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Radio 4,08 Apr 2012,43 mins

Liphook, Hampshire

Gardeners' Question Time

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Pippa Greenwood, Matthew Wilson and Bunny Guinness are guests of Bramshott, Liphook & District Horticultural Society. Eric Robson is in the chair. Rosie Yeomans investigates some extreme gardening at Marwell Zoo, Hampshire and some timely advice on minimizing water usage in the garden, Questions addressed in the programme: How do I control chickweed? How to convert large herbaceous border to low maintenance fruit garden. How easy is it to grow a rose from seed? Suggestions for instant plants for pots on a decking area. Will soap and shampoo from bathwater damage plants? Is filling ponds to preserve aquatic life exempt from the hosepipe ban? Suggestions for good plants flowers, scent, and an exotic look, to go into pond baskets Is it better to dig a whole border or individual holes before planting? Does depriving young plants of compost/feed make them stronger? Produced by Howard Shannon A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

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