General Gardening Discussion

It will be unlawful for Garden Centres, DIY chains, Supermarkets etc etc to sell compost containing peat that is manufactured in ENGLAND only for retail sale from 1/1/2025. Peat based compost that is manufactured in any of the other home nations or is imported from anywhere in world, will still...

Too many factors conspiring against us, we've give it up.First factor was the puzzle of what goes where. So we came up with a plan. We stretched out the cover, figure the position of the ties would give us some clues and we could assemble different arrangements of poles to match the length as...

Ok many thanks both. The rootball I think must be tiny, will leave it a while yet. I did want it in clumps dotted around the gravel, I hope that works. TY!

Clueless, are you up for adoption? Maybe?

Yes they will, but this is why new build houses always have a problem with drainage, they dump fresh free draining top soil on a hard pan of clay, it then turns into a wobbly jelly once you get heavy rain, and there is no connection between top soil and subsoil.

Thanks again. I planted them last night so fingers crossed

Hello @peteThanksKevin

Here's some of ours. They're still growing. I spotted one elsewhere that was well over 4ft high.

I have several pots like that most years. often turn out to have been young plants, kept as spares, that didn't come through the winter and yes it's often a willowherb in there instead.

You're most welcome, glad I could help @eddybaby .

Has the basket grown lots of plants before ? ie is it depleted of nutrient/watered for a long time?

We have a plastic collapsible plant trolley/basket with wheels. It folds flat to about 14" x 17" x 2.5", plus 2 wheels and a retractable handle. We used it for transporting plants from shows and it remained as a box whilst in the boot of the car.

I certainly wouldn't buy MPC from a supermarket or a DIY outlet now. The only good stuff with a peat content available here is sold by a local nursery. It's what they use for their sowings and potting-on. Not cheap, but at least I know I'm not importing plant-chomping pests

We have used that back gate for the last 49 years to get to our vegetable garden which is the other side of the dark brown fence, it’s my mothers bungalow and she’s 87 and lived down there for the last 65years always got on very well with the 2 previous owners of the factory so never had a...

Hello @peteThanks for the Reply.Yes, OCD can be annoying with regards to Weeding, I have no doubt that I have removed some Self Seeded Plants over the last couple of Years Kevin

Thanks, nice idea.

There will always be the plants that require a few twiggy sticks, which IMO look a lot better than actual stakes, stakes are for standard shrubs and formal plants I think.

looks red to me.. what colour would you describe it as ?

Flowers or veg? If veg then grow what you like to eat, I wouldn't attempt more than a couple of tomatoes in that space. If it was me I'd be putting strawberries, dwarf beans, carrots and salad crops in there. Things like spinach & lettuce grow fast and you'll get 3 or 4 crops in a year - sow in...