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 germinated, marigolds, geranium splish splash, cosmos, daydream, gazebo mixed, lupin dwarf lulu, veronica getianoides, bat plant, tacca nivea, gloriosa lily, white bird of paradise, germinate, agastache, italian white sunflower, primula japonica, oriental poppy coral reef, ox-eye daisy, calendula sherbert fizz, eustoma, lisianthus, penstemon true blue, nasturtium milkmaid, cerinthe, double trailing petunias, californian poppy, nigella, honesty, lunaria, verbascum southern charm, delphiniums, briza maxima, dwarf wildflower, phlox, phlox of sheep, night scented stocks, nicotiana, osteospermum, evening primrose, catanche, hardy perennial, hardy annual, bedding plants 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 [...]
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