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Expert: - 3/17/2010


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yOU HAVE RECENTLY REPLIED TO MY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY gERANIUMS HAVING, I THINK, BOTRITYS RECOMMENDING SERENADE.AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FIND A SUPPLIER IN THE uk I FOUND THAT fARGRO WERE THE ONLY DISTRIBUTORS BUT THEY ONLY SUPPLY TO THE TRADE AS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LICENCE TO USE THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT. IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE TRADE IN THE UK SO UNFORTUNATELY i CANNOT BUY THIS ITEM. iF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS THEN i WOULD APPRECIATE THE INFO. Many thanks   Vilma Neale

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Vilma,
Here in the US anyone can buy Serenade in any garden center - ask at your local garden center for a product containing Bacillus subtillis - that's all Serenade is, this beneficial bacteria.  Hopefully you'll be able to find a different product that has Bacillus subtillis in it. If not, try any product that has sulfur in it in stead.

all the best,
C.L.

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Annuals suggested for specific situations (sun, shade, windowboxes etc) New or unusual annuals are a particular interest of mine, and I grow many of these from seed. I am happy to help problem solve, answer questions about maintenance, and guide you to sources of unusual plants.

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I am a garden writer/speaker/consultant and host of a weekly gardening radio program in the Northeast. I have been gardening all my life for my own pleasure, and started as a professional gardener and garden communicator 15 years ago. I work part-time at a garden center, selling and tending shrubs/trees/annuals/perennials...and doing some propagation and design work. I often think that all these professional activities serve to put a somewhat legitimate framework around a serious case of plant-lust.

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