Ask The Expert

Ask The Expert

Knowledge, Gardening Tips & Advice from our panel of experts

Welcome to the Harrod Horticultural Ask The Expert Section

We’re passionate about our gardening here at Harrod Horticultural and encounter the same pests, diseases and general garden problems as everybody else in Stephanie's Kitchen Garden.
 
Thankfully we have knowledgeable experts on board to help out and they are on hand to solve your own frustrating problems too. All boast horticultural qualifications and ‘in the field’ experience, so either contact them or why not browse through the ever-growing list of gardening tips they’ve already imparted below - you might find the answer to your gardening questions.   

   

Latest Expert Answers

Raised Bed Positioning

Answered by Expert Jo Archived in Category Raised Beds

We have one of your 8 by 4 raised beds. Please can you advise us on the distance we should leave between an existing mixed border (bushes, flowers, some trees - all very sparse because of thin soil) and the raised bed.

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Gripple Wire Tensioners

Answered by Expert Jo Archived in Category Netting & Protection

I would like more information about how the gripple wire tensioner works please. 1. Do I have to use it with the rope wire shown in your picture or will plain wire work too? 2. How does it tighten the wire to re-tension it?

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Bean Support

Answered by Expert Jo Archived in Category Netting & Protection

Please could you advise me which slot and lock connectors I would need to make a frame similar to GPL-092 Easy Bean System.

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Tomato Success Kit

Answered by Expert Jo Archived in Category Soil, Feed & Fertilisers

I am hoping you can give me some advice about my tomatoes. I have just planted four very healthy looking tomatoes plants into two of your Tomato Success Kits. Within two days the top four leaves on one of the plants have started to turn yellow. The yellowing has started in the centre of each leaf and seems to radiate out from the veins.

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Bird Netting

Answered by Expert Jo Archived in Category Netting & Protection

Because of the nature of my garden I am unable to construct a fruit cage and can only individually protect each fruit bush ( I have 5 currant and 3 blueberries bushes) can you advise which of your netting products would be suitable for draping over each bush to protect them from birds

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