General Gardening Discussion

Must admit I can still get JI compost around here, but some of the MP stuff is getting short and they are putting the price up.

Wow. This is an interesting discussion. I presently use saucers instead of pot feet because winter is never an issue. Nothing stays outside or it would freeze solid as ice and I like to bottom water plants. They just seem to do better.But you got me thinking. I wouldn'tmind trying pot feet...

Hi @MrsRake I think the problem is that the size of the root ball is normally matched with the size of the top growth - in other words, the amount of roots needed to get water to a big plant is bigger also. You probably need to look for something with fibrous roots so they don't heave the paving...

Here's mine, photo taken about two weeks ago:

Well I checked for aphids and no sign. I have trimmed all the flowering stems back by a third and given it a bug spray. The plant itself looks really really healthy. I am keeping it isolated from the other plants, and now only time will tell.

What a Delight !Only a few weeks after delivery of these plug plants and we have the pleasure of these intensely coloured blooms already. (more intense than the pics shows on our screen)Being old and not knowing whats around the corner these days, having to wait till next year or many months...

@martysparty Toolstation do several sets like that, a cheapy £3 one, a brass one or Hoselocks version.Any should fit a standard outdoor tap ok, but like any of the plastic types they do not last forever.If you apply a smear of silicone grease/spray or vaseline around the rubber O ring of...

The table is a good idea and you could possibly drape some netting or an old net curtain over the table when not in use for extra protection.

Thanks for the useful advice!

A tedious, but successful, way to do it is a wallpaper scraper carefully levered under it. Any stubborn bits can usually be removed by a light tap on the handle of the scraper with a small hammer - like using a chisel.

I thought the taller plant looked like a fuschia

I wasn't looking at the first post for the photo, my apologies.

Morning all from a gorgeous sunny West Yorkshire. Hope it's the same where you are I have yet another mystery plant. This is growing amongst a small shrub. Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance

Hello @ARMANDIIThat looks eerily familiar Kevin

Could be brown rot. Have a look on the internet. blotches on ripening victoria plums.Hope this helps

I grew some Marketmore in the greenhouse years ago and they just went mad, all leaf and very few cucumbers. I got the feeling that they prefer cooler conditions and really need to be outdoors.

Thanks I'll remember that for next year. I was thinking I left them in the root trainers far to long with no nutrients, they were in the greenhouse until a few weeks ago.

Yup, I've got a rose near where I'd like to put it so I think the soil is probably in the right ballpark, but have ordered a pH meter to check

Thanks everyone for your advice some good points all round, one things for sure you all know an awful lot more than me