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March 9, 2021 Alan Lodge

How To Cut Roots Easily!
Hello everybody, Alan from Newlands Nursery. I wanted to talk about propagating plants from root cuttings, and if you like leaf cuttings, you're going to love root cuttings. This works well with mints, horseradish, fruit, and so many things. Please...
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June 24, 2020 Alan Lodge

How to STOP Flies on your plants!

As the weather gets hotter, there's, even more, need to protect your plants from insects!

Flies on your plants is not ideal, here's a Quick Tip!

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June 12, 2020 Alan Lodge

EP13 - Why are the flowers falling off your chilli plants? #5MINUTEFRIDAY
Today's Five Minute Friday is specifically about chilli plants! We often get asked why the flowers are falling off your plants.. so here's the answer!
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June 5, 2020 Alan Lodge

How to GET RID of Weeds! 🌿
We all hate those pesky weeds. We spend aged in the garden planting and then weeds come along. Fear not, we're here to help!
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June 5, 2020 Alan Lodge

How to EFFECTIVELY Water your plants!

Here's Alan to show you how to EFFECTIVELY Water your plants! 🌿

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June 5, 2020 Alan Lodge

EP6 - How to plant a herb pot! #5MINUTEFRIDAY
Here's this week's Five Minute Friday where I'm going to show you how to plant a herb pot!
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June 5, 2020 Alan Lodge

EP5 - How to cut roots easily! #5MINUTEFRIDAY
As you know I love propagation and this weeks five minutes is all about root cuttings. I am going to show you how to produce a new plant from the roots of another.
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June 5, 2020 Alan Lodge

EP4 - Let's cut back some plants! #5MINUTEFRIDAY
This week I want you to cut some plants back and give them a freshen up with some new soil and pot.
We have got to the time of year where it is easy for plants to look a bit scruffy, especially the ones that have come through a long winter. So go into the garden and see if you can neaten up some plants.
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June 5, 2020 Alan Lodge

EP3 - Lets take some cuttings #5MINUTEFRIDAY
This week I want you to take some cuttings.
This is another great one to make use of something you already have. I use a mint plant in the video below but it does not have to be. I have plenty of mints to hand and I know they are nice and simple to take cuttings from. But there are loads of plants you can take cuttings from so just give it a go.
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