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time to swell. This same pathogen attacks leeks, chives, and sometimes onions. The undersides of my garlic foliage became speckled with yellow patches that burst into orange rust pustules, resulting in a poor crop that simply wouldn't store through

'Medium-flowered cactus dahlia, with sunny yellow flowers. Height 120cm.Dahlia 'Yellow Galator'Small-flowered semi-cactus type, with white-tipped pinky red petals. Height 60cm.Dahlia 'Pianella'More about using garden weedsTake dahlia cuttings Plant dahlia tubersLift

suggestions? I have had a wonderful show of Begonias in my garden this year, I would love to be able to store them over the winter. Does anyone have any ideas of how I could do this? I have some lovely Begonia Bonfires which are still going strong. When should

start getting some warm and sunny weather soon. I lifted my onions on Monday and they are now on racks in the greenhouse drying off nicely. as I've never grown them before I am really pleased with the crop I've got. I've got more now to plant

an occasional watering to keep them going.My gladioli produced lots of cut flowers during August, and I lifted their fat corms at the weekend. They should store well, nestled cosily in a box of dry, insulating vermiculite to keep them frost free. Hopefully they

last year and they went all curly and tangled up together ok maybe i will thin out then lol ,bet u save a lot of time on peeling though I lift our Parsnips after a few frosts but before the soil becomes solid, and store in the shed in sand, we finished

, garlic planted October coming on fine. Garlic needs between 24-36 weeks from planting to maturity. Harvest when leaf tip yellows, lifting carefully with a fork and drying and storing like onions. My garlic planted in october should be about ready I

are dahlias etc -too early for those- but they can be started off under cover. Ok here goes- Gladiolus- plant 10+cm/4-5ins deep between March/May. They should flower July-Oct. The corms then should be lifted in Oct & stored dry/frost free until the next Spring

onions? Annie - I used to lift all my dahlias but last year decided to cover them with a mulch of manure and this year they have produced a wonderful show. I will leave them in the ground this year too. I've had great success in my first year of growing

grudges! I've had a look at Jaques Amand website, but Tulip Anthraceit is not listed in the UK or US store. I'll try again next year. Tulips are brilliant, tulip heaven is the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland. Obviously I bought some while there but they didn