General Gardening Discussion

:D Thanks everybody, I will be taking all suggestions and trying out till I succeed.

Then you will never be without them ever again. Think you get six in a pack, they look like jelly in a pot with foil tops usually. Just take your cuttings, normally 3 or 4 to a pot, pierce a small hole in foil top and slide them in, Gel has all the hormone wotsits that do the root growing and...

what an amazing pic miraflores- the pink veins in that are amazing, what kind is it?I have lost the sink now - i had to move and had no room for it... but I have bought a cobra lily which is pretty special and a droserra capensis which is nearly dead....

You do need to push a perforated piece of plastic piping down the centre and keep it filled with water, but that is no different to pouring water in the top of a tree fern all summer, now is it?

Gardeners Delight is a cherry tom, I've grwn several types now but always come back to GD they are the best for flavour & crop well toHelen

Good afternoon LongK and Peter cracking Thread my friends thank you

Hi all, Nothing to do with pruning or growing of, but a story. I had a Passion Flower growing up and over a garden shed, it died, or so I thought,it reappeared the other, more sheltered, side of the shed and has lived there happily for many years. The shed is on a concrete base with a homemade...

Is a 1sqm bed big enough for spuds? I think my one bag of seed pots take about three times that space.

its from the accidental gardeners almanac by michael powell, brilliant book!

hi - just joined and saw your post.As already advised wait a few weeks before trying any seed sowing you will benfit. Trust me, I grow thousands of plants in spring every year and I sometimes try to sow early to my cost. Yes we all have itchy fingers this time of year but be patient. If you are...

Thanks for that tip, I'll give it a try this year.

Has anyone else received a DVD with their Thompson and Morgan catalogue? I watched it earlier and it was quite enjoyable and informative for novice gardeners who like colourful bedding plants. They also featured the begonia carpet in the Abbey Gardens in Bury St Edmunds which raised �£21,000...

1=b 2=b 3=a 4=a 5=b 6=b 7 organic means using no synthetic sprays or fertilizers 8=c 10=b 11=a 12=no 13=b 15= if i cant physically do anything then i let my husband help me. 16=a 17=e 18=less chemicals, increased wildlife, more plants that need little or no watering, using plants to suit...

Sorry to hear you lost your Begonias Liz, I don�t think you will be on your own though. This winter has been particularly cold and damp in fact it�s the coldest here for years. My unheated greenhouse with overwintering plants is given a wide berth. I shall take the above advice and...

thanks pete2255.

HiI have keept fish in a pond for years, when the tem drops the fish will go into a sort of suspended animation so try not to disturb them to much. As a genaral rule they wont need food if the water temp is delow 10 degrees. If you do get ice on the top for a long perion stand a hot pan on...

Firstly Madrat, I did not "slag off your gardening abilaty" as you put it, I merely pointed out that your avitar did not say much about your gardening, ie it is not plant or gardening, orientated. I also pointed out that if you have a political point to make, then start a new thread in the "Non...

Besides designing the borders of your front garden to green up the front, either with containers or a border including perhaps a small tree or two at the front edge - why not try a border between where the wheels go with low growing spreading thymes and such - like the alpine bed in this months...

I think what we are after here is the difference between the species, and the variety. Although I cant help any, as I know virtually nothing about grasses :rolleyes:

I have quite a long privet hedge, and when I planted it many years ago, I used a little compost 'in' with the existing soil and I have not directly fed it since, and it grows really well. Happy New Year.