Thursday, April 30, 2009

How do garden centres deter slugs and snails?

I have terrible trouble with garden pests - slugs, snails, greenfly, whitefly etc, and I spend all summer putting down pellets (which go furry) and spraying pests, or even avoiding plants which pests see as a tasty salad. The worst example was a chrysanthemum bush which I planted one aftternoon and which, the following morning, was just a tiny stem, as every scrap had been eaten.





Anyway, it occurred to me that garden centres don't have evidence of pest infestation, or else they would loose custom. Anybody kow how they do it? Slug charming? Stern warnings? Picking individual slugs and rehoming them? How is it done?

How do garden centres deter slugs and snails?
My family have a nursery and we use slug pellets that are environmentally friendly, and 100% safe for wildlife and pets (except slugs and snails).





Depending where you live, I'd contact local nurseries and look for this type - not the typical poisonous slug pellets, which do cause harm. One company called Growing Success makes one brand.





We also use nematodes, that are microscopic living creatures which prey on slugs and lead to their death. They're naturally around us, but by adding higher population levels you manage to control the slug population. You buy a powder, containing these creatures, mix with water and water it around the garden, they then go away and attack the slugs. Eg - http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/Harro...





Finally, if you have any pots, you can buy a thin copper tape that will adhere to your pots, and this prevents slugs and snails going over the tape, as they get a tiny electric charge, due to their wet contact onto the tape (it's not plugged into the electricity, it's just a reaction between their body and the tape). This way you can keep some slug loved plants in containers, and they'll be safe from munching. http://www.naturalcollection.com/natural...





For aphids, the cheapest option is to use diluted soap and spray it on. You can buy commercial sprays containing natural fatty acids, which are the same thing. They kill aphids on contact, but needs repeating as laid eggs will hatch as well as new ones invading. Otherwise you could buy some live ladybugs (ladybirds), either as larvae or adults, both of which will feed off your aphids - there's no guarantee that they won't fly away, but I'd recommend the larvae which will stay put and eat the aphids, before transforming into the lady bug beetles. Here's one commercial soap spray - http://growstore.com/detail.asp?itemnumb...





Otherwise, spraying aphids with diluted nicotine, garlic, or rhubarb will also kill them. You could always try a mix out, to find what works for you, using what you have available - it's still beneficial to use a little soap, to help it coat where you're spraying.





Don't be tempted with salt, as this can seriously harm your soil.





Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob
Reply:iv have allways used the leftover coffee from fresh coffee thats great . you have to ve it all for a week the pread it were the slugs an snails are or buy the pellets that dont harm any other garden animels like the pellets atract the snails and sorry but it kills them good luk
Reply:whatever you do don't use pellets slugs etc eat pellets then hedgehogs eat them and die, Buy a cheap can of beer then submerge in the ground in a dish slugs etc will die drunk and happy so good for everyone :)
Reply:Slug pellets. Poison.
Reply:We would put out a lot of bait, all the time. We used the powdery type, like Corry's, rather than the furry pellets.
Reply:Garden center plants are not in the soil. In other words, they are not at ground level for the pests to munch on. Also, they are not in the garden center long enough for a true infestation to build up.





Although I'm sure your intentions are good, from what you describe you are creating a toxic microcosm that will only attract more pests until there is nothing left. Stop with the sprays, put out a lot of bird seed, and let the animals do the work of pest management for you. Pellets are especially dangerous and IMO should be illegal. They kill the creatures who eat slugs, and those are the very creatures you want to attract to your garden.





Any pest overgrowth is a symptom of an imbalance in the garden, and it sounds like what you are doing - although well-meaning - is only making things many times worse.

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Supplies to garden centres.north island .nz?

what? need more info

Supplies to garden centres.north island .nz?
supplies in north island????


Garden centres in east Sussex?

Garden/patio furniture

Garden centres in east Sussex?
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=Ga...
Reply:wyevales in st leonards on sea in east sussex, b %26amp; q, homebase, focus
Reply:Do an internet search


Where can i buy hessian sacks and onion bags as garden centres are too expensive.?

make your own using open weave burlap available at retail fabric stores. You can hand stitch them if you don't have a sewing machine. That is how they were made in the "ole days".

Where can i buy hessian sacks and onion bags as garden centres are too expensive.?
what about a farm shop?
Reply:You could try a market stall or a supermarket?


Ask the owner/manager if they have any old ones from deliveries
Reply:go to a proper builders merchant like Travis Perkins if ur in the UK, I worked in merchants for years and I would oder them in, maybe not the onion bags but the hessien ones are known as sand bags 9what they use for floods etc)
Reply:have you tried eBay or maybe your fruit and vegetable shop
Reply:I've seen some for sale on e-bay, which haven't been too expensive.....you could ask on your local freecycle site too.


