General Gardening Discussion

Try giving your jasmine a regular dose of tomato food . Another lovely plant is Trachelospermum jasminoides (probably now called Rhyncospermum). That's an evergreen with white, scented, jasmine-like flowers. T. asiaticum has creamy-yellow flowers. Dregea sinensis (Wattakaka) would probably do...

Great, thanks. Sounds lovely, I'll have a look for those.

Thanks Victoria, I looked at those but they're not fully hardy I'm afraid.Thank you all for your help but I've bitten the bullet today and ordered Choisya Sundance. It's mature height and spread is a little more than I wanted but I've given it some thought and will alter the layout of the...

Yeah, that's been going through my mind since I wouldn't be the only person to think January = buy more seeds! I'll just have to be patient, I think it's a tad too early to start growing anything for me since I don't have a proper greenhouse (just a stainless steel shelving unit greenhouse) or...

The artichokes look very good and we grow them for their flowers.

Well Covid is very 'catchy'

i have had a small wormery for around ten years a three tray worm city one. it produces normally four trays per year of compost 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.3 cubic metres per tray which gives me enough worm compost for all my needs. I use coco coir for bedding which is dramatically changed in composition...

A lovely thread, because it's that time of year when Spring bulbs, bless them give joy, hope and promises.These little bulbs produce an abundance of colourful flowers, scent and admiration from passersby when in full bloom. I put some, not all in pots. Over the next couple of seasons I throw out...

Yeah that's why it's called Path Clear.

You're so right Sheal ... I do love my outdoor space and derive a huge amount of pleasure from it!

Thanks everyone. I think I'll give spider's web a go, once the weather is more appropriate!

Thank you for your advice all, I will take them out of the heated propagator pronto and leave out on the bench until all this rain passes, then put them out side (out of labradors reach) during the day until the spring arrives.

New Thread Here:-WHAT'S LOOKING GOOD IN FEBRUARY 2021

I would also give it a feed and top dressing at the same time. Rusty

That' great, ty. I had heard that before but wanted to check with the experts. aka you lot. TY!

Thanks for clarifying that!

Ah, you double posted - we replied here , in case you missed it.Tree Lily bulbs - in a box for too long? Help please!

I will sort out my seeds.I'm sorry after finding out how the seed swap is worked I realise that it is a bit more than I thought and at this moment in time it isn't just a case of popping the enveloped packaged seed in a post box. While I can agree lilianas way is safer it wouldn't work for...

Think most of us oldies will be the same feeling very sore after the first few outings of the new year, the old saying, a little and often is the way to go ..??Possibly doing some gentle exercise movements daily might ease your condtion enough to allow you to do some gardening, though worth...

@Sandy Ground Thank you for raising awareness regarding paper. Most modern paper shouldn't be in the compost. They are treated and printed upon. And composting them will accumulate all that stuff over the years. Just don't do it.