General Gardening Discussion

Thanks Miraflores,the link was very helpful.

that makes sense.i hope so too

Haven't posted for a few days ... 142cm tonight, definitely slowing down!

Pronounced howt-toy-neea Roders but if you say the tri-coloured plant we will know what you mean. :D

I only once grew a lemon tree from pip and it did flower and fruit. The fruit rotted though. Like you said Liz, takes some aftercare. Anyone any tips? John

Hi Liz, Well if anything gets through that lot it deserves the prize!!!

I actually got the structure wrong with my 'know it all' answer!! There are actually 2 amine groups one either side of the methyl group on toluene. But yes I wouldn't like to handle the stuff without protection.

jarbax, green roof's are becoming quite popular at the mo, Sheffield is becoming a bit of a hotspot too. there is a sedum roof on a school nearby, as well as on the local city farm and a newly built garage block for some appartments, all within a mile or 2 of me. Sheffield university have been...

I love those old books. The suggestions of then would be totally ourageous now. One of my old books from the 1920's suggests using hemp as a boundary screen? Can't see that going down well these days, especially if I could keep it for very long with all the uni students around. :D

Thanks for that ,you have been a great help!

cool,thankyou all. jjdecay.

They always seem to me to be the sort of plant that seeds itself in the most unexpected places, cracks in walls etc. But give them a good home and they will die out. I think they like to struggle a bit.

It would be great if I could pop them out in the garden when they've done their Christmas thing - it's not me who's the lucky Lady! :D

Can you take it back for a replacement?. Cos I worry a bit that even if it settles and survives, that it will not reflower in time for her birthday?

I posted a pic of mine a couple of days ago in the "whats buzzing around" thread on the 16th, sat in a faded bloom of rose Calypso. It caught a bee not long after I took the pic. Cheers MIKE

Carol KleinMy tomatoes are teeny tiny still! We're using the basil I sowed daily, and I'm giving pots of it away! Brilliant idea having the cucumber inside the house. Now, if I can just get the Asst Est Mgr to move one of his motorcycles out of the sitting room I might have room for a...

Ah now there you had me thinking that was a Gardening Discounts site - but it's much more general.I have had some excellent feedback on the idea of a site aimed specifically at Gardeners and Landscapers so watch this space!Take carePaul

Hi Red, it all depends on what type of Chrysanth you are growing. If it`s a spray then pinch it out, but if you are growing a big flowered type then you need to limit the number of shoots it produces. David.

Done the same when i dug mine, bricks are the answer, my plants are in quite large pots. so the bricks do not stick past the pots, just in case the fish get spooked and bump into them.

If its Dorset I am wondering whether it clay over chalk or limestone, in which case you would need one heck of a lot of flowers of sulphate to turn it acid. If you sink the pots in the ground then some alkaline soil water will get in the pots. The only answer is a raised bed, that is filled with...