Hello,I planted two tree onion plants in late January, with the hope of growing most of the bulbs that they yielded. By the end of February one...
Hi,I've found a couple of websites here and here that are the sort of thing theplantman mentioned. I hope they can be of help.Matthew
I'm planning on growing strawberries and tomatoes (garden pearl variety), in hanging baskets this year. It should keep the slugs out.
Thank you for explaining that, plantman. Once I'd actually removed all of the packaging the roots were bigger than I first thought, so I planted...
I've been looking into this a bit more. It seems that the general method of selective breeding for tomatoes is to use a piece of tulle mesh fabric...
I assume that there is a risk of that. I think I will pollinate them myself and then try to tie the flowers shut, and hope that I was the first...
OK, thanks for that. So the heritage tomatoes that I plan to grow this year will be pure-bred (inbred), meaning that if I selectively breed...
Following on from my earlier question, how do these heritage varieties stay true? How could a new one be created? Am I right to deduce from what...
I'd like to ask a related question: how could I propagate heritage tomatoes? I recently bought some seeds to plant this year. I have read that in...
Thank you both very much for your replies.I have two 34cm pots (13.4"), which I was thinking of planting the them in. Based on Dave's post, it...
Hello all,I've seen a few threads on this forum about planting blueberry bushes, but none that I have seen answer my specific questions. If I...
Okay, that makes sense. Thank you for your advice and taking the time to explain it to me.Matthew
Sorry to add another question so quickly, but why should the t-budding be done directly onto the rootstock and not on to the James Grieve? It...
Thank you for your reply Walnut. Yes the James Grieve is on an M26 rootstock. So if I decide to do it onto our existing tree, you would advise to...
Good evening all,There is a lovely apple tree in the garden of the house we are renting, which last year gave us an abundance of delicious early...
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