Episode 29
Gardening magazine. Rachel de Thame lends Monty a hand as he refreshes his dry garden with plants that will thrive in tricky growing conditions.
There is a visitor at Longmeadow this week when Rachel de Thame lends Monty a hand as he refreshes his dry garden with plants that will thrive in tricky growing conditions. Monty also visits a national collection of vines to search out the best varieties for growing outdoors.
Frances Tophill travels to the heart of Wales to meet a couple who have carved out a garden 1,000 feet above sea level and, in the last of his series rediscovering rockeries, Joe Swift visits Chelsea gold medal winner and stonemason Martin Cook to see how he uses contemporary rock sculpture within his Buckinghamshire garden.
Garden doctor Nick Bailey is in Birmingham, offering intensive care to some neglected patio pots, while Adam Frost gets to work on renovating his rose pergola and laying paths in his kitchen garden. Alan Power visits Marks Hall arboretum in Essex, spending a day with the head gardener to find out what it takes to manage a landscape populated with trees, which range from ancient veterans to young seedlings.
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Vine weevil
Vine weevil can be found in both container grown plants and those grown in open ground.聽 The adults cause mainly cosmetic damage cutting irregular holes in leaves, usually between spring and autumn.聽 Their larvae can cause serious plant damage 聽feeding on plant roots.聽 They are often not detected until the plant suddenly starts to wilt.聽 Check, (as Rachel did in this episode), the roots of all new plants for signs of infestation before planting out.聽 Vine weevil larvae can be controlled by nematodes which are tiny parasitic eel worms barely visible to the naked eye.聽 The nematode enters the larvae and, once inside, releases a bacteria which kills the larvae.聽聽Nematodes are best applied to the soil either in spring and/or autumn and are most effective when the soil temperatures are above 5C/41F.聽
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Monty Don |
| Presenter | Nick Bailey |
| Presenter | Adam Frost |
| Presenter | Alan Power |
| Presenter | Joe Swift |
| Presenter | Rachel de Thame |
| Presenter | Frances Tophill |
| Series Producer | Chloe Rawlings |
| Executive Producer | Paolo Proto |