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Ok I read all the reviews dropped all the hints to family, shelled out for power down to the greenhouse, and now I have my first ever heated propagator. I have the large vitopod  with extension height. What now? What temperatures should I be using

another smoke tree though, mine died last summer. I fear honey fungus. I have propagated both by semi-ripe cuttings. You take a 6-8 inch cutting with this years growth on it and bury the bottom 4 inch or so in the soil. The highest chance of getting them

Hi Everyone, Has anyone taken the plunge yet and started growing annual flowers from seed this season. I'm itching to get on with it but most folk I know are waiting unit March. Got my eye on some dahlias (and I have a heated propagator

weather of late.  it seems to propage easily and is spreading quite well.  it's anew home and we'd love to know what it is - thank you for looking ! It is an Echium Jane http://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/echium-pininana Pam x I know this one

Hi, I have divided my bamboo plant by cutting the roots off. Now it seems to be dying. What can I do to save it? Please help. Thanks Eula I don't understand what you mean by 'cutting the roots off'.Bamboos can normally be propagated by dividing

've actually lost it now. Yes that's the one and I lost mine over winter so I've bough a new tuber and it's sprouting well. I was hoping it would be possible to propagate in a similar way to dahlias as yet the cuttings I have taken don't look very happy lift

If anyone has purchased a verve 42cm or 52cm propagator since December 2011. It must be returned to your nearest store for a full refund. During tests it has been found to overheat, therefore not safe to use. I took mine back today !! clik

with low-growing stems can be propagated by layering, such as honeysuckle, mock orange (Philadelphus), rhododendron, magnolia and forsythiaDig up and divide clumps of winter aconitesPlant new shrubs and hardy perennialsCut away old foliage on Christmas

eatenSow seeds of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other greenhouse crops in a heated propagatorPot up begonias individually once new leaves have developedTake cuttings from houseplants including African violetsContinue sowing seeds of summer bedding

and grow bags with tepid water, if possible. Try leaving a few full cans of water in the greenhouse to warm upSend off for biological pest controls for whitefly and red spider mitePropagate lilies from bulb scales, digging bulbs from the garden to remove a