General Gardening Discussion

Thanks so much to all contributors for the valued info to-date, much appreciated. I need to re-visit my sizes etc. regarding access from all sides and then proceed with ordering the materials.I do think I shall be using all top-soil for the fill but leave it down a couple of inch from the top...

Hi AllI tell you not !! they have rooted so quickly.... I took the cuttings on the Monday and by the Friday I could see the start of roots ... I have changed the water so they have fresh I will be able to pot up this week ...They cost a lot for something that so easy to propagate... I...

Hello Kevin73, don't worry! Clematis do start to look very tatty in autumn. It probably dried out a bit in the nursery, too. You can snip off the brown-edged leaves if you want to tidy it up, but all the excitement is over now until you see the new buds appearing (usually in February). That's...

Good morning @shiney @pete and @Macraignil and thank you for all your help very much apptreciated my friends

Similar, but slightly different, as any cardboard box that is still usable as a box (and its packing material) is saved and then when there is sufficient is picked up someone from a charity shop (when they are passing) and used again for packaging.Other cardboard and paper goes on the compost...

Now THAT is what I am expecting from our three labs, they love eating compost, so will have to leave the old plants in the existing bed and lift the new baby plants out and plant them in a raised trug.Come summer, it’ll be dogs vs birds for the berries!!

Thank you gentlemen for these experienced and reassuring replies

Great thanks will do!Yes agree not Red but pink

I can't take any credit @John Disdle , apart from tagging our very obliging and clever FC... the magical bit is all down to him. I think he did it a couple of days ago for you.

I didn't notice the bit about the bulbs. Yeah no way grow it in the same pot as bubs, that wont work very well.

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I put an advert on Facebook Marketplace asking for a few pounds for the trees. Happy days sold 20 of the biggest today at £5 each, giving the money to a charity I support.. only got to find homes for another 180 odd!

Thanks @pete I'll do that.

Solanum pseudocapsicumThis isn't mine but it has been under my care since late 2019.It is growing in a tall dustbin outdoors 24x7x365.As pete mentions, they can take some cold weather and frosts but all of the branches will die back to the trunk.

I see. Scarfliers are adjustable but I wouldn't use one and such a surface it will just make more mess. Its sounds like a rake job and shake off the rubber bits off. The moss will still be there if moss killer is applied it will just be a different colour so still will require removing.

Tibuchina problems

I would certainly recommend Ixia paniculata 'Eos'............ Ixia paniculata 'Eos' by longk48, on FlickrIt is a late spring bloomer and hardy............. Ixia paniculata 'Eos' by longk48, on Flickr

Re my Medwyn Williams sourced tomato seeds. Both produced, for me, the most INCREDIBLE crops! Best ever! Can't eat raw Tom's though cooked ones fine. So NO BLIGHT, Crimson Crush guaranteed blight free! Ddraig goch an exhibition variety (I never exhibit!) And produced huge trusses (average 7) of...

Many thanks for your answers. The plants are not all in one place and I planted them in a double, staggered row so the gaps are not going to be too noticeable. I have a few extra which I planted in another part of the garden that I can dig up if necessary so all is not lost. I think I'll put...

Dry as the proverbial bone.