Can we expect garden centres (across the u.k.) to be open tomorrow?

YES!!


I went to 3 today and all were closed with signs up saying they were open tomorrow. Hoorah! Some bogus 18th century retail law...yawn.

Can we expect garden centres (across the u.k.) to be open tomorrow?
YES!





It's their biggest day of the year tomorrow hun.





Good luck but remember there gonna be packed!
Reply:Yep, prob open Sunday hours though 10am-6pm maybe.
Reply:I am amazed shops still close today,Easter Sunday; although I don't think it will be long before that changes! So, yes, Garden Centres and pretty much everywhere will be open - some places may be Sunday hours.
Reply:yes they will be open this is where they make most there money on bank holidays .
Reply:gauranteed
Reply:OH yes...rubbing their hands together with glee...
Reply:yes happy digging
Reply:I would think so i want to go to one myself. Holidays and week end's normaly there busiest times
Reply:The one nearest me is, I am going to treat myself to a nice ornamental pot

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Are there any Garden Centres near Old Street tube station in London selling compost?

yes

Are there any Garden Centres near Old Street tube station in London selling compost?
Don't know, but you could try to see if you have a B%26amp;Q or homebaise


Are any Garden Centres open tomorrow Easter Sunday?

I don't think there is anything open tomorrow, sorry...

Are any Garden Centres open tomorrow Easter Sunday?
I would not bet on it





Oh by the way, you can bet on it because the betting shops are open.





Not that there is any racing.


5 to 3 it will snow. on the Scilly Isles
Reply:i think if under 3 and a half thousand square foot any shop can open tomorrow,that was the deal made about sunday trading over xmas and easter sure google could tell ya spot on
Reply:best day of year for them! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Reply:Strangely, by law, garden centres are not allowed to trade on Easter Sunday. So no, you will not find any open.
Reply:shouldnt be its the law...... but you can still buy 40 cans of strong lager %26amp; drink yourself to death.... human rights %26amp; all that





ps argos in grantham is poo
Reply:In order to get sunday trading legalised by parliament,they had to give in to the religious nutters by exempting easter sunday.So this sunday everything over 3000sq metres has to be closed by law
Reply:not in ENGLAND ...!!!
Reply:Wal-Mart is open except Christmas Day
Reply:yes!! the home depot in Jacksonville beach Fl will be open tomorrow for limited hours . I am a taxi driver and I have to take someone to work there in the morning and they have a garden center.


So the best question would be where I live will there be a garden center open
Reply:ARGOS in grantham is how poo im manager
Reply:no not till monday
Reply:God would curse their blooms if they dared!


So i'm off to the bookies instead!


Vegans and vegetarians, your thoughts of garden centres selling cow manure, sheep manure, bone meal,?

blood meal and some parts of the Maritimes shrimp shell meal?

Vegans and vegetarians, your thoughts of garden centres selling cow manure, sheep manure, bone meal,?
Some vegans/vegetarians are against using those kinds of products. So what does that mean? They would rather we use tons of chemicals and non-natural things which in turn costs more money and is less environmentally friendly.





Vegans and vegetarians are actually hurting the planet when it comes to this.
Reply:I dont think that there is anything wrong with selling cow or sheep manure, its just waste, its natural, the animal is not put through any pain or made to feel uncomfortable, its 100% natural.
Reply:Apparently, they don't have a problem with it.





That's the stuff they use to fertilize commercially grown organic produce and the vegans here are always saying that organic produce is vegan even though it's the non-organic produce that doesn't use the animal products. I'm still trying to fathom the logic on that one.





So, if vegans don't have a problem with it, vegetarians probably won't either.


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Reply:I don't see why there should be a problem. It would be the same as vegetarians/vegans buying veggies/fruits etc from stores and supermarket that also sell meat.
Reply:i would not have a problem, with it,


Where can i see lots is tropical plants in uk not garden centres palms tree ferns & banana plants?

Eden Project


visit the website:


http://www.edenproject.com/

Where can i see lots is tropical plants in uk not garden centres palms tree ferns %26amp; banana plants?
the eden project. the place is amazing.
Reply:You don't say whereabouts you are, but there are some fantastic botanic gardens all over the UK. There are branches of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew and Edinburgh, a national Welsh botanic garden in Camarthenshire. There are also smaller, local ones all over the country.





Kew (in London) is the best, and their Palm Houses are stunning - amazing Victorian buildings with huge palms and tropical and sub-tropical plants and flowers. They really are wonderful, and well worth a visit.





Down in Cornwall, there's the Eden project, which is also really stunning.





Try Googling "botanic garden" and the area near you - there are hundreds worth seeing.
Reply:any botanic garden.we have loads here in scotland
Reply:kew gardens
Reply:Try the Eden project in Cornwall
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Garden suppliers/garden centres in Aegean region of Turkey or all of Turkey?

