General Gardening Discussion

My guess would be that with the greenhouse closed up the atmosphere would be very humid, and the plants wouldn't use much water. Once the door was open the humidity would drop, and the plants would start drawing up water. If they couldn't get enough then they would droop. If they are adapted to...

Maybe it is a lot of hassle, and not worth the bother. What I find interesting is that people have evidently spent a lot of time and effort finding out how best to treat a gerbera, and the information is available. What did they have to do to show that gerberas shouldn't be exposed to exhaust...

Thank you kristen & smiffy, it was my neighbour (who has gardened for alot of years) that said about her pots "I don't know what's wrong, I watered them & the water went straight through, so they must be wet enough" ???? Good point about going 'up from down under', lol. I'll remember that...

I do hope its ok to post this on here! If nobody is interested i shall try freecycle.I rescued a citrus plant a few years ago and it looks pretty healthy....Kept in the conservatory over the winter and outside for the summer. It flowers and has very small ? lemons starting to grow. It is in...

Thanks, will do. :thumb:Will keep you informed.Keith.Now?

Thanks again David. Will do Shaz

The annual phlox are in a minority in the Phlox family, the majority of them are perennials. There are about 67 species.

I've had some lovely bulbs from:andand finally[Eurobulbs do native bluebells etc very cheaply.]

If allowable I would try to form a wind break round the balcony made of heavy duty clear polythene or even some thin acrylic sheets.

Well it maybe his job, but dosn't mean he's into it.:D 02

My base is secured to my slabs with tapcon screws they will never come out no need to use plugs with these just drill the hole with the drill that comes with a box or buy the screws ie small amount and purchase the drill thay are about £3.5.

That's a long bus journey to get to Kent for Pete's plants Ivory How many hours would that be? I'm sure he would make you a cup of tea when you get there or take you to the "Pop Inn". :D:D:D

Heh,heh

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb:See the other thread: http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?p=219223#post219223

I don't think there is any point having more than about 18" - 24" of "good" soil, so under that you cold have some "sub-soil" and below that rubble. However, you don't want it too free-draining, so a deep rubble layer is likely to make it hard to keep the soil moist

I've grown 3 or 4 Passion Flowers from seed this year, so if you are not in a hurry they are quite cheap too.

Seedlings are all doing well - think they are related to a triffid - they vary from 1ft to 6ft high!! Does anyone know how many years before they flower?

Thanks Marley, right now summer here looks like november in Italy, so may be you don't need to see it! :D I hope sun comes back to our address before october!Many of my favourite hydrangeas are not especially new varieties, but they were selected by japanese breeders, their style is very...

Hi sister,The window boxes actually come in three colours, white, brown and ivory. They're available in 1.4m, 1.74m 2.1m and 2.41m sizes and fit to the wall using bolts, just below the window sill (all fittings and instructions included).However it's becoming apparent that i need to add...

Nice garden, I enjoyed and agree with some of the good suggestions from others. Of course, its a matter of personal taste, and what you like is good enough. For me, I would lose some of that lawn, and add a gravel garden section. I should mention that I hate lawns and only keep one because...