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Post by snowowl on May 4, 2008 13:31:15 GMT
It amazes me how snails get in the GH something was chomping on my sunflowers till i put blue pellets in the pots and yes ther was one tiny snail causing the damage of millions  |
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Post by Shrubrose on May 4, 2008 15:29:12 GMT
Getting a tad 'carried away' there RF, are we? ;D Might have to rename you QE3  |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 4, 2008 15:56:12 GMT
Looks that way shrub - I couldn't resist it though...
RF
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Post by Shrubrose on May 8, 2008 6:56:16 GMT
Found a HUGE slug on it's back in the bottom of one of my watering cans t'other day. Dont like to think it died a slow death but glad it's not around to wreak havoc! No sign of any other nasties at the mo (finger's crossed).
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Post by Jonah on May 8, 2008 8:32:28 GMT
I've just sown some seeds I found in my dad's workshop. 6 varieties of sweet pea, and an annual called Nolana. All sow before........1995!  Well, I couldn't leave them could I, got to give them a chance.  Hmmmm...well, the nolana are still going, but the pansies I sowed a few days later haven't shown yet, and I think the sweet peas have disintegrated.  I don't think the blue mould I washed off them helped! Oh well, it would of been nice to get them growing, but I've got plenty to be getting on with.  I am carefully nurturing about 12 Roscoea seedlings, it's one thing I am desperate to succeed with. I have one more little seed order to come. I know it's getting late now, but they are perennials |
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Post by Shrubrose on May 8, 2008 11:03:33 GMT
I've had no luck with pansies either Jonah  But well done for getting the aged nolana seeds to germinate ;D |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 8, 2008 12:03:30 GMT
As we don't have pansies as a summer bedding plant I shall do them the Germany way and that is to sow them in the summer and plant them in autumn.
I need some help with my Verbena bonariensis pretty please. I sowed these on Feb 7th and nothing happened until 2 weeks ago. Now I don't think that they will make any decent size until late in the year but I want to try and save them if I can and they don't like our winters. So, I thought I could chance a few outside, a few as cuttings and a few dug up and treated as dahlia and bunged in the cellar. I read this the other day and I have no idea whether this can really be done - has anyone else tried it?
RF
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Post by Spruance on May 8, 2008 12:43:09 GMT
I don't think you will get away with treating verbena bonariensis as dahlias RF. On the other hand it may be an idea to lift some roots and keep them just moist over the winter as you would geraniums (pelargoniums). We are fortunate here that they seem to be winter hardy, contrary to the advice given when we first bought one. |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 8, 2008 13:20:13 GMT
To be quite honest Spruance, I couldn't understand how it would work.
Your idea of treating them like Geraniums is better - I wonder if I could even leave them in the GH if I covered them up with fleece - once again making a rod for my own back...
RF
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Post by Spruance on May 9, 2008 9:48:22 GMT
Well, at the risk of marital discord, why not put several in a pot and keep them on the kitchen windowsill? |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 9, 2008 9:55:01 GMT
Verbena bonariensis on the kitchen windowsill all winter........oooo that's wouldn't cause marital discord Spru - it is grounds for a divorce, believe me!!
I can see that I wil have to think about this carefully..
RF
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2008 15:07:59 GMT
Well, thanks to RF ;D I sowed seeds of Diptamnus about two weeks ago, and there are now very fine green specks on the surface of the compost ... so fingers crossed. Euphorbia and Aquilegia are finally beginning to show ... cheers ... |
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Post by Ladygardener on May 10, 2008 12:34:20 GMT
good luck with the VB over the winter RF, I've not had any luck at all even getting them to germinate. Well done Jonah on getting the your Dad's old seeds to germinate. I love aqualegia CC, especially if you sow the ones from your own plants and have no idea what they'll look like when they germinate. Variety being the spice of life etc.. My morning glory seeds are thriving and now outside getting hardened off. What I thought were monarda may in fact be sweet scented mignonette and I see a couple of lavender seeds are germinating in the mini greenhouse. The night scented stock I scattered over the top of a pot with 12 week stock in it are germinating so I'm well pleased. |
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Post by Jasmine on May 10, 2008 18:12:08 GMT
I planted some asters, forget-me-nots, cosmos and cleomes last weekend. (All the seeds were free with Amateur Gardener). They have all started to come through except the cleomes. I don't know if cleomes are difficult to grow from seed. |
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Post by Rosefriend on May 10, 2008 18:15:15 GMT
Well done Jasmine - Cleomes are very difficult to sow from seed - I have never managed it - will keep my fingers crossed for you - I seem to remember something about them not liking being moved but perhaps someone else can help there.
