Search - Articles

out into separate pots and growing on.More on fruits and propagating from seedsGrowing tomatoes from seed, with advice from Joe Swift.Monty Don on pricking out seedlings.Saving seeds.Raising new strawberry plants.Browse a variety of plants with berries

easily, like mustard and cress, so I always sow them straight away. Just sprinkle onto the surface of moist compost, and don't cover them. The seedlings are tiny, so let them grow to a manageable size before pricking them out.Left to their own devices, it

and bears a resemblance to tadpoles.They are easy to grow, preferably sown fresh and pricked out individually next spring. With a bit of luck they should come to flower the following season.Agapanthus plantsSeed traysSeed-sowing compostSharp horticultural

the fruit that comes out is then seriously softer, it makes all that delicate pricking with a darning needle a thing of the past.Given three months or perhaps a week or two less I shall be enjoying the rich, red liquid...hic!

foraging habitat. It is only in scruffier, suburban plots, that hedgehogs can thrive.Hedgehogs are mainly active at night, so many of us don’t realise we share our gardens with these prickly beauties. They shelter by day in thickets of grass, leaf and log

the plant stems moist and prolong the life of the wreath, as well as give it more of a bulky appearance. You can also buy, or make, beautiful willow wreath bases, which last for years and can simply be brought out in autumn and dressed accordingly. I aspire

Basil is an easy herb to grow, and does well on a warm, sunny window sill. After about five weeks, the seeds will be ready for pricking out. You can keep basil plants indoors all summer, or transplant them outside in late-May. Basil seeds

are formed of segments (e.g. prickly pears, Christmas cacti), always remove whole segments as cuttings – don’t split segments in half.Succulents that form clumps, such as aloes, haworthias and agaves, should be divided by simply taking the plant out of its

– and that means pricking out time.I move my seedlings into 7.5cm pots of peat-free multi-purpose compost. I have two unbreakable rules for pricking out: first, water your seed tray half an hour before, so the roots come free without breaking. And second, only ever

of our trees find themselves right now. Trees in bud.I thought of it after my wife pointed out how extraordinary the buds of the ash tree looked. She is right that they are initially charcoal grey and then open into strange purplish flowers like miniature