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  1. Fat Controller
    Informative x 6

    Miracle Gro MPC - avoid!

    Jiffy PRO 7Jiffy Pro7 All + Mix 50L Bag - Peat Perlite Fertilizers (doctorblooms.co.uk)Jiffy PRO7 Light, Peat Potting Mix 50L (londongrow.com)Hydroponic stores and websites are probably the...
    Jiffy PRO 7Jiffy Pro7 All + Mix 50L Bag - Peat Perlite Fertilizers (doctorblooms.co.uk)Jiffy PRO7 Light, Peat Potting Mix 50L (londongrow.com)Hydroponic stores and websites are probably the best source for commercial grade compost, which is more expensive than the general MPC stocked in...
    Jiffy PRO 7Jiffy Pro7 All + Mix 50L Bag - Peat Perlite Fertilizers (doctorblooms.co.uk)Jiffy PRO7 Light, Peat Potting Mix 50L (londongrow.com)Hydroponic stores and websites are probably the best source for commercial grade compost, which is...
    Jiffy PRO 7Jiffy Pro7 All + Mix 50L Bag - Peat Perlite Fertilizers (doctorblooms.co.uk)Jiffy PRO7 Light, Peat Potting Mix 50L (londongrow.com)Hydroponic stores and websites are probably the...
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  2. JWK
    Sticky

    What are we doing in the garden 2024

    It's a dogwould. They stop growing after a few years and they never need repotting.What a cutie! :imphrt:
    It's a dogwould. They stop growing after a few years and they never need repotting.What a cutie! :imphrt:
    It's a dogwould. They stop growing after a few years and they never need repotting.What a cutie! :imphrt:
    It's a dogwould. They stop growing after a few years and they never need repotting.What a cutie! :imphrt:
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  3. wiseowl
    Sticky
    Informative x 4

    What's your weather like MARCH 2024

    It's still extremely windy here and still raining but only lightly.
    It's still extremely windy here and still raining but only lightly.
    It's still extremely windy here and still raining but only lightly.
    It's still extremely windy here and still raining but only lightly.
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  4. wiseowl
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  5. OwdPotter
    Like x 8

    OwdPotter's new rose garden

    The planting up of the new lower pergola completed Ph2. At the same time I was also considering development of the existing mixed border (Ph 3)I have been tinkering with this border since the...
    The planting up of the new lower pergola completed Ph2. At the same time I was also considering development of the existing mixed border (Ph 3)I have been tinkering with this border since the beginning, searching for an identity. Reshaping and widening it, adding stuff, removing stuff,...
    The planting up of the new lower pergola completed Ph2. At the same time I was also considering development of the existing mixed border (Ph 3)I have been tinkering with this border since the beginning, searching for an identity. Reshaping and...
    The planting up of the new lower pergola completed Ph2. At the same time I was also considering development of the existing mixed border (Ph 3)I have been tinkering with this border since the...
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  6. Fof

    Orchid advice. please

    You need to put in on a gravel tray so that when you spray/water with rain water this will increase the humidity.
    You need to put in on a gravel tray so that when you spray/water with rain water this will increase the humidity.
    You need to put in on a gravel tray so that when you spray/water with rain water this will increase the humidity.
    You need to put in on a gravel tray so that when you spray/water with rain water this will increase the humidity.
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  7. trogre

    Trail/Wildlife Camera

    That's the one my wife recently bought. Not put it outside yet though, we started testing it inside and found it fascinating watching our cat's nightly routine as he lets himself out the catflap...
    That's the one my wife recently bought. Not put it outside yet though, we started testing it inside and found it fascinating watching our cat's nightly routine as he lets himself out the catflap and then returns just before daybreak. Well pleased with it so far. The batteries seem to last for...
    That's the one my wife recently bought. Not put it outside yet though, we started testing it inside and found it fascinating watching our cat's nightly routine as he lets himself out the catflap and then returns just before daybreak. Well pleased...
    That's the one my wife recently bought. Not put it outside yet though, we started testing it inside and found it fascinating watching our cat's nightly routine as he lets himself out the catflap...
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  8. Fof

    Dendrobium kingianum

    Ours have been in flower for some months now. They do take time to reach flowering size. Ours are indoors in a laundry room and are misted often.
    Ours have been in flower for some months now. They do take time to reach flowering size. Ours are indoors in a laundry room and are misted often.
    Ours have been in flower for some months now. They do take time to reach flowering size. Ours are indoors in a laundry room and are misted often.
    Ours have been in flower for some months now. They do take time to reach flowering size. Ours are indoors in a laundry room and are misted often.
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  9. ricky101
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  10. Caz2024

    Poorly moth orchid

    It looks very dehydrated. You need to put the whole plant into a bucket of rain water and then allow all the water to drain through. Do not cut off the roots outside. Then put the plant on a...
    It looks very dehydrated. You need to put the whole plant into a bucket of rain water and then allow all the water to drain through. Do not cut off the roots outside. Then put the plant on a saucer of gravel and mist it to allow the humidity to increase.
    It looks very dehydrated. You need to put the whole plant into a bucket of rain water and then allow all the water to drain through. Do not cut off the roots outside. Then put the plant on a saucer of gravel and mist it to allow the humidity to...
    It looks very dehydrated. You need to put the whole plant into a bucket of rain water and then allow all the water to drain through. Do not cut off the roots outside. Then put the plant on a...
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  11. Fat Controller

    2-tier trough planter?

