My grow-house faces due south and even on a sunny day in winter, it can get very warm in there. I don’t find that the twin wall is a huge...
I refurbished a large wooden grow-house/vertical cold frame with new twin-wall about 4 years ago. I got the twin-wall off the internet pre-cut to...
@vbgr - dahlias do get viruses but often there are other signs as well such as stunted growth, wrinkled leaves, yellow leaf veining, etc.Is the...
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It is my understanding that the use of neem oil as a pesticide is illegal in the UK. From memory, I think it’s to do with the active ingredient...
Perhaps they’ve got tuber-culosis! :heehee: Okay, I’ll get my coat …One last (serious) suggestion, spider mite?
@shiney - as a grower of a lot of dahlias, my guess is dahlia smut, a virus or leafy gall.Were they large tubers? There are a lot of spindly...
Hello AllI have grown Cherrola for the last two or three years. The taste is reminiscent of ‘old-fashioned’ Gardener’s Delight. To complete the...
@guyloup - this is my favourite dahlia reference site and I think you will enjoy it too, if not the monetary outlay which might result!...
@SWales , congratulations and I hope you have fun planning for the big day. Marley Farley has come up with some good suggestions for shorter...
@Trunky , my sister is Chairman of her village’s flower, produce and craft show. Over the years I have picked up a little knowledge so here are a...
[ATTACH] Here is my 2006 seed report!Mine have been grown outside on a south facing patio. Other family members have grown them in greenhouses...
It’s about time I chipped in with a report re 2006 seed. I’m still waiting to do a taste test but a nice looking crop is evident and all is as to...
@CanadianLori , I suspect your slice of Ontario real estate is a great deal more in need of something sophisticated than my little slice of...
@CanadianLori , fortunately not necessarily so. The system that I have installed will run the pump intermittently - something to do with the...
Silu,I have a solar powered drip irrigation system plumbed into two 525 litre water tanks which are in tandem. The system can operate drippers...
Apologies. Not quite sure why my responses to @JWK and @Scrungee appear in the quote boxes!
Apologies for the recent radio silence, domestic events have rather taken over!@silu , I’ve also been there and got the T-shirt! Fortunately,...
:):)@Mike Allen , many years ago, I put 4 Blacky fuchsias plus other plants in 4 hanging baskets on an east facing wall. At the end of the...
@ricky101 , have you considered Army Nurse? It’s almost to your 2ft specified dimensions. I have one which whilst not north facing loses the sun...
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