madoldbat

What do I do with my broccoli which never flowered?

Haha! that is an uplifting story!  I shall take a leaf out of your book (i.e. be too busy to bother with it) and have champion broccoli next year!

Nice one. 

What do I do with my broccoli which never flowered?

Ha!  OK, so not sure about the variety but I live in central London and expecting the usual brutal cold snap.  I will net the plants for the pigeons and wait it out.  Anything I get off them I will be most happy with.

Thanks again!

What do I do with my broccoli which never flowered?

In the New Year!!  that's brilliant - thanks so much for replying you have cheered me up no end.

Kind regards

MOB

What do I do with my broccoli which never flowered?

Hi all,

I grew broccoli from seed this year (don't know which type) and it came up lovely, but because it was grown from seed I was advised not to expect it to flower (which it didn't).  So far so good, except now I have some massive plants just sitting there.  What do I do with them?  Do I cut them back to the ground and wait for them to go again next year?  Do I leave them alone?  Have I done something wrong or is this normal and I should leave well alone?

Thanks very much for any responses,

MOB

How cold is too cold for seedlings?

Good for you on carting them in and out every day - I have done that in the past and just wondered if I might save some time by putting them out and letting them get on with it.  I've a feeling your method is the failsafe one.  Thanks for your response.

How cold is too cold for seedlings?

Hi there - yes it's a dilemma isn't it?  My thought is that the shock might do them in at such a tender stage and I don't want to risk it.  Maybe best to leave it till the temperature is at least normal for the time of the year.  Ha! Might be a long wait...

Camellia

I agree about the watering.  If you don't water enough the year before a camellia won't flower the next.  I water mine (also in a pot), very well, twice a week during the previous summer, maybe even more if it is very hot and mine has flowered wonderfully every year for 4 years.

(One problem I did have this year was due to the mad weather - the buds were all coming out nicely then we had that ridiculously hot couple of weeks in March and a lot of them dropped off or didn't come out.  Now the weather is back to normal the buds are opening up again they way they should.  I know that won't explain your problem for the past three years but if yours is in direct sun maybe it doesn't like that?)

How cold is too cold for seedlings?

Hi all

Just hopped over from the (now dead) BBC website so hope I've arrived at the correct forum for this query.....

I have recently sown loads of seeds (flowers: stocks, sweet peas, cosmos, plus some thyme) which have all come up beautifully and really should be outside now on my balcony (south facing in London).  My question is, as it has been very nippy of late, is it still too cold to put them outside? Now that they are developed and growing nicely, are they hard enough to weather the weather?  Is there a minimum night temperature I should be aware of, say, 5 degrees or so - I can't take them out and bring them in again every day, there are just too many.

All replies gratefully received,

MOB

What do I do with my broccoli which never flowered?

How cold is too cold for seedlings?