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It's as the title says, and I am following the 'book' . . . Took the cuttings 3 weeks back, 4 cuttings to each 3" pot and pots placed in a propagator (electric with bottom heat). All looks well and I took one pot at the week-end to pot them on to find only one had some root. The others showed...

Just dont think parsnips are suited to container growing. But never tried myself, so just guessing. As far as I know there are no varieties of parsnip intended for container growing as such, unlike carrots.

Brilliant, thanks for the reply

Depends on the plant, with salad leaf crops like Rocket I keep them in the same pot they germinate in, then transplant straight into the soil when they are big enough (and "hardened off").You'll easily get a dozen or so plants in a pot your size."Hardening off" is transitioning the seedlings...

Hello! The optimum temperature for the growth of lettuce is 60-65 F. They might stand a temperature in the range of 80-85 F, but not for too long and it is very important that the nights have to be cold (something that you cannot control). But, keeping the temperatures low would be good for the...

Last year I planted a strip of "Perpetual Spinach" in a piece of guttering which I attached to my fence in the shadiest part of my garden (no direct sunlight, at all!) Here is a photo taken 25 June 2015 when it was just beginning to show signs of life (please ignore the bunch of coriander at...

Thank you so much everyone. I can't wait to get out there and carry on pulling the weeds out, safe in the knowledge I am doing the right thing!

Yes, but i've found gas pipes at 2 inches deep, a main elecey cable 11,000 volt only 3inches deep which i went through will the digger (this is why my hair is always sticking up) so you never know whats down there, also i went through another elecey cable which i got the MEB out to find (which...

Find your local bus garage and ask them if you can have their spent shampoo barrels - they are plastic nowadays, and can easily be cut in half and then washed out (they need a really thorough rinsing), before drilling drainage holes into them and then filling up for growing in. I use them for...

Hi there everyone, well spring is here and cant wait to get fully into the swing of gardening again :DMy turf is one year old now, and it has some wear from over the winter, i was thinking of over seeding next week along with putting down some weed and feed for the lawn at the same time, now...

I am hoping it knits together over time but just a new lawn I wouldn't think I would face this problem.

The ebay seller does but I don't know about the other one. I think I just paid by credit card with Buckingham.

Love your cat picture! we love our cats too in my family....

I'm in Germany.I will be planting some flowers in another patch, closer to our padio (patio?). I'll will also be growing leeks. But for this year I'm starting cheap, I already have some potato. And have started some leek seeds indoors.But the thing is. The soil is really heavy. If it...

From looking at M's lovely photos I realise now that I'm going to be needing much larger pots too

Thanks. So much to learn! I have been 'gardening' since last summer but did not know about pinching. That might explain a few things!

It's great to hear the plants survived Rachael. If you spray them with some washing up liquid diluted in water that should deal with the greenfly or any other aphids that may give you a problem.Photo's of them in bloom later on would be a bonus please.

if this is what I think it is, it is flowering completely out of season, but heigh ho any flowers in early Spring are a bonus, especially if they smell lovely. I do think Anthony Rogers was right it is a hardy annual, a really old fashioned cottage garden plant and left in the garden I would...

Hi all,Thank you for your helpful comments - I'm going to try transplanting half of the plants to a new location, whilst leaving half in place. I'll let you know if they survive the trauma!Thanks again, Rachael

I don't think it's tree roots. But some are still a thumb thick a foot deep in the dirt but it's longer that that. I go a bit deeper but end up cutting it. Those plants have spikes on the top.Last frost date is end of April. When should I start them? This are store bought and have been on a...