General Gardening Discussion

I love hyacinths for Christmas so I am glad of this reminder to get them in their pots. I usually miss planting time and have to buy them already potted which is more expensive. Your instruction are very useful Walnut - thanks:thumb:

Thanks for the link. Photos are a great help.Sorry to hear you are having to rip your prairie garden up, mind you, that does seem to be what gardening is about most of the time! I had not considered the problem of couch etc. Worth considering.I feel I am looking for something a bit...

Hi SF yes you can do that no problem the bit below B with the original roots will re-shoot, yes you can transplant the bit between A and B it will develope roots just make sure you plant it the right way up it's not always obvious once it's cut,you could cut it into several pieces between B and...

Im sorry but i dont have an email address for him, if you cant log in after a day or so i can send him a message on hardy tropicals for you.There are some details on this thread HTUK meetGaz

Its only the Orange x crocosmiiflora that is a thug.............. every other crocosmia is fairly well behaved!!!x crocosmiiflora is what gives crocosmia a bad name.............I have around 290 varieties and there are some VERY beautiful ones around.Mark

We split crocosmia in October after they have finished flowering............ If you wait until spring they corms will be sending out new shoots that you have to be very careful of or they will snap off!!

Thanx, everyone!! I've had wonderful tomatoes this year anyway!

The RHS site has a similar feature but alot more advanced

Hi folks. Just to clear one thing up, this is the garden at my last house (we moved in December). SoK, the filtration was a Cloverleaf Genesis (4 bay filter), a fluid bed filter, but in terms of clear water, I had a decent U/V....30 watts. I guess in some ways I was fortunate, it was quite...

I bought a load of pots the other week and decided that I needed instant colour so put a couple of hanging baskets in these two :thumb:. Actually, it was Mrs shiney's idea but I did the carrying :D We went to the garden centre late afternoon and the pots were all planted up by...

Likewise, I've been growing plants for forty years now but not self employed I have never done anything else since I left school and I still love it.

Your more than welcome.:D

Hi Forget-me-not I'm really pleased to hear that your garden is for your little girl as well as the dog and yourself I think it's more important to tend to a child's needs instead of one's own I mean they grow up so quickly don't they? I'm sure others are fed up of hearing how mine and Bob's...

:thumb: Excellent set of piccies Whiley, liked the one with your neighbour popping his head over, its just like me I can't help but be nosey, particulary walking past allotments - I've always got to look over the fence! This site is great because now I can be nosey without moving from me PC.

It's a new strain of "downey mildew" a fungus disease first discovred in 2003 the spores are actually on the plants when they are sold at garden centers and due to the very wet weather proliferates,experts advise you try to keep them as dry as possible,remove infected material, clear any dead...

Thanks Flinty. I checked elsewhere and one of suppliers of beach confirmed that leaves likely to fall off unless trimmed.You're right one hell of a trimming job. Bought the place from a farmer who has 300 acres in surrounding area and he has informally promised to cut them for me with hit...

Bare rooted is fine if planted late Autumn or early Spring.Anyone mad enough to HAVE to plant in the middle of the Summer needs to use more expensive container grown plants :DPersonally I would plant bare-rooted every time. They haven't been stuck in a pot all their life, with hit-and-miss...

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If it's just one of them Gail it's unlikely to be the autumn moult check the leaves for pests, or there could be something wrong with the soil, what are they planted in?