from a bathtub? Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Matthew Biggs figure out the answers to your questions sent by post and email. Eric Robson chairs this postbag edition recorded at Sparsholt College, Hampshire. Questions covered: 1. Are certain plants able to extract heavy metals from the soil? 2. In light of the E-coli outbreaks, is it safe to use manure? 3. Is it safe to grow a fruit tree in the in run-off from a septic tank? 4. Why do trees bleed? How do I stop it? 5. Fungal wilt is attacking my lupins. Will the neighbouring roses and lavendar get infected? 6. How does watering a plant before the frost settles prevent frostburn? 7. Most of my potatoes came out large and smooth-skinned. Why did some come out small, dark and tough when cooked? 8. Is it OK to empty my hot-water bottle into my waterbut? 9. Why do my green peppers have thin skins? 10.Why won't my Goji berries flower (or fruit)? 11. Did tap water kill my potted blueberries? 12. The fruit on my Sharon fruit tree drop before they ripen. Why? 13. Can you get another crop of peas after you harvest? 14. Can you re-root a cut cherry-tree branch 15. Can you eat the leaves from Brussels sprouts? 16. How to eliminate Niger seeds. Produced by Howard Shannon. A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.