You may remember I posted that the Blight had got me and that the infected plants had been lifted and disposed of in a non biological way. Luckily...
You may remember that THE BLIGHT hit me a week or two ago. Unfortunately the green ones we picked are also showing signs of the disease. The...
What worries me is that Blight might affect plants of an other genus??
Thanks for thoughts re my blight attack. All infected parts bagged and green Tom's entrayed. Now I've got to decide if the soil the plants grew...
Blight has arrived! Recently THE GARDENER and I planted out our Tomatoes and I considered that they were too close together perhaps and perfect...
What a great plant!! Wish I could produce a plant like that! Did you grow it from seed? Or did you just do a very good job of taking out growing...
Patens is slow to flower but like many plants will just grow (foliage, stems and leaves) FIRST and then, as the light decreases, it will flower....
My wife, THE GARDENER listened to the same programme! I've known of the method for some time, but she also said that the grower talked of very...
Re: whitefly They affect my Tom's in heat by essentially covering ALL the plants with a sticky covering and filled the air with nostril filling...
Mid March sown, good germination and pricking out, hardened off and majority planted out in sheltered position. Ddraig Goch, cordon, Crimson...
Re: cuttings Generally, in my experience, majority are easy. Even accidentally torn offshoots placed in water, "for when I can take cuttings"...
Just made a discovery. Had what I thought was the dark blue Patens (mentioned in an earlier post) in a pot overwintering in cold greenhouse. Well...
Yes Oxford or just Patens to me! Look out for seeds in a couple of weeks if you don't dead head!! My salvias are producing seed just now so...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Our tomatoes are all planted outside (actually 3 in greenhouse!) as we've had so much more outside in recent years. The...
90% of mine now planted out and enjoying the rain (most of my butt's full!) So I'm hoping the heat builds up soon! Got some new potash rich...
As I previously said my garden seems full of predominately red and pink Salvias. Managed a pick of the two 'regulars' from seed, NEON the stunning...
Re Red Salvias. Most of mine seem to be Red/Pink. Yes I've got a few Blue and Purple but are Salvias generally Red?? Even my Hotlips are red at...
Garden a sea of red and pink varieties, Hot Lips and Jezebel both red now, Ă‘eon and Cero potosi both pink. Will photograph once the wind dies...
Slugs love Salvias in pots that have died down over Winter but are still undercover. Favourite are Patens. They 'mow' the new shoots as they come...
Re Welsh Poppy. Few years ago when I could still walk we did our circular walk -- over the Ironbridge, along the old railway track towards the...
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