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Hello gardeners

So, hello everyone, this is my first time to the GW Forum. I have been a subscriber to GW Mag for two years and absolutely love it. I really love my garden although it is very much trial and error with me. I am about to plant my first (very small by Ronniekav

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21/04/2012 12:50:12

by Italophile

Cucumbers

and 5 inches long (i.e. before the seedling leaves) and will soon need support I feel. Why does this happen as, when one sees small cucumber plants in garden centres over the next few weeks, their stems below the leaves are minimal? I presume when I by gatehill

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08/05/2012 14:51:54

by figrat

Keeping cosmos short

of support. Pam x Great, so I can use these seeds. Thank you! I had a similar query a while back. How big should the plant be before I pinch / take the tops off..... and how much should I take off? Thanks. Top them when you have 3 fully formed leaves by Jovia Noon

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29/04/2012 10:28:57

by blairs

Hops

, 8ft tall, 35ft long and the soil is very well drained and limy. I could add some drip irrigation if necessary. Any advice on cultvation, buying the right (female) plants and how best to support them would be gratefully received. Cheers dears! Bx Hi by auntie betty

01/09/2012 09:48:48

by jatnikapyar

Butternut Squash

train them up a trellis or strong net etc, but best if that is set at an angle rather than vertical as the fruit become very heavy and can pull the plant away from the support. In the UK we need a pretty good summer to get more than one or two squash by Matty2

16/04/2013 23:33:04

by Matty2

Pruning clematis

but the plant will eventually stop flowering anywhere beneath new growth which will end up way above your eye line with support, or as a flopping snappy mess without support. Choice is yours really Edit: spelling mistake in previous post should read leaf axil by Bridget Walsh

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06/06/2012 08:58:11

by Bridget Walsh

Fruit for amatures

preserve it. Thanks. Raspberries and other cane fruit are relatively easy just plant- prune out fruited canes once a year-tie into a support and away you go Blueberries need little maintenance -do better in a container Strawberries-once the plants by ApprenticeSam

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24/02/2013 14:17:27

by chica

Sweet Peas

other type of support). Peas grew to top of canes and wouldn't stop growing so the tops were hanging down. Rained for weeks and weeks, hardly any blooms and were so high up not easily accessible and looked a mess. This year, I have sweet peas planted by yarrow2

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30/05/2012 21:37:11

by Alina W

Floppy Rose

. It must have something to do with the grafting process but it wasn't a good look and have since only bought more sturdy varieties. One answer is to push some twiggy stick support into the ground under the plant to lift it and take the weight of the flower by lilly3

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05/07/2012 08:25:30

by Botticelliwoman

Newbie to Morning Glory

I've only tried growing Morning Glory plants once before - with disappointing results. Last year my entire crop of 5 inch high seedlings (about 50 plants) was chewed to the roots overnight by snails. I live in a rural area with lots of surrounding by Dinah

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27/03/2012 17:58:30

by Emma Crawforth

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