hollie hock

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Nematodes...every slugs enemy:)

Posted: 23/02/2013 at 19:14

Like you after the on slaught on my plants/seedlings last year I'm thinking of using these this year. Was a bit unsure about them, but have been reading peoples advice/information on here. How expensive are they?

Talkback: Creeping buttercup

Posted: 23/02/2013 at 19:10

Hate the stuff, I try and deal with it as soon as I see it but there is always more.

Lupin Seeds

Posted: 23/02/2013 at 19:04

Hi GG, I inherited an all purple lupin when I moved here, don't know the name of it.

Had a great show of it in 2011, not so good last year, which might have been due to the poor weather.

Your welcome to the seeds this year but they might not grow true to type

Echinecias

Posted: 22/02/2013 at 21:45

Hiya Sam, If we had a better Summer last year I'm sure they would have flowered. I think I sowed them later in the season outside in the coldframes. I think they did take a while to germinate, they were in takeaway trays

This year, I've sowed them indoors so far I have a couple up

Favourite Gardening Books

Posted: 22/02/2013 at 19:56

I'm also a fan of Dr Hessayon Expert series

Planting seeds in the greenhouse

Posted: 21/02/2013 at 22:34

Hi maggie, I had a good show of early seed sowing last year, but I'm a flower grower rather than veg.

Talkback: Blind daffodils

Posted: 21/02/2013 at 21:39

I had loads of blind daffs last year, I put it down to the weather the year before. I left them in situ and fingers crossed this will be a better year for them

using bulbs as annuals in shade

Posted: 21/02/2013 at 21:26

Not really sure Rick, are you talking about Spring bulbs or Summer ones?

Seeds are up

Posted: 21/02/2013 at 21:21

I bought my first aubreittas as plants from my local market for 75p last year and the stall holders did say that they are difficult to grow from seed, I don't know. Think I will give them another try but probably wont spend too much time and effort on them given the price you can get small plants for.

Bad luck with the coldframe, if the roots are good I would think they would have a good chance of surviving. My white lobelia are still alive and growing, forming a mat of green. This is what they looked like this time last year and they made it through.

Not ever grown penstemon form seed, got some tiny tiny plantlets from a T&M offer last year that I grew on and planted out last Summer. They have survived the winter so should flower this year

Planting seeds in the greenhouse

Posted: 21/02/2013 at 21:08

Hi LorraineP, I do think when it comes to sowing seeds it does depend on what your location is and what your growing on conditions are like. I live in a fairly Southern part of the country. I don't have a green house but have an ever increasing amount of coldframes. Like you I've already sown Lobelia & Cosmos and they are now outside and some of the Cosmos has been pricked out and potted on already. If it were me seeing as you have already sown them I wouldn't give up on them. If they do fail in your passage way, you can always sow some more.

There are some eager, ever optimistic, impatient seed sowers on here.

http://www.gardenersworld.com/forum/the-potting-shed/seeds-are-up/70240.html

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