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Moving delphiniums at the wrong time
work (a smart person would have figured that & moved them some weeks ago)! The plants are about 2' tall with the very first signs of flower spikes. I moved them to a nice spot with enriched soil, gave them a good soak and put in a support system by Topbird
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18/05/2013 17:50:42
by Bookertoo
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
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01/09/2012 09:48:48
by jatnikapyar
Tomatoe plants...basic how to guide needed?
in a long black trough style pot next to each other, they are about a foot and a half high, tied to bamboo canes to support them. They are in direct sunlight (not in a greenhouse I dont have one) all day as my garden faces the sun. Each plant has by Dotty6
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09/06/2013 21:52:30
by steephill
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
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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