pinkjude

hostas

Thanks, yes I watered them enough and they are in partial shade.  They have only been in pots about 3 years and the one that flowered had been in the same amount of time and is pot bound!!     I will try taking them out and seeing if roots etc ok and repotting.  thanks

hostas

I grow hostas in pots and have about 5.  Only 1 produced flowers this year, the others threw up a few weedy looking leaves and nothing else.  I feed with organic seeweed food and check for snails etc.  Any tips?

Talkback: Preparing for drought in the garden

I have water butts that are fed by my down pipes front and back of the house and  a 3rd connected by a hose pipe to one of them which takes the overflow.  I only use ecover which is safe to put on plants to wash dishes and in the Summer I use a plastic bowl to wash up and when cool I use that or siphon in to my watering can to use later.  We are looking at a system to harvest bath water.  I make tea in a pot and put any unused cold tea on roses.  I mulch round plants, and put water retaining gel in pots/baskets. 

My biggest problem is my pond as the water can evaporate quickly and needs topping up.  any ideas there gratefully accepted.

I think people should be banned from filling swimming/paddling pools as last time we had a ban in the South east we had a hose pipe ban but people were still allowed to filll paddling pools-what a waste!

Possible spawn in my pond

could still be frog spawn as it can be mingled in when just laid but is usually in a mass, whilst toad  spawn tends to be in strings so could be that. try looking up images of both types on google images.

Talkback: Help wildlife survive winter

I have a pond, a bird bath, a fat ball feeder, a peanut feeder and a seed feeder, plus i put food on the ground. We have quite a few cats but I also get a lot of birds incl woodpeckers, jays, black birds, blue and great tits, geen finches, gold finches, wren, robin, starlings, sparrows, and lately long tailed tits.

hostas

no flowers