General Gardening Discussion

Thanks for that hornbeam. I also read that parsley planted around the carrots also deters carrot fly, which is what I have done this year.. no sign of carrot fly either.

There's nothing I'd like more than to own a few (hundred) acres, and have somebody come and offer me money for my land... I'd point my rifle at them and give them 10 seconds to leg it back to their company car!

Excellent gentlemen! Thanks for your advice! Kind regards Roy

jay..yes probably too late unless the weather is kind and the frosts hold off maybe you will just get small ones..i had a poppy appear this week so anything is possible,,

thanks Rich, how do I know when they're ripe? Do they go brown? Sorry to sound to stupid but I'm new to all this.

Yeah its worth growing Rich for that deep blue colour

that could be it badsal72. I have them in a pot at the front door and they get a daily watering. Don't know what ate the leaves tho. thanks

I posted this somewhere - dont know where - cant find it, so here goes again. When I went to dead head my calla lillies yesterday I noticed that they had little grean pea-like things inside the head. Are these seeds and can I plant them up? If so, when should I do it? Thanks

I picked one red one to have a look see and practice washing off the flesh. I might put some thing round it to deter the already over fed birdies.ThankyouBM

Here's a good site ...http://www.littleshopofhorrors.co.uk/customer/home.php?cat=284

Fiona. Your tickets arrived this morning - just three minutes ago. Again, many thanks. Peter

Aaw thanks Palustris! That is sooo clever!!! I admit to not doing technical!!!....but as my computer whiz brother said to me..'yes, but you can garden!' So all is fair!!

Hi, PeterS. Wow, Robin's site is mind-boggling ... I never thought there could be so many! I've put the site in my favourites so I can take time to try to identify mine! Mine bloom for at least that length of time, but to be honest, I can't remember the the one I bought two years ago not...

Thanks Chips.Looked at your profile but only a redX instead of a pic of you :D

Thanks Pete, I'll give it a feed. I'm just about to re-pot it into an enormous pot (actually the old water tank from the loft - recycling at it's best!) I'm going to try it like that until next year, and then decide what to do with it. But if next door keep winding me up it might just find...

Hello Liz, I keep my cuttings in the greenhouse over winter but it is not heated. However, we seldom have a hard frost here as we are right on the coast, I will give it a try, thanks for your help.

I have six melon plants. On a previous thread I asked if I was ever going to get any females flowers. My plants then started getting a bit over grown with side stems. So I decided to do a prune. Since then I have had 6 female flowers all of which I pollinated and it looks like a few more are...

Thank you guys, off to the shops!

Thanks for your help Royster and dendrobium (some kind of plant??)!the link to thrive is really helpful am going to speak to them and see if they can be involved or help in our project in any way!once again thanks for your help,Manny.

Hi, If u go on ebay and look for valsplants, they have beautiful established ones in stock. Have just bought one for my garden for �£8.99 including p&p. Came v well packaged and in v healthy condition. Have bought quite a few plants form this seller and would recommend her highly. Hope this...