Container Gardening

Its more the "plant" rather than the "flowers" so to speak. I just "drum" my fingers in the main stem so that there is vibration in the plant, and that does the trick

its ok i just had a look in poundstretcher they have some huge plant pots for under a fiver and some large ones 2 for £5.99. just bought all sorts of bits from there as they have some good bits

The planters look very pretty

I did soak the root systems but only for an hour each. I heard about the snipping the tips thing some time ago but i havent been confident enough to try it. I decided to give it a go about ten minutes ago and I'm fairly certain they are dead as they have a papery texture, crumbled when cut and...

Sorry, Julie, I don't have any info. When I tried to sell some plants, to local garden centres, that I had grown in the garden (not just in pots) they all said that I would need to show I had a plant health licence. It may just have been because they were on the restricted list but I can't...

My local garden centre is selling trays of plants "mixed" in Red, White and Blue. Verbena I think, but probably also others. I'm growing Red, White and Blue "Surfina" (sp?) Petunias, which will make a good show. Make sure you get some decent sized plants (not plug plants) otherwise they won't be...

It's really annoying not being able to move anything out of the greenhouse this year. We're going to have a good summer Scotkat, just a feeling I have and we haven't seen one on the island for three years.

My sister, Kedi-Gato from Germany lives half the year in Florida. She was on here earlier this week. I don't know if she can help as she is in the learning curve at the moment. I should be speaking to her tomorrow so shall point her to this post.

HelloHow about using those plastic/rubber type trugs, like these -Can get them really cheaply in lots of colours from so many places - should be easy to keep clean and bright and also move about what with the handles.Natalie

Thanks all. I wouldn't put them outside just yet - I will put them in seed trays with less cells

Try this Aesculus: Take four bits of string and lay them flat, any length will do to practice. Now take the two outside and tie infront of the other two strands and then you do the same only taking the two outside strings and tie them behind the two strands. You keep repeating that until you...

It does fine in decent sized pots if you keep it watered and fed, but in small pots it struggles. If you plant it out by that way, its easy enough to prevent it from overrunning your other plants. Nasturtium seems to have two growth phases. In phase 1 it stays relatively compact. Then in phase...

I've started using airpots strange, as the bottom plastic disk has huge openings .... I asked the guy in the shop if I am supposed to place pebbles to stop the compost from falling out he laughed and said no stones.... don't panic .... the compost won't fall out ... just don't overwater...

On the Beechgrove gardening program they planted Spring bulbs in tubs in multiple layers (the container must have been STUFFED!!) to get a succession. Seemed like a good idea, but I've not tried it.

Hello Anything in a container would usually need a bit more tlc as containers will dry out more easily. Not sure about drought tolerant climbers, but I have some Clematis in 50cm diameter planters (so their roots can reach a decent size) but I don't think they would cope with being...

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Balcony gardening can be fun.. I would try & think of things you like to eat most & grow things that you like most that are quite expensive to buy but you are able to grow on your balcony... This is quite interesting & this one too too.. Do you have glass or brick sides, if glass they would...

You may have a point here : it's in a conservatory and was right next to the glass on that side. I've since moved to the center of the room and tomorrow will put outside in the daytime - hopefully the breeze will help dry it out some.

No problem Fens. I have loads of perennials in containers - I don't have any space for them. I hate throwing them away, so I hang on hoping that someone wants one. I suspect that they don't grow as fast in a container, and therefore don't necessarily get pot bound.

I've not tried this one yet, I got the idea having received an order of shrubs recently. The roots of said shrubs were wrapped in polythene, but inside the polythene was lots of damp old newspaper. So, for my containers this year, I think I might line them with a few sheets of old newspaper. In...