General Gardening Discussion

A good guide here -Gooseberries: pruning and training / RHS

It doesn't need pruning yet. Next autumn remove about 1/3 of the oldest (the thickest and darkest) stems

I agree - cut back the dead stuff @Greenfield81 and it should come away again, but if you don't have suitable conditions for it, it's perhaps not worth having. They grow without any help here in the west of Scotland, but we're much wetter here than the east side. I have one [P. Little Heath]...

@Howard Stone we have just been given a "Dartmoor" cutting from our neighbours. A really lovely specimen and in flower. Planted out yesterday so hopefully it will like its new home.

Would think so, we use the Doff Slug tape which is about 25mm wide.Like @Goldenlily26 mentions adding some slug pellets as well, though cannot get them in very deep without damaging the roots. Think we might try drenching them with Garilc water as well in Spring, though some of our established...

Good grief! You are obviously keen on them I had a huge plant in previous garden with leaves bigger than I've seen elsewhere. It didn't sucker and it didn't flower. Very curious. And I can't remember where I got it

It will depend on the market and what the big supermarkets and garden centres focus on selling.There is 2 large bedding plant growers near me, about 12 miles away. One has added 8 hectares of glass in the last 10 years, there has been rumours of him expanding more. When you look at which...

Thanks for the advice.

A great harvest of pears this year, still lots left on the tree too

They can be cut down to 3-4 ft from the ground for a hard prune if they are out of hand and you want to retrain them. You will lose flowers the first year after a hard prune or you can lower the tops gradually over 3-4 years, in Spring.

Update. I sat myself down and decided to just go for planting it in in a week or so. It is still very mild here with daytimes in the mid 70's F so I'll wait until the conditions are not so warm. Then I'll make a chicken wire fortress around it and count on running out in the spring with hopeful...

I like neat @Kevin Cowans so your garden looks beautiful to me.I like the way the planting has softened some edges and enhanced other spaces. Job well done.

Aha! Yes, I have to say I'm very fortunate, especially in Surrey where everything has a premium, but we unusually found ourselves in the right play and right time. Never happened before or since

OP here, after the advice above and from looking at what neighbours had grown. I opted for Rosemary, Lavender and Hydrangea to plant - all of which I planted in mid- May.See first pic which is after I had planted in May. I think I could have made a much better effort at marking a clearer...

Many thanks Pete 8!

And may I butt in on this thread as I have some questions too? I havent sown winter veg before, but I have in the greenhouse onions, spring onions, leeks (all in pots, currently about 6 inches tall). I also have some winter spinach seedlings - past the first true leaves stage but only just,...

That one is really nice! I like the grey pot too.

Hi I’m in swindon area (south west)great idea for bark!thanks

I think they are the kind of bulb that will flower at any time of the year if you start watering after a dry spell.I have grown them from seed and the advice was to keep them green until they have their first flowering after which you can sort out a flowering period and a drying off period....

Sadly I lost K northiae when we moved here. I grew it from wild collected seed many years ago. I think I will do as suggested and wait until spring to defoliate it. Thanks you both.