General Gardening Discussion

Hey Alasdair dont knock 'em, they're great. If they grow you lovely veggies, what more could you want.:thumb: 02

Wow, I was given a tacca bulb (?) once as a gift, but after making a sickly looking leaf it petered out and died. Yours look glorious. What an unusual and splendid flower!

This week we are mostly ...... ....... going to put in beetroot to have as baby beetroot (we put in 2 rows earlier on but only one was successful). Rocket because we have only just discovered it and it is so expensive in the shops. We are also going to do swede for the first time. The pigeons...

I see this thread twice more, so no need to repost, me thinks!Yopu got some replies here:

You probably can if there are none flowering shoots with a growing point below those flowers. But don't expect the same form of plant. Those types of chrysanthemums are grown under controlled conditions and probably dwarfed by the use of chemicals.

i forgot to say i also love heuchera

I would sit them on a concrete foundation or at the very least compacted type one, otherwise if youve a soft spot then theyl sink.Personaly I use normal A1 sleapers for this sort of job and line them with membrane to stop leaching, If the budget allows then Azobe West african sleapers,...

the weather here was beautiful but clouding over rapidly,have quickly mown lawns

Too hot in the glasshouse for Pansies. Plant them out close together in a nursery bed to grow on during the summer and plant into their flowering positions in the autumn. Now is the time to sow a few Myosostis (Forget me not) to go with them. Sow thinly in drills in the open ground and thin out...

Erm, I can't see any following?

If they are the perennial Papaver x hybridus then no they do not repeat flower. We cut ours down to the ground once they have finished flowering and let other things overgrow them to fill the gap. Sometimes they do produce smaller flowers very late on in the season.

Thanks Miraflores - thats a good site. I recognise my soil there - Clay - "cracks 2 inches wide and 3 foot deep". But as it points out there are always some benefits as well.

Hi martin You may want to look at thease sitesOr google it to see what else it shows.Jimbo

I am sorry I think I have put this thread in the wrong place - better go transfer it to where it should be.

Probably just a couple that had not been pollinated. A truss is as your say a group of yellow flowers on your tomato plants. Botanically a compact cluster of flowers at the end of a stalk. Twice a day for maturing tomato plants is not excessive. Regarding quantity, that can only come by...

Well its not inventive but I use Hessian to protect my less hardy plants in the winter,ohhh and not forgetting i do use them for sack races

Now that's just wonderful Sandra I'm sure the lady will get plenty of helpful advice here and be hooked in no time at all if she joins. I do hope she's brave and informs us (if and when she joins) of the lovely chat she had with you because it would be so nice to follow the trail of how she...

Nice one:thumb:

I wonder if they had previously been too dry over a period.Did you by any chance pot them dry and then water? It might not apply in your case but a plant must never be potted up or potted on with dry roots - water throughly, leave to soak in for an hour or so and then pot on into a moist...

If you search with google you can find all sorts of advice, but there are so many factors such as what sort of systems are you using (grow bags, pots, in beds) are they inside/outside? Type of soil also makes a differnce as some dry out much quicker. Also mulching or covering the soil with...