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> The Gardening Thread, Advice, hints and tips.
The Old Lady
post Mar 21 2010, 10:36 PM
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MY snowdrops seem to have lasted forever this year. They have been wonderful. So very pretty. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
I don't have crocus due to squirrels. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
The daffs are about to bloom, they are in the shade and so a touch later than most.
I am imagining hot sunny days, and marigolds, nastyturns, pelargoniums....................... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Mar 22 2010, 10:59 AM
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Peach blossom is just coming out. Violets and primroses ( the real wild kind ) blooming but the crocuses are over. Grass needs cutting again.
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post Mar 22 2010, 01:14 PM
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Just been in the heated greenhouse at work, potting on yet more tomato seedlings (now got about 300 going!). Noticed that the most mature plants have started to set flowers already. Spring really has arrived.
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post Mar 30 2010, 07:38 PM
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Has anyone ever used seeds from the previous year? If so, how did they do? I have some packets (opened and unopened ) from last year and feel as though I should give them a go rather than throw them out. (They're veggies by the way; not flowers). I also have some seed potatoes I never got round to planting last year. Any good?
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QUOTE(iona @ Mar 30 2010, 08:38 PM) *

Has anyone ever used seeds from the previous year? If so, how did they do? I have some packets (opened and unopened ) from last year and feel as though I should give them a go rather than throw them out. (They're veggies by the way; not flowers). I also have some seed potatoes I never got round to planting last year. Any good?


Never throw seeds away - by all means give them a try. I wish you could see the greenhouses at work where we've got stacks of plants growing from last year's seeds. If the potatoes are still firm, why not try them - what's to lose?
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QUOTE(stetenorve @ Mar 30 2010, 10:45 PM) *

QUOTE(iona @ Mar 30 2010, 08:38 PM) *

Has anyone ever used seeds from the previous year? If so, how did they do? I have some packets (opened and unopened ) from last year and feel as though I should give them a go rather than throw them out. (They're veggies by the way; not flowers). I also have some seed potatoes I never got round to planting last year. Any good?


Never throw seeds away - by all means give them a try. I wish you could see the greenhouses at work where we've got stacks of plants growing from last year's seeds. If the potatoes are still firm, why not try them - what's to lose?


Excellent. Thankyou. Just what I wanted to hear. That'll free up a few £££ for other seeds (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (Off to buy some Nicotiana Sylvestris - the Giant White kind & heliotrope and ...
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Can anyone advise me, please, on how to treat a Skimmia japonica 'rubella' which is just finishing flowering? It was given to me just before Christmas so it's new to me... do I snip off the dead flower heads, or leave them to seed, or what?
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Does the gardening thread include houseplants... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

If so, can anyone recommend a small houseplant for a *very* sunny window ledge. It would be in a warm room and above a radiator, but behind curtains at night. I can only think of cactus but I don't like cactus plants. I don't mind some flowering houseplants but I prefer interesting leaves. Fussy aren't I (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)
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Not too hot on house plants Skylark.
MY hostas are coming up. The snowdrops are over, but the daffs are wonderful. Tulips are up, but the leaves are holy, anyone know what eats tulip leaves please??
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slugs? not sure.
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slugs? not sure.

Probably. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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QUOTE(skylark @ Mar 31 2010, 02:46 PM) *

Does the gardening thread include houseplants... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

If so, can anyone recommend a small houseplant for a *very* sunny window ledge. It would be in a warm room and above a radiator, but behind curtains at night. I can only think of cactus but I don't like cactus plants. I don't mind some flowering houseplants but I prefer interesting leaves. Fussy aren't I (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

The one that springs to mind would be the coleus - vibrant variegated leaves in various shades of red, purple, pink, yellow and green, loves a sunny spot, and not too difficult to grow. Doesn't get too big so long as you keep pinching out the growing tips, which will also help to make an nice bushy plant. Does get heads of small flowers, but it's actually better to take them off as the plant will last longer that way.
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QUOTE(jazzycat @ Mar 31 2010, 02:35 PM) *

Can anyone advise me, please, on how to treat a Skimmia japonica 'rubella' which is just finishing flowering? It was given to me just before Christmas so it's new to me... do I snip off the dead flower heads, or leave them to seed, or what?


Hi there,

my advice to people on gardening matters is to think about what nature does to plants. In the case of skimmia, the answer is nothing. Leave the heads on unless you are a particularly "tidy" gardener and want the plant to look good cosmetically.
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post Apr 4 2010, 11:03 AM
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slugs? not sure.

Probably. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)


Oh no, that reminds me, I planted some delphiniums the other day and meant to pre-empt the slug attack, but forgot because it rained hard. I'd better go and look (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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QUOTE(stetenorve @ Apr 3 2010, 10:47 PM) *

QUOTE(jazzycat @ Mar 31 2010, 02:35 PM) *

Can anyone advise me, please, on how to treat a Skimmia japonica 'rubella' which is just finishing flowering? It was given to me just before Christmas so it's new to me... do I snip off the dead flower heads, or leave them to seed, or what?


Hi there,

my advice to people on gardening matters is to think about what nature does to plants. In the case of skimmia, the answer is nothing. Leave the heads on unless you are a particularly "tidy" gardener and want the plant to look good cosmetically.


Thank you. Most of my plants are the results of leaving it to nature - not particularly tidy but at least they are still alive!
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