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I bought a castor oil plant from malvern spring show in a 3inch pot could it be grown on in bigger pot for the summer as it grows very tall and a dont want it to swap other plants?

Does anyone know what I need to do with my castor oil plants now? They have grown to approx 7ft and I'm not sure if I am suppossed to cut them down and let them regrow or pull them out and dispose of them. Castor Oil plants are hardy in the UK

I bought a castor oil plant from malvern spring show in a 3inch pot could it be grown on in bigger pot for the summer as it grows very tall and a dont want it to swap other plants?
Anything can be grown in a pot as long

My castor oil plant has started to wilt as if it needs water, the soil is moist but not wet any ideas?   I think you will find it has gone rotten with mould at the roots with over watering and not good drainage.Its a common thing to over water when

We have an established Castor Oil Plant which has suddenly started to die back in great chunks.  The whole plant has taken on a pale green hue rather than the darker green that it normally has.  To me it looks as though it's had too much water so

. You dont need to do anything. Ricinus do not need their tips pinched out. Dont forget that they are very tender and should not be planted out until the end of May. When you pot them on you can bury the stem upto the first seed leaves which will get rid

A surface structure that secretes oils or resins. Some plants produce glandular hairs, such as the stinging nettle.

I have been trying to grow a castor oil plant from seed. It has it 2 first true leaves and is about 8 inches tall and now it appears that it is trying to flower. I would like to cut this flower head off but it appears to be coming out of the top

A genus of plants in the mustard family, the members of which may be collectively known as mustards or cabbages. The various parts of different species of brassica have been developed for food, such as roots for swedes, stems for kohlrabi, leaves