My sister has some that is 4 ft tall, she says you can cut off starter pieces but I don’t know how to get started…..any help would be nice!

You mean cuttings? Privett is quite hardy and the cuttings aren’t that difficult to get going. Just get as many pots as you have, fill them with potting mix, take lots of cuttings about 20cm long, and just stick them in the dirt. They don’t have to be the ends of a branch, but can be sections. Some will take whilst others will die, that’s why you start with heaps of them. There is a product called rooting compound that is applied to the ends that go in the dirt which might be beneficial, and some kind of shelter like a greenhouse might be of benefit too. Don’t pull the cuttings out every day to see if there’s roots yet, as I’ve heard someone did once and wonder why the cuttings weren’t taking.

I am growing on some busy lizzie plug plants for this year’s summer bedding. I have read that they require a fertilizer not too rich in nitrogen as this will cause the plants to produce too much leaf and less flowers. Does anyone know of an off he shelf fertilizer that will do the job?. Replies from UK only please as sometimes products available in the States are not available here. No offence cousins.

Any fertilizer with high P (npk) encourages blooms. I like MiracleGro products: http://www.scotts.com/smg/catalog/productTemplate.jsp?proId=prod70352&itemId=cat70044&campaign=o-ps-bing-gdns-wtrslbleBlmstr-20120101

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What can I do to persuade it to produce more leaves? Does cutting it really help? Or compost? If so, what type and when?

Privet is a very forgiving hedge. The best way to get this hedge thicker is to severley cut it back. This will encourage new growth from lower down thus filling up the gaps in your hedge. This cutting back should be done in late Spring / early Summer, it’s too late now. If you cut it now then you may get die back due to frosts which will reduce the height of the hedge further or even kill it.

When you start to trim the hedge after it has regrown keep it in the shape of a letter "A". Narrow at the top and wider at the base. This will allow light to get to the sides of the hedge and also prevent snow damage. The shape of the hedge is important as if light does not get to the sides the the growth is spindly which could be what has happened to your hedge.

I don’t know whether this hedge is a boundary between you and your neighbour but if it is tell them what you are going to do and avoid any disputes. Hope this helps you.

I live in the Sacramento area, and would like to know a spot I can take my kids fishing where the fish bite right when you throw the hook in. I have been to most of the known areas, but what I am looking for is a pond, or small lake that isn’t crowded or fished out.

Well, most likely you’re going to be hard pressed for "great" fishing right now. I don’t think DFG has begun publicly known plants in the city yet.

There are some trout plants that occur off the "record," so-to-speak, but it’s hard to find them. (eg. There was an unannounced plant in West Sac about 2 weeks ago…in the pond off Lake Washington Blvd.) You may want to call DFG yourself just to see if you can pry any info from them – (916)358-2900.

Arden Pond is pretty self-sustaining, I would try there if given the chance. Otherwise, you’re going to have to wait a few weeks until they post the plant schedule online.

If you don’t mind a little drive, you may want to check out Stumpy Meadows Reservoir. It’s about 45-55min out of Sac, but it’s a beautiful lower Sierra’s lake that’s easy to fish. (boat launch, and dam are proven trout spots…also, the cove down to the left of the dam…) Sorry I don’t have a "quick-fix" for this one!

I just planted some [24 pack] bedding plants whats can I do to make sure they grow? lol

Moisture and lights are the most important. If you used a soil mix made for starting seedlings it probably has fertilizer in it. Don’t use more until you put them in the ground. Keep the soil just slightly moist and warm it from the bottom if you can. Most flower seeds take a couple weeks to germinate and so do a lot of veggies so be patient. If the potting mix did not have fertilizer wait until the seedlings have their second set of leaves and then add a general purpose fertilizer like Miracle Grow to the water you water them with. Too much fertilizer too soon will result in leggy plants without good root growth.

We are looking to use them as a natural fence between us and our neighbor behind us and do not want them to intrude into their yard.

About 4or5 feet wide.

My rabbit is chewing and breaking off twigs from our Privet hedge, is it dangerous for rabbits?

privet can make your rabbit quite ill, it does eventually poison them if they are let to eat it frequently.

i do not advise that they eat any at all it really is not good for them

i need 5 meters. but most places im finding are asking for £500. thats a bit too much for me.

I recently sourced very bushy well grown 1.75m high Privet plants in 20L pots for £28 each +VAT. These will make quite a good hedge if planted at the rate of 1 per 0.6m. Therefore you will need 9 plants which will cost you about £300 inc VAT. Try looking for a wholesale nursery for plants of this size as garden centres are expensive. Then you will only need to dig the holes.

we have cut and pulled up as much of the roots of several hedge shrubs as we had time, and read that we now need to apply a herbicide to the remaining roots, but didn’t see what kind.

It maybe too late to keep the roots from resprouting if you ripped and tugged to pull them out. But the best way to kill Privet is not to disturb the roots, cut them off clean at ground level, and apply Brush Killer directly to the freshly-cut little stumps. Every cut stem or trunk-stump must have the cut treated with the Brush Killer.