General Gardening Discussion

I find a big problem with sterile compost is it's all too easy for a bacterial or fungicidal mono culture to overwhelm the medium you are using. I tend to use a fresh mix of garden compost and loam for seedlings. It does have weed seeds and everything else in it fighting for survival but it...

plant gell dude

i think they hava 2 weeks in them. oh one thing take them out of pot cearfully. and see the under neath see if it wery wet . i think its defenetly a drainege problem. i heard you need to furtulize orchid weekly. but you need lots of draineg. its good to furtulize weekly but little. ok dude good...

I agree, won't give you more flowers, but pruning, or removing dead heads after flowering is fine - they do form berries but I don't find them particularly attractive. .

thanks very much peeps, i will pinch them out and yes will definately sow them later next year. and will leave them in till mid may should be ok by then hopefully in kent. i brought a morning glory plant last year which done amazing on a north wall up some trelis. so have grown some this...

well, when i say wood i mean not green!!! seems like its dying at the ends.I'll see how it goes, it nothing changes i think i'll move it.

I grow three forms of Lonicera, gold, green and silver. the silver I keep as specimin, but is a real pain as it keeps reverting to green! Green is easy, and then there is my gold hedge.Lonicera has a very lax habit and needs to be kept well trimmed to prevent open habbit. I suspect you have...

I may be got this wrong, but I read the ground cover as Ivey?Varigated with small leaves could be gold heart, I recently planted one called Joker with jagged leaves, small variagated but a real poor dooer.As Pete says, depends on variety, I did at my first house have a picture of Iveys...

Haven't seen you in a while Charlie :DNathan.

Thanks Pete I'll do just that - There we go Dendrobium this thread has taught us all a thing or two!

WE were told when our daffs did not flower too not cut down, just dead head, and feed with Tomato food, every week for about six weeks, and if still no luck move. wheelie.

thanks fran

There are lots of plants you can use in tubs mixing hardy perennials with the less hardy geraniums/fuschias. I would be happy using the light blues of some Campanulas and even Nepeta but watch it does not take over. You could use some stronger yellows.reds to provide contrast - if very shady try...

Meanwhile... back to real gardening help....... :rolleyes:

Chemistry is not my subject, as I say I just remember reading it somewhere. I would suppose on a naturally acid soil it would have minimum effect, but on my neutral to slightly alkaline soil I tend to not use it on the erecacious plants that I struggle to grow.

your ultimate "friend" is your MP, when i was in Civil Service believe me thaey had clout, so dont be afraid to wave this wand, go back to land registry and ask for a ruling in writing, they must give it to you, they are civil servants, ask for the grade of the person you are talking to, if HEO...

Aaaaaaaagh. Did I speak too soon or what. I have just found the poppy which I have been trying to kill for the last 4 years, growing away happily. I would not bother but it is in the middle of a bed which is supposed to be either grasses or tall yellow daisies. It would look AWFUL!

Oh thats great - thanks - I have to get some rose fertilizer so will give the fuschia a drop too

On the bush itself or on the soil?

I managed to buy a ph kit for the princely sum of �£1.19 from my local garden centre. Fortunately it turned a dark green colour so my veg plot should be ok without liming, as I think the time to lime is autumn or winter rather than now. If you do do a test and the soil is acidic then I guess...