Tal I think if the stalks get flattened you just leave them - as a farmer would - dont cut them off, there is a previous thread on this. My spuds...
CW25 , the foliage is dying of on the Orla container - can't remeber seeing any flowers. My other 2 containers are flowering now - although the...
Hi CW25 , I planted my first ever early spuds in a container on the 15th March. Could they be ready now ? What happens if you leave them in the...
Vikpole I have had a search for this pump, looks like others in the UK and USA are having problems tracing spare pumps. The company link below...
Thanks tweaky , buying in pots from the supermarket is an excellent idea. I will buy some later this summer for my second crop.
Steve Here is a site which lists most of the Clematis including the one David recommended. http://www.clematis.com.pl/wms/wmsg.php/ I have just...
Excellent site Plantsman ! Very nice layout , and your scripts are just at my level i.e I can understand them :) This is one to bookmark for...
Paddy , welcome to Wigan - now we need to teach you how to be an egg chaser with 13 on each side ! Walnut I'm alreet , whats it like living down...
Reading in other threads about free plant offers - from the larger mail order nurseries, I had a quick Google for other online offers. I came...
Hello Goosegog , the photos are excellent on here, and the group knowledge is incredible - they know everything !:D
Hello Paddy - nice to see another pie-eater on GC :thumb: Walnut ,we get everywhere except over the Leeds tryline :D I even work in Woolston.
I have just found a bees nest in a corner of my garden - just under the fence panel ,its actually in next doors. So I seem to have plenty. I...
Thanks for your plant list Peter - especially the perennials - this will take me some time to look them all up ! I have grown salvia splendens...
This is the first plant I have been able to identify !!!!! :D Your first pic is an Azalea . I have 2 of the same colour one flowers like yours...
I just had a tonne of topsoil delivered a few weeks ago. It came in one of those big builders bags that they get bulk sand and gravel delivered in...
Peter - I would really appreciate some suggestions for my 2009 planting. I have just sown Cosmos Polidor and Cosmos Double click , this was an...
Thanks for the advice Peter, I bought 2 packs of seeds from the GC this afternoon. I will pop them in the propagator tomorrow and hopefully get...
Peter thanks for the links for plant info. Looks like it may be difficult to overwinter them if they need such a high temperature - still I will...
Peter , I have just discovered Cosmos . I bought some at a plant sale last week and we really like them. If I planted some seeds now would I be...
Hello Lizzy I use slug traps with bitter beer (not lager)as the bait this works really well, far better than the commercial slug bait. I also use...
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