General Gardening Discussion

Help please, a friend of mine is trying to locate, to buy, a gladioli by the name of BRIDAL (or similiar) can anyone enlighten or assist please. The hardy laurel

Thank you Craig, good to know. At least I've stuck to ONE of the requirements... I dipped them in Hormone Rooting Gel before planting! They're not looking too well, but I should give 'em a few more days to get used to their new home...Thanks!Springy xx

well donehope you get plenty more

Please help As you can see the edges on my rhodi are going burnt around the edges.Any ideas?.

Definately get the cosmos back in the window as they need lots of light and can get leggy. You are fine to tak the lids off them. I was amazed with my cosmos sonata I grew from seed last year, they were huge beautiful plants and with lots of deadheading seemed to flower for ever until I finally...

I will do it later. It's snowing again........

I move the plants out of the heated propagator when they have got established (a few true leaves) into an unheated progator. You really only need heat for germination of the seeds (with normal plants).My greenhouse has bubblewrap insulation, Three heated propagators and several unheated ones....

Only problem with bark chippings Gardenlearner is that it's really very hard to see cat poop in it...... not nice if you garden on your knees! :eek: Hel.xxx.

I seem to remember in the recent past I have had a BBQ at Easter and we have been out in the snow playing with the kids at Easter in another year. I guess this leaves it open that Easter is a varied time of year for the weather and we all like to garden as soon as possible when we get some...

The odd stepping-stone in your border can be quite handy.

Rusty iron is very sought-after these days, you should see the prices at garden shows!! I have a few rusty iron thingies myself, and I think they make a really nice frame for plants. I think your passion flowers and cobea scandens will look fab - mine will be growing up a rusty iron obilisk.

It's all very vexing, moving things in and out of the coldframes and shed, opening and shutting the greenhouse vents,covering and uncovering tender plants in the garden.We had rain forecast for the weekend, but it's been lovely, well there were a few showers but it is April, after all. ...

Streaming works fine for me (so glad they invented iplayer - it's great). Also if you have virginMedia cable tv you can watch it as a "catch-up" programme.

UPDATE!The Daffodils in the mixed vases are over but the Tulips are still going strong!Tulips in the garden and allotment are putting on "some show."Cheers

Hi Golfer!The best weed control is; digging. By digging and turning over the soil you are able to pick out any deep rooted weeds you spot. Little and often is my motto!The weather is then able to get to the bare earth, and believe it or not, come next Spring the soil will be more easily...

This is how I do it:Treat the moss first with lawn sand or iron sulphate in soulution and scarify after its gone black.spot treat weeds with verdoneOverseed and a liquid feed of seaweed or phostrogen.In time, bare patches were the weeds were, scratch up then a handfull of seed over...

My Siki stays out all year it's in the ground with a bit of fleece around it, which will come off soon.

Cynaroides, Pete. from a packet of 5, 3 germinated and 1 collapsed after a few months leaving 2, now 0. :(

thanks to all.I drove pst a massive garden centre along the m66 near rawenstall, does anyone know this one?

hi rosei just soaked mine for 2 hrs yesterday and then potted them upi did soak them for 48 hrs last yr (forgot i was soaking them) and then put them in a seed tray they were all up in 24 hrs and then died when they went outside :(i have read somewhere on here they don't like to be...