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Send your gardening questions to Paul Peacock

Please make sure you check out Paul's latest information and tips in our News section. Click here to view.

Paul PeacockWriter Paul Peacock has joined The Edible Garden Show as the event’s ‘Gardening Consultant’.

Since studying Botany at Leeds University, Paul has had muddy hands.  Whether it is growing food on allotments, in the back garden, or on a larger scale in conjunction with Manchester City Council, he can usually be found watering, digging or harvesting plants. 

Somehow (and presumably with a soil-covered keyboard), he has found enough time to write 17 books on gardening, self-sufficiency and the countryside, as well as contributing to magazines such as Country Life, Farmer’s Guardian and Grow It!

Full details on Paul Peacock can be viewed in the ‘Press’ section here

Paul is happy to answer and offer advice on gardening-related questions or issues.  Send your questions to Paul who will be dipping into the mail bag each week in the run-up to show offering his years of knowledge and experience. Unfortunately personal correspondence cannot be entered into.

If you would like to ask Paul a question click: ask the expert


Questions to Paul

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Q. For the first time last year I grew carrots in a box on my patio. They were all horrid, holed and they didn’t grow properly. What a disappointment! What can I do to make sure this doesn’t happen again?
Shirley Roundtree, Buxton.
Q. I have a small garden in a semi detached house. I would love to keep chickens, but am afraid of attracting rats and annoying my neighbours. Can you help?
Ruth Sutton, Huddersfield
Q. I want to grow runner beans! I tried last year and they were stringy and hopeless. What’s the secret?
George Bagshot, Poole
Q.
Each year I grow edible physalis from seed but find it too difficult to get them to ripen as it gets colder. I have no greenhouse & they can only get protection from the frost in my garden.The plants look healthy & still flowering & in fact they have grown too tall for the pots. What can I do ?
Mrs Davies, London
Q. What is the best way to set out my new 14m x 8m allotment plot?
Malcolm Jakes
Q. Could you please advise on the temperature needed in a greenhouse to grow exhibition show leeks & how often to pot?
Malcolm French
Q. I have a number of problems with my lawn. It is patchy, covered with moss and is in a very shady area, can you help?
Shirley Lloyd, London
Q. I have a goji berry, what is the best way to grow it?
Mr Wooley, Liverpool

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Can rhubarb and nettle leaves be used as plant food?
Joey Woosey, Liverpool
Q. My onions have had white root rot for the last 4 years - any advice? 
Mr Collins, Oxford
Q. I haven't had any success with root vegetables this year - they have been stunted and haven't had much leaf on top, any tips?
Edward Butterfield, Bradford
Q.  Can you grow potatoes on the same plot 2 years running?
Raymond Ridley, Co. Durham
Q. We grow a lot of potatoes and would like to know what type of fertiliser you would recommend and in what quantities?
Roger Dymond, Launceston, Cornwall
Q. What is the life cycle of leek moths and how can I deter them without using chemicals?
Jean Lamb, Weymouth
Q. Has there been any research into the taste of vegetables influenced by soil?
Jean Lamb, Weymouth

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