I don't know where any physical stores are there but I do know where to find it online. Check these sites out.


Whats the best selling product at garden centres at this time of year?

Poinsettias


xmas stuff


Spring Bulbs


Mulch


Winterizing Fertilizer

Whats the best selling product at garden centres at this time of year?
Where I am, it's wreaths, roping and trees, poinsettias.
Reply:Spring flowering bulbs and trees.
Reply:bbq, xmas trees and lights or wellies
Reply:Heavily discounted barbecues.
Reply:If you can, pay a visit to a Dobbies Garden World and you will see.





I had a walk round Dobbies Garden World in Dundee the other day and its packed out with absolute rubbish, the majority being manufactured in China.





As for Christmas Trees - due to a chronic shortage of natural trees being produced in Denmark [the main source of trees in [Britain]. The retailers are having to pay 10% more for them. Off-setting the cost to the customer probably by 20%.
Reply:Christmas junk
Reply:christmas trees
Reply:bulbs at the moment but will be changing to xmas trees
Reply:Cyclamen, winter pansies and primulas seem to be going quickly still at our local garden centre.


Why are garden centres also known as nurseries?

because most of the plants/trees there are not adult forms...they are the babies thus you get nurseries

Why are garden centres also known as nurseries?
A tree nursery is a place where trees are grown from seed. Garden centres sell plants. If a garden centre is also known as a nursery, then it means that they sell the plants they grow there. Some garden centres sell plants imported in from other nurseries and therefore cannot call themselves a nursery.
Reply:There is a slight difference. A nursery is a large area of ground and not only has open ground but has greenhouses that grow plants to a certain size then delivers them to garden centres. A garden centre is where you buy the plants and it also has a garden shop.
Reply:Nurseries used to sell just young plants, they have morphed into places that sell all outdoor stuff but many people still refer to the old name.





young = nursery
Reply:Plants are grown...hence nurseries....
Reply:Because the plants and flowers start off as babies, nursed until they are grown and then are sold when they are full adults.
Reply:because its a place where they have baby plants, sorry feeling a bit silly this afternoon, it is usually where they grow plants from seed, so you buy them as young plants
Reply:Hi Kerrie.





A Garden Centre normally sells, plants, tools, garden products and everything and anything remotely linked (or not) to gardening. They also may or may not grow the plants that they sell themselves. They may buy them in from a commercial nursery.





Nurseries SHOULD be places that grow plants and sell the plants that they sell. As pointed out they are called nurseries because they deal in young/baby plants. As also pointed out, they have developed in many cases to sell a whole range of other gardening goods as well.





You could say that commercial growers run "nurseries" for the trade and others run "garden centres" for the public, but this isn't always the case.





Hope that may help shed a little more light.
Reply:Maybe because they nurse seedlings/baby plants on and then sell them??


Shooting has its glorious 12th...what day does it all kick off for gardeners&garden centres, and is it the...?

...same day/date every year?

Shooting has its glorious 12th...what day does it all kick off for gardeners%26amp;garden centres, and is it the...?
Its already started for me. I've got a dozen baskets already filled and hanging in an heated greenhouse.
Reply:gardening is a full year job I didn't think there was any particular day to start or finish but would be interested to hear if anyone knows different. I know the glorious 12th is the start of grouse shooting and also my wedding anniversary.

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My ariculas keep falling over, why do the ones at the garden centres stay upright?

What are ariculas?

My ariculas keep falling over, why do the ones at the garden centres stay upright?
Long stemmed flowers, huh?


I used to hybridize and display varieties of Primula Auricula formally for horticultural specialty shows. That is why I asked, because I thought that perhaps that could have been the plant to which you were referring though I was not familiar with the spelling. Report Abuse

Reply:when they come in for work they pick them up.


Looking for UK distributors to garden centres?

Have identified SOLUS as being the leading company - there must be others out there but who are they ?? Thankyou if you can help.

Looking for UK distributors to garden centres?
Use the link below to find it:


http://www.alltheinternet.com/texis/open...


What date usually kicks off the gardening season [when garden centres first get busy again] &is it the same...

date each year...?

