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Talkback: Self-seeding plants

On 28/11/2011 in forum

I can do to rescue them this year? I've tried watering them at night and mircale grow. Reply to CHOR7ON: It's hard to tell the problem without seeing the plants. Are you certain the flowering isn't simply over, and their flowers have now faded


Talkback: Garden birds and poppies

On 28/11/2011 in forum

of hand but i dont like touching worms [yuk].any ideas people? What is the best way to get plants to grow from poppy seeds, just broadcast them or sow them in trays and then replant ? When is the best time to do this ? SteveLyon,France it depends some


Seedaholic.com

On 04/08/2012 in forum

trying to eradicate the figwort. I used to spend loads of money on seeds and compost to grow them in, but it's not neccesarily the seeds quality. i have found that I can not get any compost these days that does not have weed seeds in, or is of very poor


Guerrilla gardening and wildlife

On 19/11/2010 in Wildlife

Guerrilla gardening, the subject of a recent radio programme, is the act of gardening on public or private land without permission. Many guerrilla gardeners grow plants on neglected council land, traffic islands, graveyards, road verges and canal


Talkback: Bug boxes

On 28/11/2011 in forum

to grow,i grown veg last year, i grown beans carrots and peas.i hope to grow lots more this year. do you have any advice for me on growing plants. Reply to Weakleys. Please do not buy butterfly caterpillars to release in the garden. This is a waste


Talkback: Growing fragrant sweet peas

On 28/11/2011 in forum

I am growing them for the forst time this year. A friend gave me a perennial variety which I have put in a pot. They have germinated but took a long time and I'm not expecting any flowers now this year.I think as you say water was lacking and I


Talkback: Sowing broad beans

On 28/11/2011 in forum

as he was to old/sick to do it on his own, he has broad beans, he topped the flowers at a certain point to stopblack fly, it seems allour plotters do.I'm going for the mix grow,putting corn and sunflowers next to them, should help each of the other


Seeds as wedding favours

On 27/05/2012 in forum

like a lovely idea but in reality, gardeners want to grow specific plants and seeds are hard work for non gardeners. Christine2 wrote (see) My daughter is getting married in July this year and would like to give seeds to guests.  What seeds would


Talkback: How to sow seeds indoors

On 03/05/2012 in forum

.This seems to have worked a treat in previous years. I have an unheated propagator which I keep in the Greenhouse, when seeds have germinated I just put them on the staging until they are big enough to either pot on or put out. This is my first time growing


Talkback: Why are the birds ignoring their food?

On 28/11/2011 in forum

and knocking his block off, big bully. We always have a good selection of birds feeding and we use sunflower hearts in two feeders on an apple tree. We have hedges each side but the birds just fly straight into the apple tree. We have tried other feeds


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