Dear Stephen, looks like a classic case of brown rot to me. You need to pick off as many of the affected plums as possible and bin them - DO NOT compost them. The spores may survive the heap and go on to infect other things in your garden. This rot will affect the fruit of most trees so make sure yo...

Dear Tanzy,
The second pictured squash has failed to pollinate; best remove it. Leave the third one for now; but if it goes the same shape as the second one take that one off as well. The plants are looking a little under fed; give them some tomato feed twice a week.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Daxtell, Marigolds (either Tagetes or Calendula) are best done once the seed leaves are big enough to handle. Leave them longer and the roots can become too entwined and they risk having their roots damaged by the transplantation process. That said the Calendula kind are really best sown outdoo...

With that stalk at the bottoms of the leaves they look rather like Brussels sprouts to me. They also look rather healthy.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Arnie,
If you want very fine grade bonemeal just get a sieve; there is usually plenty of fine stuff in amongst the rest of the bag. DO NOT use the Cook's sieve! Get your own from a charity or pound shop.
Regards Sally Wright.

Dear Colin, I have just put in my order to Kings Seeds for mine. They had the best range for the best price I have found so far. They deliver from mid September which is better as it is about a fortnight earlier than the others. IMHO garlic should be planted in September if it is to do any good. Reg...

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These people do everything you could possibly need for freezer use.
Regards Sally Wright

Dear Blackbird,
Sub Arctic plenty is considered to be one of the more reliable outdoor tomatoes; as long as it is not taken with the potato blight.
Regards Sally Wright.

Don't forget to pre-heat the flask to make sure the stored water is as hot as possible for as long as possible.
Sally Wright.

Dear Elmigo.
according to the website https://www.europotato.org/varieties/view/Frieslander-E. The Frieslander has no flowers and is classed as an early harvest potato. Very useful website for all things potato.

So mid April until now is 12 weeks so it might be worth a rootle around underneath the haulms.

regards Sally Wright.

Alpine/woodland strawberries. They are easy to grow from seed and it is not usually that expensive. Wild violets - the flowers can be used in cooking. Creeping thymes for the sunny sides. There are lots of other things but be sure to get the ground as weed free as possible before planting anything. ...

Not all potato varieties will flower properly before maturation; some may produce flower buds and then abort the flowers. Look carefully at the plants and you might see some shrunken remains of flower buds. If it is more than 12-14 weeks since you planted them a little dig at one or two roots will l...

I expect it is all down to which award they won, from whom and in which year....
Sally Wright

We are all subject to brain F**ts Primrose; the trick is to identify the smell and locate the cause....

Regards Sally Wright

Dear Primrose, that was a serious oops moment wasn't it. I would say on the whole that a new set of seeds is in order - sorry. One way of trying to find out just how hot those seeds got is to empty out the tin, put a max/min thermometer in it and put it back where you had it for about a week. I woul...