    Oh I quite like that idea! Now wondering if I should make my own!
    Oh I quite like that idea! Now wondering if I should make my own!
    Oh I quite like that idea! Now wondering if I should make my own!
    Oh I quite like that idea! Now wondering if I should make my own!
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  12. JWK
    Sticky

    Vegetable Growing 2024

    @burnie we are at the opposite end of the UK and cannot even think about planting out our shallots. We have had so much rain and again rain rain rain. Even with wellies we sink and so have to keep...
    @burnie we are at the opposite end of the UK and cannot even think about planting out our shallots. We have had so much rain and again rain rain rain. Even with wellies we sink and so have to keep of the ground.
    @burnie we are at the opposite end of the UK and cannot even think about planting out our shallots. We have had so much rain and again rain rain rain. Even with wellies we sink and so have to keep of the ground.
    @burnie we are at the opposite end of the UK and cannot even think about planting out our shallots. We have had so much rain and again rain rain rain. Even with wellies we sink and so have to keep...
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  13. JWK
    Sticky

    Show us your purchases 2024

    Can you make rosemary and bayleaf pie? Nothing else edible in the garden at the moment.
    Can you make rosemary and bayleaf pie? Nothing else edible in the garden at the moment.
    Can you make rosemary and bayleaf pie? Nothing else edible in the garden at the moment.
    Can you make rosemary and bayleaf pie? Nothing else edible in the garden at the moment.
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  14. BB3

    Spanish Bluebell or Agapanthus?

    Nice to see you @RowlandsCastle
    Nice to see you @RowlandsCastle
    Nice to see you @RowlandsCastle
    Nice to see you @RowlandsCastle
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  15. Punkdoc
    Agree x 11

    Assisted dying

    Non gardening threads will usually be found in the "off topic discussion" section
    Non gardening threads will usually be found in the "off topic discussion" section
    Non gardening threads will usually be found in the "off topic discussion" section
    Non gardening threads will usually be found in the "off topic discussion" section
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  16. Loxley
    Friendly x 6

    One more GW refugee

    Thanks, this does seem like a very friendly place!
    Thanks, this does seem like a very friendly place!
    Thanks, this does seem like a very friendly place!
    Thanks, this does seem like a very friendly place!
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  17. earlydaze
    Informative x 9

    Cuttings that root in water

    Whilst we're on the subject of jam jars, cling film over the top, sharpened pencil to make a few holes, cuttings go through the holes into the water. Less evaporation and less chance for leaves...
    Whilst we're on the subject of jam jars, cling film over the top, sharpened pencil to make a few holes, cuttings go through the holes into the water. Less evaporation and less chance for leaves and debris to contaminate the water. I'm quite sure everyone does this, don't they?:)
    Whilst we're on the subject of jam jars, cling film over the top, sharpened pencil to make a few holes, cuttings go through the holes into the water. Less evaporation and less chance for leaves and debris to contaminate the water. I'm quite sure...
    Whilst we're on the subject of jam jars, cling film over the top, sharpened pencil to make a few holes, cuttings go through the holes into the water. Less evaporation and less chance for leaves...
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  18. KT53

    Potted acer waterlogged!

    Is the pot ceramic or plastic, either way, I'd destroy the pot and not the roots.
    Is the pot ceramic or plastic, either way, I'd destroy the pot and not the roots.
    Is the pot ceramic or plastic, either way, I'd destroy the pot and not the roots.
    Is the pot ceramic or plastic, either way, I'd destroy the pot and not the roots.
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  19. wiseowl
    Sticky

    A Joke Or Two 2023/24

    Not really a joke as such.
    Not really a joke as such.
    Not really a joke as such.
    Not really a joke as such.
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  20. wiseowl
    Sticky

    Yawn Yawn Wakey Wakey 2024

    Reminds me of my dear father, he was born in 1905, was a grocery boy, and he spoke 8 languages. Living in Cleveland, Ohio, was a melting pot of lots of East European folks. Wish I had been...
    Reminds me of my dear father, he was born in 1905, was a grocery boy, and he spoke 8 languages. Living in Cleveland, Ohio, was a melting pot of lots of East European folks. Wish I had been smart enough to try to speak one of them, very few words I know. I can still see him today, on a...
    Reminds me of my dear father, he was born in 1905, was a grocery boy, and he spoke 8 languages. Living in Cleveland, Ohio, was a melting pot of lots of East European folks. Wish I had been smart enough to try to speak one of them, very few...
    Reminds me of my dear father, he was born in 1905, was a grocery boy, and he spoke 8 languages. Living in Cleveland, Ohio, was a melting pot of lots of East European folks. Wish I had been...
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