General Gardening Discussion

We have a plastic collapsible plant trolley/basket with wheels. It folds flat to about 14" x 17" x 2.5", plus 2 wheels and a retractable handle. We used it for transporting plants from shows and it remained as a box whilst in the boot of the car.

Has the basket grown lots of plants before ? ie is it depleted of nutrient/watered for a long time?

You're most welcome, glad I could help @eddybaby .

I have several pots like that most years. often turn out to have been young plants, kept as spares, that didn't come through the winter and yes it's often a willowherb in there instead.

Here's some of ours. They're still growing. I spotted one elsewhere that was well over 4ft high.

Hello @peteThanksKevin

Thanks again. I planted them last night so fingers crossed

Yes they will, but this is why new build houses always have a problem with drainage, they dump fresh free draining top soil on a hard pan of clay, it then turns into a wobbly jelly once you get heavy rain, and there is no connection between top soil and subsoil.

Clueless, are you up for adoption? Maybe?

Ok many thanks both. The rootball I think must be tiny, will leave it a while yet. I did want it in clumps dotted around the gravel, I hope that works. TY!

Too many factors conspiring against us, we've give it up.First factor was the puzzle of what goes where. So we came up with a plan. We stretched out the cover, figure the position of the ties would give us some clues and we could assemble different arrangements of poles to match the length as...

It will be unlawful for Garden Centres, DIY chains, Supermarkets etc etc to sell compost containing peat that is manufactured in ENGLAND only for retail sale from 1/1/2025. Peat based compost that is manufactured in any of the other home nations or is imported from anywhere in world, will still...

I saw Charlie Dimmock do this ... great idea and effect!

The border not quite as small as I thought, yes just leave them be for now

Thank you @Clare G I'll sign up for notification. Yes Kleine Tanzerin and Little Dancer are the same plant. If you like Oriental Poppies then you might find this article interesting I might be looking for some of the other von Zepplin hybrids mentioned.

In many ways it is better to plant the towel than risk damaging the radicle which would then slow down the growth of the seedlings.

There is another way....

Ok, it's ant, not plant. But this reminded me of the song about the ant that moved the rubber tree plantCheck out the pure determination of this weed. The location is concrete for several metres all around, and the bags of compost are unopened. One bag has a tiny hole in it. The bags have been...

Yes @ricky101 , I found they grew well enough in ordinary pots, but they all had a fair amount of roots just growing into the air as well.I used to hang lead weights to the back sides of the pots to stop them falling off the shelf.