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  1. Victoria
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    Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

    My last bloom, probably for the year ...
    My last bloom, probably for the year ...
    My last bloom, probably for the year ...
    My last bloom, probably for the year ...
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  2. TheMadHedger
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  3. JWK
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    Tomato Growing 2025

    My cuttings of Chocolate Drop are overwintering quite well so far. The sweet peppers went in today. So I popped in a few micro dwarf seeds into the propagator to keep them company.
    My cuttings of Chocolate Drop are overwintering quite well so far. The sweet peppers went in today. So I popped in a few micro dwarf seeds into the propagator to keep them company.
    My cuttings of Chocolate Drop are overwintering quite well so far. The sweet peppers went in today. So I popped in a few micro dwarf seeds into the propagator to keep them company.
    My cuttings of Chocolate Drop are overwintering quite well so far. The sweet peppers went in today. So I popped in a few micro dwarf seeds into the propagator to keep them company.
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  4. Fof
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    Today's flower

    Still flowers are appearing. Today I have Turbinicarpus viereckiiWhile I await Turbinicarpus flaviflorusand Turbinicarpus horripilusWinter gets brighter at times. :spinning::spinning:Seasons greetings...
    Still flowers are appearing. Today I have Turbinicarpus viereckiiWhile I await Turbinicarpus flaviflorusand Turbinicarpus horripilusWinter gets brighter at times. :spinning::spinning:Seasons greetings all.Fof
    Still flowers are appearing. Today I have Turbinicarpus viereckiiWhile I await Turbinicarpus flaviflorusand Turbinicarpus horripilusWinter gets brighter at times. :spinning::spinning:Seasons greetings all.Fof
    Still flowers are appearing. Today I have Turbinicarpus viereckiiWhile I await Turbinicarpus flaviflorusand Turbinicarpus horripilusWinter gets brighter at times. :spinning::spinning:Seasons greetings...
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  5. Logan
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  6. hi2u_uk

    Recommendations for lights to wrap around an outdoor plant

    Thanks i will think about this
    Thanks i will think about this
    Thanks i will think about this
    Thanks i will think about this
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  7. pete
    Funny x 5

    Electric cars.

    It would be good to think that they are merely utterly incompetent, but it seems more planned than that. They actually seem to want to destroy everything that has been achieved over the past 50...
    It would be good to think that they are merely utterly incompetent, but it seems more planned than that. They actually seem to want to destroy everything that has been achieved over the past 50 years or more.
    It would be good to think that they are merely utterly incompetent, but it seems more planned than that. They actually seem to want to destroy everything that has been achieved over the past 50 years or more.
    It would be good to think that they are merely utterly incompetent, but it seems more planned than that. They actually seem to want to destroy everything that has been achieved over the past 50...
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  8. ben01

    Spring Bulbs coming up early

    Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
    Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
    Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
    Don't believe it about the mice. We used to find just bundles of leaves where the mice had eaten the crocus corm underneath.
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  9. Rockhopper69

    Pruning a young apple tree

    Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
    Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
    Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
    Sounds OK. Do you have a photo which would help.
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  10. MrHappyDays

    Is there anything I can do now?

    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is...
    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a bit more cold tolerant than that, but still it's...
    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is surviving. Based on a quick look, yours should be a...
    I am not sure regarding greenhouse / conservatory (and the shed sounds like a definite no). I have a Kentia Palm in the corner next to the conservatory door (but within the main house) and it is...
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  11. burnie
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    Onion growing 2026

    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
    Sown Kelsae, giant onions, yesterday in a pot in the boiler room.Once germinated they will go under lights in a cooler unheated room.
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  12. hi2u_uk

    Which branches should I chop off ?

    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
    Agree, but here it is a gooseberry being pruned.
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  13. shiney
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    Poems

    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a...
    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after him the parson ran, the sexton and the squire; A...
    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a rolling road, that rambles round the shire, And after...
    Finally from G K Chesterton The Rolling English Road (1913)Before the Roman came to Rye or out to Severn strode, The rolling English drunkard made the rolling English road. A reeling road, a...
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  14. BB3

    WORDS

    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase :sad: That never quite says what you mean. You’d better...
    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and impure. But cherish the use of the weaselling phrase :sad:...
    Talking about traditional English words:-Banish the use of the four-letter words! :nonofinger: Whose meanings are never obscure. The Angles, the Saxons, those hardy old birds, Were vulgar, obscene and...
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  15. Fof

    Dendrobium kingianum

    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
    One of mine is just a mass of roots but no flowers, maybe it needs a bit of attention. :biggrin:
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  16. Michael Hewett

    Eucomis question

    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
    Thank you @Spruce I shall do that ...
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  17. ricky101

    Cordon Apple Trees, Site ?

    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop....
    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop. However I have very rarely watered them so that might be why, plants have to sink or swim in this...
    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop. However I have very rarely watered them so that...
    Stepovers might be better in that situationI planted two cordon apples on our east facing wall more than ten years and although they blossom, it's only this year that we had a very small crop....
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  18. Victoria
    Like x 6

    Poincettia colouring up for Christmas 2025

    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
    Lovely blue sky too @Victoria :).
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  19. GreenFingeredPete
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    Gardeners’ World & Alan Titchmarsh Gardening Club 2025

    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to...
    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to move away from the pale, male and stale look, a better example of this, is Bargain Hunt when it...
    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to move away from the pale, male and stale look, a...
    Gardeners’ World is gradually changing, the BBC are pivoting away from the one main presenter format to several presenters, this is due to scandals in particular Hugh Edwards, they also want to...
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  20. Palustris

    Just when you thought he had finished tellng stories

    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
    Latest book now out on Amazon. Amazon.co.uk
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