I’ve decided to try and grow some bedding plants, rather than buying them ready grown from nurseries or garden centres. I went a little overboard with the seeds (as usual!) and also bought some hardy perennial plants to mix in and provide colour early on next year. The seeds I’ve sown so far are:
Catanche (hardy [...]
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Growing my own bedding plants – more experimental growing
Posted in In The Garden This Week, tagged agastache, bat plant, bedding plants, briza maxima, calendula sherbert fizz, californian poppy, catanche, cerinthe, cosmos, daydream, delphiniums, double trailing petunias, dwarf wildflower, eustoma, evening primrose, gazebo mixed, geranium splish splash, germinate, germinated, gloriosa lily, hardy annual, hardy perennial, honesty, italian white sunflower, lisianthus, lunaria, lupin dwarf lulu, marigolds, nasturtium milkmaid, nicotiana, nigella, night scented stocks, oriental poppy coral reef, osteospermum, ox-eye daisy, penstemon true blue, phlox, phlox of sheep, primula japonica, tacca nivea, verbascum southern charm, veronica getianoides, white bird of paradise on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A little experimental pest prevention on the plot….
Posted in Hints Tips and Other Stuff, my allotment, tagged butternut, fledgling, growing success, husbandry, insecticide, marigolds, slug/snail killer, squash, whitefly on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m battling with slugs on my plot at the moment. I’ve found some organic Slug/Snail killer from Growing Success. It seems to be doing the trick so far.
My broad beans do have some black fly on them, and I’ve experimented with some organic insecticde made from plant extracts.
However, I thought I’d take it one step [...]
Why I Don’t Recommend Grow-Bags for Tomatoes
Posted in Hints Tips and Other Stuff, tagged bamboo, grow-bag, grow-pots, reservoir, Strawberries, support, tomatoes, wilt, wire support on June 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve thought about this at some length, and, it’s a common question I’m asked about by friends etc when wanting to grow tomatoes.
In my admittedly limited experience of growing tomatoes in grow-bags I’ve found that the plants have required more attention as a result of the grow-bags.
Firstly, it’s well documented that tomatoes require support. They [...]
Argh!!! The Birds!!!
Posted in my allotment, tagged bindweed, birds, currants, florence fennel, fruit cage, lambs lettuce, little gem, lollo rosso, netting, peas, radicchio, red cabbage, slugs, snails, sweetcorn on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another trip to the allotment today. The red cabbage plants I planted the other day have been decimated (by slugs I think, but I think there may be some other prolific pest at large).
Worse still, two of the currant bushes have been almost completely stripped of fruit. It wasn’t ripe yet so the birds that have [...]
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