General Gardening Discussion

Mine always die too, I have had three in the past 18 months, but now at least next time I get tempted to try again I'll know how to take care of it.

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Standard practise to charge sellers a pitch fee I thought ? Also look out for summer fetes and village open days. Have a bash at seeds too

Thanks for replies everyone. will remember to not feed nasts. - they're getting enormous! Will only put a couple of each cerinthe's & mirabilis in the big pots then - looks like I'm going to have to ask hubby for some more big ones cheers

Thanks for the reply. I see what you mean about using different fertilisers for different types of plant & veg. I have some chicken pellets, so I'll use those on the veg patch then. I also have some bone meal, is that the same as Fish Blood & Bone?

Thanks May, I'll give it a try.:thumb:

Thank you for your reply! I've got some broken pots that I could put in. I'm loving this forum - getting loads of ideas. Thanks x

Looks great Bashy!

Do you leave it watering all through the summer i.e. when it's raining as well I can imagine it's a pain to turn it off when it rains and remember (or forget) to turn it on again when it stops?

Ah that ull do me then :thumb: ill prob do as you say for now as its not the whole length of the gap more or less just what you see in the pic is what will be under the soil a meater max :D

I tend to leave mine til most of the flowers are faded. It does mean that it takes longer for the new shoots to appear, but I like to enjoy the flowers for as long as I can. Who knows - the slugs may spoil the new shoots :-)

I use some pet friendly pellets (at least that is what is says on the packet) there is also a gel which can be spread around individual plants. other possibilities are: sauces of beer (they go for a drink and drown- honest!) copper wire hedgehogs

Thanks Mike, appreciated. There is no way I'm gonna dig up 'Perpetually', even if it isn't exactly what I wanted. It's soooo healthy and happy looking, that would be criminal! At the end of summer/autumn, I'm re-hashing the back garden - bringing an edge border forward onto the laen area and...

I missed this celt, seeing as non stop Begonias are upright in habit perhaps something trailing would go with it (depending how high the containers are) such as Bacopa, trailing Alyssum or even edging Lobelia. There are many plants you can mix with Begonias, Salvias, impatiens or even Geraniums....

Many thanks - ordered them!!!:thumb::thumb:

We have a bedding geranium from last year that survived the winter and is now producing lots of new leaves.It doesn't match the new ones I got for this year but I didn't have the heart to move it.

You can buy all manner of wildflower meadow seed mixes, but these are for areas where the grass will grow long - not a lawn. I reckon your best bet would be to dig up some daisies from a friend/neighbours lawn, as most flok try to get rid of them! I personally like them, and brought a small...

We:1. Cleared the ground of all debris 2. Added 3 ton of pea shingle 3. Laid down heavy duty black mebrane 4. Laid the frame ontop and then filled the gaps with in the frame with more shingle and cement 5. Topped it up with some nice stones.Plus - weedkiller is being put down every 2...

I am pretty sure it's not grafted, but give me a couple of days and I will send a picture.Thanks again.Jeff

Thankyou for all your comments, one more question do we need to nip out the sideshoots on our peppers??Many Thanks