General Gardening Discussion

Just break up the top 1/4" (6mm) of soil. The aeration should help the surface layer dry out and the slime (it might be an early stage of moss) should at least be controlled. If it's really bad then add sharp grit to the top of the pot as well and cut down on the watering.

you can keep pansies flowering, and stop them getting leggy by trimming them back when they get a bit straggly. You won't be able to put out a hanging basket with lobelia and other bedding plants yet - not until May at the earliest, but you can certainly plant it up, and have it maturing in...

I agree with PeterS, this is the best way. planting potatoes in rough ground also helps to break up the soil, even if you dont use the produce, any old sprouting potatoes will do

Gorgeous, Froggy! Agree about that low branch! Really pretty. I think I might find that one makes its way into my garden :rolleyes:

Thanks Fran, I'll try itHermes

Yor back then peter, I nipped out the seed head from my nacissus rupicola - are you interested in having a go with it, I could easily pop it in the post.

Same here, a real beauty but unfortunately not for my small garden. :(

This looks a useful link, Steph. I've got one, but haven't had it long. Hope it helps http://www.plant-care.com/stephanotis-trellis-plant.html

I grow clematis Prince of Wales and clematis Lady Di in same flower bed.what unlikely bed mates does anyone else grow?Actually joking aside, these would have looked lovely together, but he romps away and she gets wilt which is such a shame as it is a beautiful red/pink classy flower. I have...

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It's common name is Thorn apple because of the shape of the seed pods which are like chestnuts on the outside, although many brugs have oval smooth cases depending on variety.They like lots of water and sunlight, it's almost impossible to overfeed them, and red spider mites consider them a...

ouch!Cheaper to name a star!

Thanks for the advice, looks like busy lizzies are the way to go or a cheap florist! Thanks!

I find a big problem with sterile compost is it's all too easy for a bacterial or fungicidal mono culture to overwhelm the medium you are using. I tend to use a fresh mix of garden compost and loam for seedlings. It does have weed seeds and everything else in it fighting for survival but it...

plant gell dude

i think they hava 2 weeks in them. oh one thing take them out of pot cearfully. and see the under neath see if it wery wet . i think its defenetly a drainege problem. i heard you need to furtulize orchid weekly. but you need lots of draineg. its good to furtulize weekly but little. ok dude good...

I agree, won't give you more flowers, but pruning, or removing dead heads after flowering is fine - they do form berries but I don't find them particularly attractive. .

thanks very much peeps, i will pinch them out and yes will definately sow them later next year. and will leave them in till mid may should be ok by then hopefully in kent. i brought a morning glory plant last year which done amazing on a north wall up some trelis. so have grown some this...

well, when i say wood i mean not green!!! seems like its dying at the ends.I'll see how it goes, it nothing changes i think i'll move it.

I grow three forms of Lonicera, gold, green and silver. the silver I keep as specimin, but is a real pain as it keeps reverting to green! Green is easy, and then there is my gold hedge.Lonicera has a very lax habit and needs to be kept well trimmed to prevent open habbit. I suspect you have...