General Gardening Discussion

Here's a good link for anyone who wants to explore Digitalis...................They sell seeds as well as plants.

I grow Leonotis nepetifolia and Cleome (both from seed). They don't race away whist in pots, but do get a wiggle on when planted out, but I never plant them out until June, maybe even 14th June, thus they avoid the cold nights typical of May.In my case its "coz I didn't get around to it" more...

Problem I have with CFLs, used for plant lighting, is that you mount them horizontally and put a reflector above them then half the light goes into the middle of the tube arrangement, so has quite a lot of distance to travel to either bump into another tube, or then eventually reflect from the...

They should put crocodiles in the water and rattlesnakes in the foliage.

Hi Professor Green,Hope I'm not too late with my reply here.What you've done in severing the ivy is more than suitable for controlling the problem. Roots of plants that grow in proximity to one another can sometimes fuse or graft together, meaning that what affects the one can affect the...

No they will be ok, they will just be later flowering than normal.

Oh dear, I seem to have nasty stuff made by evil Monsanto Amenity Glyphosate 360 5 Litre Weedkiller Herbicide manufactured by Monsanto

Nice one Bilob Just a thought, how about ridging and furrowing the potato patch so that you can get a catch crop of lettuce on the ridges before you earth the spuds up ? If you do it now the ridges will drain & drier soil warms up better

You soil is definitely suitable then! Yes, I would agree with the Pedigree comparison. Best to grow varieties known to be Good Do'ers

Worth a punt then I reckon

Thank you Kristen. Now I can start with by scaled drawings and then start the hard work of building it. I took a chance and bought the bricks (500) over the weekend plus some timber for the bench and the two verticals. I reckon 500 bricks are far too many but they were going for a good price and...

Its Mr Nice but a bit loud again

You could rough dig it now - particularly beneficial if your soil is clay. And then rotavate in the Spring. That won't be any help if you have a bad back etc. though ...Either way "when it doesn't stick to your boots" is a good time

A few days ago I was on a walk nearby and noticed on a heathland that near some rocks a Bay laurel seedling was growing. The seed had been deposited last summer by the looks of it but the plant was growing fast. The question is, is there any documentation of Bay laurel naturalising in Britain in...

Just found out the adm. closed my thread. My heart hurts. No warning. no nothing. no reason. Well, I know I do not own anything here. Whatever.

I may as well update this now, to my surprise a planted Sundaville, is still going under the sheltered area, we got down to +1C under there this morning (by far the lowest of the season), and it looks in great shape! Certainly against the expectation that it dies down at 10C!

ive noticed

Yes (found some more)

And if you don't plant them they will be dead by next year :(If you don't think they will come to much (because the bulbs have shrunk, for example) then perhaps put them in a spot where they won't be too noticeable, and then let them flower for a year or two until they bulk up a bit.

Snowdrops must never dry out, so those that you see in packets in the stores are probably dead, or severely set back. I've bought tired packets the money the 50% off sales started and only 50% of them made it, so that wasn't worth it ... If you are buying cheap for long term that may be OK, but...