General Gardening Discussion

Thanks

I like clean teracotta - a blast with the jet wash cleans all . Lining your pots with old compost bags slows the moss down............

Ooo, wild flowers, nice one

Oh great! Could have done with that earlier in the week when I ordered some begonias

Two thoughts: Advice for sowing seeds for vegetables is to incorporate some "Growmore" a couple of weeks before sowing. I wonder if "a bit before needed" applies here as well? I feed my young hedges with pure Nitrogen just before the buds break [i.e. when the buds "fatten"], and I reckon...

Got no chickens, so it must be the slugs

Thanks for the replies so general opinion is the seeds are just dormant waiting for the weather then they will be like jack and bean stalk

You can also get petunia 'black velvet' Val

Agree with Sheal re the gravel - too harsh on furry paws.New pics would be great

Never met him, although I intend to visit Roseland Hse this summer (see previous post).One of my favourites, although they are said to be slow to get going. Certainly slow to germinate, and very slow as seedlings.Certainly my no.1, although it's a bit more than a conservatory plant

Interested to see how this does for you. I'm looking for Plectranthus "Mona Lavender".......... Grows very well outdoors in pots at OBG. Another one they grow is P.saccatus........... It's a South African native and is grown under glass at OBG.

It's really frustrating seeing all the bargains you are picking up at Wilko's, they don't sell plants here.

He told me the asian name , really can`t remember , what I remember is that he told me to take off the skin as the skin is poisonous ..... I`ve just filled a try with them and still have loads left over ..... really curious

"What can I put out??" personally I'd put out a large warning sign to anybody that has bought bedding plants etc that have been raised under cover to keep their purchase inside until things warm up CONSIDERABLY! I used to live very close to numerous garden centres. Each early Spring there would...

Don`t forget a lot of ferns disappear through the winter , so you will need other interest so not just a bare patch of ground, mine are only just poking through now.

Oh good, thanks Madahhlia. I had already peeled it off the wall, but can just see the workmen getting tangled up in it and them not being too impressed. I'll attack it tomorrow and prune it right down, then perhaps put something over the top with a "keep off" sign on it! I'll have to do the same...

You can have some if I still have any. I'll have a look tomorrow. If not, then you can have some when the next lot are ready. I tend not to keep any for myself (unless I collect more than other people wanted) because they always come back anyway so I don't need to sow any. I'll have a look...

Can you maybe pop a photo on of the space?how wide is the border and where does the concrete end? is the front border you mention somewhere else? Questions sorry

Worth keeping an eye on this: it was on special offer until 19-Mar at £60, and they have done that quite often in the past. Screen backlight is not very good, and software with it is a bit rubbish, but the (free) Cumulus does a much better job, and will upload to Wunderground, and when it is...

Signs are still not good, so best to be preparing for the worst, and be ready to mollycoddle them, whilst hoping for the best