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I grow Petunia from seed every year mainly the wave / trailing ones probably 60-80 plants sometimes more . Its more a less impossible to sow them individually unless they are pelleted, I could sow them on their own put I just use 7cm pots surface sown , prick them out into larger cell trays and...

I’d be surprised if Beth Chatto’s gardeners use slug pellets or insecticides . Birds tend to be vocal here in the morning and out looking for worms mainly early morning and at dusk. Sound for me also includes wind through the trees and swishing through dried grasses in winter.

Was prob a long term thing maybe 5yrs or just keep at it , i know with most plants crosses are never stable but i was thinking over the years once i get something i like and only planting them back the next year it should help cut down varation. Also i dont know if this is ever garderns dream...

I'm notoriously bad at labelling.My best effort is masking tape on the pot and a scribble with a permanent marker. That works a treat, and the solution lasts so well that when I re-use the pot I find it very instructive that something I thought was a forced Hyacinth in fact must be a Jalapeno...

@pete odlest profession???? How can you be so ignorant and insensitive? In patriarchal societies women are treated as "less than" to be controlled, ignored or dismissed as men see fit and turn to prostitution when all other avenues of income fail.In the case of the Epstein files these...

Nine thousand! Ri-ight. Well, we'll see what it does this year...

In Farmyard Nursery today

Within 60 miles of Dorset, do not net to prevent sunshine but it goes help to protect from wind drying, preventing some wilting caused by this and in other weather, creates a nicroclimate worth 2-3 degrees . Essential here for pigeon protection especially and butterflies I use scaffold debris...

Te one from Spain arrived today so I have it resting before planting, Sanremo ...

Hard wood cuttings have stored energy so they can often continue to throw out leaves before they root. I would personally remove the fruits because they are just robbing the energy and won't come to anything. In water you get those little white dots as a precursor to rooting. It's a good sign...