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Like detectorists a very slow start but given Mackenzie Crook is the writer of both I suspect it will build. Very niche.

I'm still thinking of getting those lights that @GreenFingeredPete and @CanadianLori directed me to, but I have to admit that yesterday I bought something more expensive... It's got variable light levels with a timer. It is aimed at growers of stuff that is still illegal here ... But it should...

I also grow Miscanthus Morning Light and Miscanthus Zebrinus as well as Calamagrostis Karl Foerster (on Plantminded's advice) all in pots about the same size as yours They all seem to be thriving and the Miscanthus have survived being divided last year.

If you follow the advice given above re ensuring the containers are able to drain well and raise the containers off the ground so excess water can run out, there is little more you can do whilst the rain continues other than providing some form of cover for each container. A few sticks in each...

I've never had success with a bag when air layering so will be fun to see if those gizmos work

All my plants are edible but I wouldn't say they are decorative and some have never fruited eg my figs Some plants just constantly die eg my cranberries

White helleboreDark hellebore seedling

I've seen many a slug being munched by a hedgehog, they sound surprisingly crunchy.

I also passed a house near where I live and that had a nice couple of rhododendron in the border, quite close to the rose bushes, should I knock on their door and have a word? I didn’t bother as could tell by the label on the rhododendron it was a cheap one from Lidls*.As they say if you like...

I think they might well do.