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...just be aware of the effect of salt water runoff buildup affecting other plants nearby... It might just be easier to use unsalted water from a kettle - perhaps if you have a little left over when you've made a cup of tea... ...and maybe consider putting a weed membrane down with some gravel...

Trifolium rubens Red Feathers. Suspect that is it. Once it flowers you will know for sure!"trifolium rubens red feathers" - Recherche GoogleNot far from my house I found a stunning sight, a whole field of crimson clover. Trifolium incarnatum. pics below.

Good guess Pete sort of similar but Day lilies don’t have white roots or offsets like these do. Hopefully the mystery will be solved in a month or so

Hello @TidemarkThanks for the Reply.I would be able to remove the Old Fruit Lower Down but Higher Up would not be possible.ThanksKevin

When I grew flowers for my daughter's wedding I used 2m x 1m. I had clay soil and I mixed bought compost into it. It was in my vegetable garden and I had Love in a Mist for years afterwards!

Sometimes things just fail. You might have a wetspot in that area which could have caused root problems. If there are no obvious signs above ground, then I would have a gentle look at some of its roots to see if that is the problem.

I have one but it is not blooming yet.

Thank you very much @Plantminded, much appreciated. I do feel a bit guilty for the poor tree. It's the first "rootball" plant I have bought and I assumed that watering it thoroughly in the planting hole would have been enough. I should have done my homework beforehand.When it was soaking...

Hopefully. In autumn one of lidl had a stand with bulbs, the other - didn't at all.

Hello @CanadianLoriBeing Autistic, I absolutely understand I mentioned somewhere previously, but, I do not like Straight Lines as, to me, there is no such thing, there is always a deviation no matter how small.That is why my Patio is shaped the way it is.Kevin

Wow @GreenFingeredPete ! You should count each pot as it's own raised garden and feel really proud of just how much you have going on there. I'm looking forward to any pics you share of this years gardens.

Daucus carota, the wild carrot is another beautiful flower. They look like a birds nest and are lovely dotted through a border.

Thank you all for your interesting and useful suggestions.

That does sound wrong, you need the Sensor inside one of the propagators.Putting the sensor into the compost might be good to germinate the seeds, but once growing above the compost we prefer to just lay it on the surface of the compost rather than in it, reason the air temp varies more...