My garlic have sprouted too, what kind of area do they need to grow? How close together can I plant the cloves? It's just ordinary garlic from the...
5 feet??? Hmm, think that's a bit big for my tiny space unfortunately! Ah well, I'll try nematodes next year, meantime I'll continue with coffee...
They're very pretty too! Do they take up much space? Well as long as they're not going to damage them I shan't worry too much.Thanks for the...
My peppers are covered in whitefly. I've tried spraying with coffee to the extent that the peppers probably have a pretty high caffeine content,...
Great, thanks Fran!
Thanks for that. Any recommendations on compost type?
As mentioned elsewhere, I was given some bulbs for my birthday. Tulips, narcissi and crocuses (or is it croci? I'm never quite sure!) Anyhow. My...
Woohoo!!!!!Much excitement here, my first fruit has appeared!! It's only wee and I'm hoping it makes it to adulthood! :D
I won't be thirty for another 3 years but it still feels like it's creeping on fast. My auntie reassured me that 30 is the worst, it gets easier...
Peas - next year I'll give them a more stable trellis to climb, as this one fell over every time it was windy. Tomatoes - died before I could put...
Hope you haven't dug them up yet, I spoke to my mum and she says they flower all male then all female. Mine are still merrily flowering away so...
Mine have been flowering for a few weeks but the packet said they wouldn't fruit til September onwards so I've left mine.
And some very unwelcome visitors - I put a perimeter of slug pellets about a foot around my sole surviving runner bean, and one day went to...
Sneaking in before closing time, here's a caterpillar I found visiting my mint plants:[img]
Hooray!!! 3 ickle flowers showed themselves yesterday!!!! :D :D :DShould I repot to something bigger soon? I think I ought to support...
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Aha, I wondered what it was too, but I suppose it serves me right for raiding mum's victorias! :D
Ah, the beauties of Perthshire... one day I'm going back... oops, gone off-topic there! Coriander. I sowed once this year and it's nice and big...
Hi Pete,They're in 8" pots at the moment and the shortest one is probably around 8" tall and the tallest one is probably around 15" tall, with...
I've not fed them at all, thought you only did that when they flowered and fruited. :(
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