Malvern Spring Gardening Show

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Eric Robson and the panel are garden trouble-shooting at Malvern Spring Gardening Show. Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Wilson and Pippa Greenwood form this week's panel of experts. Questions answered in the programme: What gardening gadget would members of the panel not be without? How do I dilute comfrey fertiliser? Does it benefit all plants? Do members of the panel have a place for alpine plants in their garden? The panel grow Sedum acre and Semprevivums 'Rubin' alpines amongst others. How do you prune grasses? Can I grow tropical fruits in a polytunnel in Herefordshire without heat? Is my 100ft x 50ft garden big enough for a Catalpa tree? Alternative trees suggested: Zelkova, flowering cherries, Paulownia 'Floxglove tree' Suggestions for cut-and-come-again crops for an Edible garden please. The panel suggest lettuce, chards, spinaches, Pueraria oy' Kudzu vine', and raspberries. Produced by Howard Shannon and Lucy Dichmont A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.