@fairygirlNo it's not a new problem, they've been around for a few years now. Normally they're more evenly distributed with a few in each pot,...
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Picked the last tomatoes ripe and non ripe. Then removed the cucumber and tomato plants and emptied soil from the containers. Discovered why some...
My books say: brown spots in potato flesh are typically caused by environmental factors like bruising, a calcium deficiency, high heat, or drought.
I find you need to shop around. Also newer varieties tend to be more expensive than older ones and F1 varieties in particular. I have some tomato...
@ViewAhead yes it's evergreen; in the Napa Valley it's more a case of dormant in the dry season (summer)and green through the wet season (winter);...
@micearguers Sorry I forgot to add the species like I normally do. Polypodium calirhiza Sarah Lyman
Polypodium calirhiza Sarah Lyman This is one of my favourite ferns currently regrowing like mad after it's summer holiday from May until the...
I can't say I've noticed the smell, however if it flowers this year I'll have a sniff.
Hopefully before I shuffle off to be recycled.
I suspect there is a misunderstanding here, my comment of was not directed at your information, but where had the plant come from. I currently...
@pete the first picture was taken last Thursday and it's looked like that since spring, the other one Eucomis zambesiaca that has just leafed up...
@Adam I Geranium (Cranesbill) and Erodium (Storksbill) seed heads explosively dehisce on drying out and fling the seed away from the parent...
It could be a Eucomis, but from where? Curiously I spotted that leaves had appeared on a Eucomis in a different bed yesterday; completely...
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I'm a fan of both.
If you want something similar yet different in milder areas you could try Geranium yeoii which is G robertianum on steroids self seeds with me, no...
Sorry wasn't Terry Pratchett, it was Douglas Adams in the 4th volume of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy "So Long and Thanks for All the Fish"....
Yes it's not that different to what myself and @Ergates did and we all got usable crops so definitely gardening.
@Adam I I've never tried growing squashes/courgettes in pots. What I have noticed is that squashes do better on the shady damp heap than the...
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