General Gardening Discussion

I have an old water butt that the lid doesn't fit too good on, if it is dry, once a week, usually weekends, I 'dunk' the whole basket into the water butt and hold it there till the bubbles stop, that way I know the roots are soaked and if I am less than perfect with the daily watering, they...

Borrowers - this site may help you on your seed searching. This guy really knows a thing or two about seeds.....:thumb:And whats all this talk about summer being over - it officially finishes on September the 21st , a good six weeks away . I keep my BBQ going until the middle of October -...

I think I know what you mean by this and if I'm right, you need to start removing the 'socket' too. This is the bit where the seeds would develop. If you just pull the dead flower from the socket that's no more than the flower just dropping off on its own iyswim and the seeds could still form,...

Thats excellent Loo I might nick it for a new water feature

Only today I took cuttings(easy peasy) of mine because I need to clear apatch for veg!!!and if moving the plant is not successful then I have back up I am going to wait until the plant has finished flowering before moving it,but while still in the green. I'm sure someone will jump in tell us...

You have a very nice compact conifer behind the trampoline. Why not get a few more and in the winter you'll have colour and in the warmer months grow some annual climbers up them,Canary Creeper..Morning Glory etc: for brighter colour

Lots of good advice given. My two pennyworth is, that if you haven't got a lot of compost available to add, pop along to your nearest LIDL's and get some bags of their general purpose compost. It's consistency seems to me, to be full of the stuff that's in my own household and garden mix.

My favourite bulbs for March/April flowering are narcissus tete-a-tete, narcissus Jenny (white), scilla sibirica, various crocuses, iris reticulata (though maybe a bit early) and hyacinths if you don't mind a bit of blousiness! I'm hoping to try some tulips soon too.

Two of this years seedlings in the p/tunnel will overwinter them in there. Two outside planted close to shrubs so the soil stays dry overwinter see if they survive.

Hi I should,nt worry to much about the future Weather or come to That the Future appertaining to anything :D,Just take one day at a time and live that one to the full.:thumb:

Here is a quick shot of the 'deformed' one with the 'normal' ones Too rainy to go outside to get a closer snap!

Hi! We have recently planted Abutilon 'Nabob' next to our Japanese Honeysuckle (the Honeysuckle has only been planted since June). I have since heard that Japanese Honesuckle are not very friendly to other plants, except maybe Clematis, so can anybody tell me what problems to expect and how...

Hi All! Sorry for the late update but I did transplant four of them as an experiment and since this is my first time, I might have hurt their roots while transplanting or it was lack of enough water or too much of sun the next day? I don't know. Three of them gave up their fight leaving behind a...

Should be, Carl.

:thumb:...Share and share alike...they are most welcome to nip a few cuttings from my plot.

Hi,Many thanks for the very useful tips. It sounds as if there is a lot of hard work ahead. You are right Claire, my Italian daughter-in-law to be speaks excellent English - no accent and perfect grammar.

Managed to sneak home early and catch a Tigridia out in flower, as they only open about 5 or 6 hours.

I like the sound of those chicken pellets. Do you think they'd give clematis a boost too?

Stingo, I was about to say no thank you as I really have just too much of everything at the moment, but then I thought 'thats not what the pioneers would have said'. So yes please I would love some. I will send you an e-mail with my address.I don't have any seeds of either of the Salvias at...

Hello again,Thanks for all the comments, they all seem to make sense, but still no Grapes LOLThanks Stoney as I understand it the correct spring/summer pruning is to cut back to 2 sets of leaves on fruiting spurs (after the fruit) and 3 on all others, but that's difficult with no fruit...