I'm not very experienced at gardening, but last year (my first year) I grew Jalapeno Chillis in pots under the staging and they were great, had...
Thanks Kristen, Freddie and Capney - you could well be right, it gets very hot in there. Last year everything was fine but the weather wasn't as...
Bullying...hmmmm. Maybe I'll try that, so far have been coaxing!Thank you.
Hi. At the weekend I put my 2" tall pepper and tomato seedlings into 3" pots as they had 4 leaves and roots were poking from the bottom of the...
That's them. Thank you for the advice, I'll get rid of the compost immediately.Kathy
Hello. I emptied out a few of my terracotta pots yesterday ready to replant and found a couple of them had maggots in the soil. What are they,...
Thanks everyone, you've given me some ideas. I especially like the hydrangea idea as they grow very well around here.Thanks again and enjoy...
Hi everyone. My elderley next door neighbour has a lovely garden with neat lawns, lots of conifers, heathers and plants that she cuts back every...
This is the first year for growing stuff but it's been mixed (compared with what my smug parents tell me they've grown):Greenhouse -...
You could try hand pollinating them. Apparently, if you remove the male flowers (the ones on stalks rather than the ones with mini courgettes...
If I plant a couple of courgette seeds in early august and were to put them in growbags in the greenhouse (once everything else has finished),...
Hammer- Thank God you found that! 2 of my remaining 3 cucumbers have pathetically collapsed after I went on holiday and entrusted my dad with the...
The guilt! I'd grown my cucmbers from seed and was so proud of them! Will need to buy some more and will do what you suggest. Good luck
One of my cucumbers has died too, so you aren't alone! I'm really upset as it had several 6" baby cucumbers on. I'm on tenterhooks waiting to...
Probably not a lot of help, but I've put down bendy, spikey branches branches that I've saved from pruning hedges etc (does that make sense?) and...
Thanks, will put two in garden and two in conservatory and see how they do!
Thanks everyone. Much appreciated.
Hi. I put out my seeedlings into the greenhouse last week. It's a 8' x 6' greenhouse, I've got 4 Cape Gooseberry plants, but I've read they can...
Hi everyone, hasn't it been a lovely day! I planted out my All female cucumbers last week in growbags and they are about 18" high and quite...
We recently moved into a house with a garden. The house is about 2/3 of the way down a steepish hill, our right hand neighbour's garden is about...
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