General Gardening Discussion

just a reminder, I am in zone 6, and have over TWO hundred Thousand bulbs on my property that come up ever year and multiply. We are in the split divide replant mode after 30 years. Even Alliums come up. I thought we were not talking about "Bulbs" but the more tender plants such as the...

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Hello yes I remember 1963 really well the river Medway frozen over and could be walked across,as I was working on the ship pictured below at Strood pier "The Finmaster" frozen bales of wood pulp using the ships steam winches which at least kept us warm a little

I think you can prune it OK now if you're going to be frost free for a while. The battered parts could take a pruning. It also depends on how large it is.With my large ones I take the hedge cutter to them. Did it a couple of weeks ago.

I would move it and sow the tree where it will be in no one' way.

@guyloup - this is my favourite dahlia reference site and I think you will enjoy it too, if not the monetary outlay which might result!Www.dahlie.netIt’s language friendly and you can sort by type, colour, height and bloom size. I’ve randomly checked some of the dahlias on your list and...

Our Winter/Spring flowering heather isn't the least bit bothered about soil conditions. It's in heavy clay soil that last had garden compost put on it about 20 years ago. It's well established and needs cutting back as it gets a bit out of hand. It flowers from mid-October to April.Picture...

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Hiya @Mike Allen ...After many unsuccessful sowings I did what it said on the packet (Re Fluctuating temps) and for once it worked.. I don't have much luck with self sown plants,if it's not the soggy winters it's my chooks that make a meal of them so all of my sowings of any plants are done 'out...

I am working on a vertical garden project for my GCSE DT project. I was wondering if there are any vertical garden whizzes out there which could help with plants, herbs vegetables and possible fruits to grow.

Thats the thing iv looked but there really hard to find :( that would defo be my easiest option

Thank you everyone, I’ve looked it up and I’d agree it looks like worm casts.

until January. ton of leaves fall here.

Thanks @longk ,Will plant the other packet now with a lot more sand in the mix and see if they fair any better.

At the end of the season I used to find cutting the plant off at ground level and hanging it up in a dry shed was a good way of ripening any green fruits. They still get a bit of sap from the stem that way for a bit longer.

I read an article about this elsewhere, where it disclosed that some local authorities are making a big profit out of this (but are not proposing to pay gardeners for supplying them with their valuable garden waste).

Didn't bother this year with zinnia the slugs usually make a meal of them, I dont know if they come true but they may do if that's the only variety you grow

I've fitted them myself above ground for front garden, but we had professionals do the back garden and they reckoned it doesn't matter. Since the rot happens at ground level, the rest of the post above ground will still be mostly OK. And putting post and spur in the ground together makes it...

@Abrob1 hard to tell from you pics but they look like shaggy ink caps to me have a look HERE

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