RF
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Post by grannyjanny on May 10, 2008 21:06:43 GMT
Snowowl how do you hang your baskets in the greenhouse please.
Janet.
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Post by snowowl on May 11, 2008 19:47:36 GMT
GJ there are 2 opening windows in the roof so i hang one on each sige of the window when its open then i can still close them if i want to.
I had one hanging from a fittment that slots into the frame but it had an accident yesterdy it came of and the basket was upside down.
I managed to salvage it and its perked up a bit today but the window option is the safest.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2008 12:27:38 GMT
Nothing from the Diptamnus, RF, and still nothing from the Campsis - I've given up on them. But a few healthy Aquilegias and Euphorbias for next year. The hardy geraniums have done very well, still being nurtured in pots but will definitely be flower-ready next year ... Penstemons also doing nicely ... cheers ...
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 12, 2008 18:43:05 GMT
It's good to get updates CC thanks. My monarda bee's favourite have flower buds on, the lavender have only about 8 leaves on them and the morning glory have had 1 flower so far. As I've said somewhere else , the dahalia have buds on them and so have my poppies burgundy frills. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 15, 2008 17:23:22 GMT
Your poppies sound like they are going to be quite stunning when they flower LNG. Had no luck with my cleomes not one of them germinated but my cosmos are nearly ready to plant out. I've taken some seed heads off a perfect white foxglove inthe church yard by my boys' school. Does anyone know if I should plant them now or wait until next year? |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 15, 2008 19:14:19 GMT
Why not hedge your bets, and sow some now, and some next year?
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 15, 2008 19:24:52 GMT
Good idea - I didn't want to waste them but actually there are loads more seed heads on the foxglove so there is nothing to lose really. I wonder if they will come up true to the parent plant. Another mum and I were commenting that we had never seen a completely white foxglove with no markings at all. I have just the spot for them if they grow! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 18, 2008 17:01:22 GMT
Foxgloves take 2 years to flower I think Jasmine so I'd sow some now. Can't remember seeing pure white without markings but there are'nt many gardens around here with any foxgloves at all. Mine did come true to seed, pale pink but very nice. I would'nt have minded if they did'nt.
My cosmos have been planted out for quite a while now, a few of them have buds but they're very small. The night scented stock have flowered but I think I should have planted more of them together as they're quite whispy looking. I'm used to the 12 week stock which is quite sturdy. ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 18, 2008 19:24:22 GMT
It's quite odd LNG because the graveyard is full of 'ordinary' foxgloves and there is just the one completely white one growing out of the hedge. It must have been a little present from the birds! Hopefully there will be more of them in the next few years as I've been reading that foxgloves can scatter 1 to 2 million seeds per plant!! The seeds are tiny!
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 18, 2008 19:30:09 GMT
Gosh Jasmine, I was talking about foxgloves but thinking about lupins!!  Since the family went home after the weekend I've been a real dopy dora, must try to get a couple of early nights. |
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Post by Weeterrier on Jun 18, 2008 19:43:24 GMT
We've all got mince for brains when the family goes home |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 19, 2008 17:52:44 GMT
I had an early night last night LNG and it did me no good at all - I have felt so tired today. I feel better on less sleep!! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 3, 2008 12:12:58 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Jul 3, 2008 12:13:49 GMT
:)By the way what I thought were monarda bees favourite ane'nt. They were sweet mingonette and smell lovely
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Post by Plocket on Jul 3, 2008 12:40:31 GMT
If you do save some seed from those Poppies LNG I'd love some |
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I don't think the blue mould I washed off them helped! 
But well done for getting the aged nolana seeds to germinate ;D
Since the family went home after the weekend I've been a real dopy dora, must try to get a couple of early nights. 
