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I'll need to look at the vids later - I am at work in a metal framed building with thick walls so my mobile signal isn't up to supporting videoSent from my HTC One_M8 using Tapatalk

In Yorkshire there is a saying.If er tha does ought for nought, alas do it for tha sen.Or in modern English, if ever you do anything for nothing, always do it for yourself.

Impatience has taken hold. I started rushing, and that rarely ends well, so I decided to have a relaxing wander around the garden centre.Armed with the earlier warningand the assistance of a helpful & quite knowledgable sounding employee at the centre, I ended up getting some ivy after all....

Feeding time is best in very late Summer, when buds are forming... EPSOM SALTS in a weak solution is very effective and economical.

Well, sounds good value then Mervyn

Any overspill from Epsom salts is diluted, and so feeds surrounding plants rather than damage them - all those roots need is the 'overdose'

Probably not stored right. Probably damp had got in at some point, letting it go bad in the box.

@claypit what a fabulous job you've made of the garden . I hope this year you will be having lots of time relaxing in your garden & admiring it

Glad to hear it @Apple Blossom

TVM

Thanks a lot. I'll start from tomorrow.

HJust to be clear, plant pot drip tray I fill with dry swell gell and the slow release fertilizer then I pour the provado into the drip tray and give it a mix the swell jell takes up all the provado and then once thats done I put the compost in .Spruce

Too many plants per growbag, imo. Sounds like they're competing for light, despite the fact that (as you say) there is plenty of light. A pic would help? I'm guessing they're a bit spindly?

Fleabane self seeds here very readily and loads of it is growing on the driveway outside the house. I saw some plants in the clearance section of the local garden centre a few years back and potted them up with some other bedding plants for some big pots at the front of the house hoping they...

Those were the days Mike!

How about a perennial such as Cerastium Tomentosum. It grows fairly quickly and is easy to keep in check. White flowers in Spring and then occasionally in Summer but lovely felty siver foliage all year round.You can grow other plants through it, we have Roses, Euonymous, Pieris, Alyssum...

Quick update.....I scraped it, and it was just like soil. I then blasted it off with a hose when doing my watering

Same goes for using a Stanley knife as well .Once again, it's a matter of bending. I find it's easier and an inch or two less bending when using the knife. It's amazing how much that extra couple of inches less bending is better for a bad back. I then leave all the planting to Mrs Shiney.

Lol thanks @HarryS yes please do go over it because I didn't even think they would have come back this year. You can let me know towards the end of the season