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Tomato Growing

The following is an excellent youtube video on tomato growing by Monty Don (when he was younger!). Ideal for all those new gardeners without any experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa1YZR8usgQ

MORNING FORKERS

Looks like a lovely place Blackest, next time, would like to see some of the fish you caught!

MOB rants

I agree too, MMP, and, gruesome as it sounds, would add that in this particular case torture should be used to extricate what he did with that child. I bet if they pulled out his fingernails one by one he's soon remember!

Best blue flowering plant

My favourite is definitely delphiniums in all shades of blue. Have many blue plants in my garden, including blue hortensia (helped along, of course!).

Talkback: Rain-damaged plants

I should think so, but don't cut right into the hard wood, leave a few tufts of leaves.

trachycarpus fortunei fruit

According to the American SPCA the fruit is not poisonous for dogs and cats. But if you are really worried, why not just cut the fruit off as it appears? Shouldn't do the plant any harm. Seems a shame to get rid of such a lovely palm.

If you could have any plant / tree in your garden

Tree: Laburnum, and roses, roses, roses!

Butternut Squash

PatsyC, you can just lift the "trailers" and move them in any direction you want, they are quite tough. Also, once the fruit starts to grow, put a small board or a piece of polystyrene or some straw underneath them to keep them off the earth.Do not pick them until the plant has died down and leave about 2 inches of stem on them. If the skin is broken they won't keep.

Got 8 butternuts off two plants last year, despite the mixed weather, but they were placed where they got the most sun. In fact I've still got one waiting to be eaten.

Rhodendrons

Beautiful Rhodos, scotkat, I particularly like the orange one and Glamis Castle is coming along nicely, what a hard worker you are.

Peonie help and cat issues

I have put some of this around my peonies, I use the one which is about 40 cm high. you can just stick it into the ground around the plant and it is hardly visible. Amazon have it and probably DIY stores too.

Tomato Growing

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