"I have quite a large patch that I want to grow veg in. Its very tough soil lots of heavy soil and stones and I was thinking of getting a...
I don't know why it's never grown as a crop here, seems it's not difficult. Will you reort back how you get on?...
I think it depends on how well rotted the leylandii chippings are. My guess would be that after one year they are only partially rotted so would...
100 /1 it's Osmocote slow release fertilizer from the original compost with the plants Most rosemary is looking pretty browned off at the moment...
I would never turn seedlings as they grow on the far side to reach the light and regular turning means they grow more and get leggy. Much better...
Primula denticulata is quite easy from seed, can also be divided after flowering or propagated from root cuttings dec -jan Also comes in a...
Now as shrubs are just getting going again is a good time to feed - I would use Blood Fish and Bone meal , just sprinkled on the ground between...
Lucky you with a greenhouse! Not sure from the pics but it's probably chickweed - a prodigious seeder but only annual and easily removed with a...
Just checked your location - now I know why the bergenia is in flower now - none of mine are out yet!
1. spotted lenten rose - Helleborus orientalis guttatus 2. Butchers broom - Ruscus aculeatus 3. Arum italicum pictum 4. Elephants ears - Bergenia...
I know the nursery well and would reccomend it to anyone interested in perennials Have we ever had a thread on reccomended specialist nurseries?
Solanum jasminoides album is not as hardy as the blue flowered S. crispum Mine has been badly hit by the frost whilst the S. crispum Glasnevin...
I used to plant up a lot of hanging baskets and found that some had definately been designed by engineers for ease of production rather than by...
For a display this year you will need to buy plants as soon as you see them in spring. If you manage to germinate seed the most you could expect...
A soft pencil on a rough label is best. In my first garden had some metal labels with writing still visible which must have been 50 years old....
Euphorbia x martinii is one of my favourite plants looking good for months - from buds, through 'flowers' to seed heads. But therein lies the...
''Found this interesting little tit bit at the Carrot Museum...'' ''You will often see the suggestion that growing onions in between the carrots...
This idea has been around for ages and is repeated and quoted in many books but as far as I know it does not work! I have never met anyone for...
F1 Hybrids are bred for vigour and uniformity Whilst uniformity may be very useful for a commercial grower - enabling him to harvest the whole...
If you dig a reasonably deep trench and bury the polythene it does help anchor the whole structure. If you fasten to a wooden rail you have the...
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