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What do you feed it with? Just a general all purpose feed? Clearly I am doing something wrong with mine! They flower every year, but they don't have anything like that amount of flowers!

Steve the spin doctor is highly recommended on here. https://londonspindoctor.com His phone number is at the top right of the website- I tried to copy it here but it just kept trying to phone him!

That's amazing!

Congratulations on getting it to flower!

ChatGPT agrees! Well, sort of. Yes I have too much time on my hands 🤣

Crikey, seems like GMs haven't improved in the over twelve years since this thread was started 😮 Is there some professional body where you could report this awful experience? Sounds like a trainee who hadn't even begun their training (and should probably be considering a different career). Was there no supervision? Did you ask for somebody else to rectify it? At the very very least they should refund you and give you free sessions until it is back to looking like what you asked for. I have twice had this happen (years ago), once at a branch of Charles Worthington and once at some long forgotten place, and in both cases it was rectified free by someone else (once it had grown back a bit). I highly recommend Kuki in Bellenden Road. It isn't cheap, but I have been going there since it opened and I have never had a bad experience there. I have only ever had Shingo, who is excellent (but on holiday at the moment) but to the best of my knowledge the others are good too. https://kukihair.com/

Malumbu, that's great that you are so helpful and honest, but sadly not everybody around is. And some of us are crap at DIY and would be better off not attempting most of it. I can wire a plug, unblock a u-bend and paint a wall, but that's about it. Mind you some of the people I have paid didn't seem to be much better, unfortunately. Can you say more about the LETS scheme? Who regulates it, and how?

https://www.southwark.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/christmas-tips-reduce-reuse-and-recycle

And they started long before midnight!

Do you know who organised and ran it? Because it must have been quite a lot of work. Who kept track of the credits? What safeguards were they? Was there a lower age limit eg over 18? Was insurance needed? ID? Who checked it? What was the situation if somebody was injured while working in your house or garden? What if someone broke or stole something? What if someone in your house was molested or attacked? What if you weren't happy with the standard of work? Sorry to be gloomy, but whilst this sounds a great idea in theory, in common with many people I know I've had several bad experiences with supposedly professional tradespeople, let alone someone who wasn't doing it for a living.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/31/coughs-hiccups-accident-and-emergency-hospitals-nhs-england?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Surely you are still covered under these circumstances even if you don't have the physical licence? I can't believe you would be prevented from driving? That would be a ridiculous system. I don't recall any delays when mine was renewed. Why would their medical department be involved if you have no medical issues? Could someone have made some admin mistake somewhere along the line?

Crikey, £4 plus does seem excessive for one card, let alone twelve at that price! Did he explain why he wanted to spend so much? There could be many reasons. Did the recipients also send expensive cards? If so, rather than putting them in the recycling bin, you could just cut the handwritten bit off and send them to a different relative the following Christmas!

It's not very important in the great scheme of things, just a tiny piece of ED history! My OH remembers this too! Give her my regards, if she remembers me!