What date usually kicks off the gardening season [when garden centres first get busy again] %26amp;is it the same...
In the United Kingdom it is Easter. In other climates it varies. When I lived in Wisconsin it was Memorial Day weekend at the end of May.
Reply:Hey Cat Weasel,





In New England type climates, Memorial day is said to be safe for planting. In South Carolina, Easter. This is as some of the other answers suggested, the frost/freezing temps are still possible up to that point. With Easter being early this year, there is a frost warning tonight - I may loose some tomatoes tonight.
Reply:Most garden centres are open year round, but the time that sees them 'kick off' the season is really Easter. Its also the time when the soil is becoming workable again, and because people are off for the holiday they have time to venture into the garden and then to the garden centre. Its also the time when the garden centres can display the more tender shrubs - albeit in sheltered areas.
Reply:In Climate zone 7b--about April 15th--what a dreadful day-IRS wise; but usually everyone starting getting the itch when the weather gets warm. But you have to take into account the possibility of a freeze.
Reply:Suppose Mothers Day is a good date to kick off.
Reply:Mother's Day....the week prior and weekend of Mother's Day is busiest of year for garden centers greenhouses. I used to work for local greenhouse and Mother's Day accounted for nearly 60 % of our business for annuals and potted plants.


And then two weeks later you have Memorial Day which is also super busy time...most greenhouses hope to have sold majority of annuals on hand by that time.
Reply:Don't think there has been a Sunday when a Garden Centre isn't busy, I've been to some in the middle of winter %26amp; they are always busy, they should be banned spent far to much time in them, they are the devils spawn!!!!
Reply:It entirely depends on the weather! If there's snow or rain, forget it, but if the frosts are past then it's time to start pruning the roses and getting the bedding plants in.
Reply:Are you asking from UK? The saying is 'Don't shed a clout till May is out.' I think the same applies to plants. Plant early June. Then the frosts are over.


Where do garden centres obtain their seeds?

for instance, i have a packet of Coleus seeds. Where did the seeds in the bag actually come from?

Where do garden centres obtain their seeds?
From immense commercial greenhouse operations or fields. SEED SUPPLIERS maintain large mother plants to produce seed. In the case of annuals like Coleus, seeds are continually produced from breed strains.
Reply:How do you have packet of coleus seeds

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Does anyone know any good garden centres in or around South Manchester?

The only ones are know are the big over-priced ones.





PS. I'm only 27 and, probably a bit sadly, into gardening!!

Does anyone know any good garden centres in or around South Manchester?
Wilmslow Garden Centre -145 Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire. Tel: 01625-525700.


A large garden centre with extensive choice of indoor and outdoor plants,





Brookside Garden Centre - Macclesfield Road, Poynton, Cheshire.Tel: 01625-872919 / 875088. - http://www.brookside-garden-centre.co.uk








Lomax Nurseries


Adswood Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.


Tel: 0161-485 1824.


Open 7 days a week - specialist growers of fine plants.





High Legh Garden Centre


High Legh, Knutsford, Cheshire.


Tel: 01925-756991.


Website: www.highleghgardencentre.co.uk





Parkers Garden Centre


448-452 Chester Road, Old Trafford, Manchester.


Tel: 0161-877 4247.


and


Parkers Flixton Garden Centre


Carrington Road, Flixton, Manchester. Tel: 0161-748 5187. Horticultural specialists in the region since 1933. Full colour brochure available.





im 22 and love gardning how weard lol stuff them people who hate it lol good luck with the garden hope it turnes out lovely lol amy xx
Reply:Even further afield, Bridgmere (Bridgemere?) Nurseries, near Stapeley Water Gardens south of Nantwich. Oh, and there's one on the way to Carrington, on the A6144 east of Sale - can't remember its name, I'm afraid.


Parkers on Chester Road, Old Trafford is all indoors, but has a very large variety of plants for sale.
Reply:This isn't south manchester exactly but not too far. Fryers roses at knutsford. Some things are a bit pricey but most of it is reasonable because they've got their own nursery. And you can get some really good specialized plants too. Happy gardening!
Reply:Demers Garden Center is the best. Their staff has always been helpful.





Gardening is a wonderful thing at any age.


In which countries are garden centres (and gardening) popular?

Which countries around the world have lots of gardening centres?


There are certainly plenty in my native England, because there are so many keen gardeners. Where else would I expect to see garden centres, and gardens that the householders look after?

In which countries are garden centres (and gardening) popular?
Well, I'm sure it is impossible to say since I've never been everywhere, but I'd assume that although quite a few countries may not have the "Garden Center", they do have avid gardeners. Just to name a few, the places I'm certain you can expect to find household gardens are in:


Great Britain


United States


India


China


Japan


Australia


Spain


Mexico


Holland


Germany


Russia


Canada


There are just way too many to mention, but you get the point. Gardening and the love of Gardening is not unique to any country.


Garden centres?

any information on garden centres please?

Garden centres?
A garden centre is a type of retailer that sells products related to gardens such as plants, compost, fertilizers, tools and landscaping products such as statues, furniture and garden ornaments. centres usually obtain their plant supplies from nurseries, either as part of an integrated supply chain or from specialist wholesalers. Your best hope is to call around or look on the web for local ones in your town.
Reply:where are you?..that would help
Reply:Dont know where you are go to one and find out try the yellow pages
Reply:try garden centre for your area on ask.com