The Potting Shed - come on in, the kettle's on!

GarnetLady

heynonnynonny wrote: »

Hi garnetlady hope you've had a nice break, hope you manage to keep your bargain plants going!!

I did thanks. Nice to get away and nice to get back too.

So far, so good for these plants. The rhode was looking a bit sorry but it just needed a really good drink. My poundland lupin and sea holly didn't like going outside however, and are looking a bit pathetic. Thought they'd be okay because they'd been living in the garage. And I almost killed my raspberry, oops! The water wasn't getting to it...

Think my dad is coming down later, going to get more of the garden dug ready for the fence, shed and greenhouse! (DH has a hernia and has been let off digging duty lol.)

heynonnynonny

I think I will have seperation anxiety from the plants, when I go away, f I can because of the ash cloud, not till October anyway luckily. A quid for a hydrangea is fab. Mine is not growing too good atm found brown spots on one of the leaves but I read they are meant to be temperamental.

I hope you've got the good weather as have I in Staffs, a lovely evening in the garden!!

pollypenny

Just had a little drink in the garden after our hard work. Why do weeds grow faster than the plants we want, eh?

My hydrangea didn't flower last year; apparently i pruned it at the wrong time!

GarnetLady

heynonnynonny wrote: »

I think I will have seperation anxiety from the plants, when I go away, f I can because of the ash cloud, not till October anyway luckily. A quid for a hydrangea is fab. Mine is not growing too good atm found brown spots on one of the leaves but I read they are meant to be temperamental.

I hope you've got the good weather as have I in Staffs, a lovely evening in the garden!!

It was terrible leaving them. I imagine leaving children to be slightly easier... :rotfl:

Thanks . It's been lovely here today, mostly really warm and sunny with just a few cool cloudy spells.

I've left DH and my dad in the garden, husband took the fork off me and is doing a bit. We must sound ancient with our illnesses, we're not, honest!

I'm uploading some pics to photobucket and will drag the my garden in pics thread back and post some there.

Primrose

Does anybody else get a small coating of mould around their runner beans when they plant them up in pots/loo rolls? . I often find it difficult to get the compost the right degree of wetness to get them started, i.e. the compost is too wet or dries out too quickly. If there's a magic solution, I'd love to know what it is. I now plant them with part of the bean peeking out of the compost in the hope that this will help.

Lotus-eater

Dunno about magic, but we do have experimentation

Beans, black seeded beans cope with damp soil much better than white. For both lots (and all the brown ones) you can start them off on damp kitchen paper, I half to 3/4 cover with clingfilm and plant in minimally damp compost when the root comes through.
You can plant black seeds straight into damp compost if you like and they should be fine. Toilet rolls take moisture out of the compost and are difficult to keep damp properly, so I don't use them anymore, also when you plant them out, make sure the roll cannot be seen otherwise it sucks moisture out of the soil.
White and other seeds can go out into pots or outside after germination on paper, you want to sow scar down.
http://kitchengarden.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=536
Primrose I know you know this already, it's just for others.

buggalugs

Good Morning one and all I haven't posted before but I do lurk
Its a beautifuly bright morning, bit of a nip but that will soon go. I have put out my tomatoes again and they are really enjoying hte sunshine. I am however worrying about my chillis.
They seem to have stopped growing since I potted them on poor things. They are healthy enough but not making any progress.. oh well we shall have to play the waiting game .

lisa26_2

Hi everyone, can I join in please? I've dabbled in gardening a little before but this year is my first serious attempt at 'grow your own'. OH built me 2 big raised beds and a mini one which is home to 2 bean plants and some mixed salad leaves. I also have several pots and a big planter with a pole holding 3 hanging baskets that is home to alpine strawberries and will also have tumbling toms in a couple of weeks. MIL is disgusted that I haven't filled it with pretty flowers but I much prefer edibles!!!!

I've read back a few pages and noticed the discussion about the price of baby veg plants in the garden centres. I quite agree that they are shocking! I was lucky as I went to 'The Range' and managed to get quite a few packs of plants from there for £1.99 a tray. i'd love to grow everything from seed but I don't have a greenhouse and I only have 1 windowsill which is big enough for 1 seed tray so I'm a bit limited. saying that, I have managed 30-odd bean plants, four courgettes, 4 cucumbers, 8 sweet peas and 12 tomato plants from my litle window sill so not bad going! I've also bought 3 strawberry plants a blueberry bush and have sowed a few rows of seeds (carrots, beetroots, spring onions, pak choi,radishes) in one of my beds. Oh's friend has given him a giant pumpkin plant but I have no idea where I'm going to put it!!! I have to say,I'm amazed by how much you can fit into a small space.

I'd love to get an allotment but the ones in our village do not allow any sheds or greenhouses and if I was going to have more space I'd definately need atleast a small greenhouse so I could grow everything from seed so I might not bother.

aliasojo

Hi all. Another newbie to growing things but have been bitten by the bug and now have a wee collection of beds and pots etc. I hope at least something grows or I'll be mightily upset.

Just wondering can anyone tell me what height of canes I should be looking at to support peas and runner beans? I've got 1.2m one in just now but I'm thinking they might be too small? Also how many pea plants can I have in this tub?

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10767712&fh_view_size=10&fh_location=%2f%2fcatal!!!1%2fen_GB&fh_search=tub&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1274173653093&isSearch=true

I think I've crammed in far too many.

Orange_King

Hello aliasojo. I have a variety of sizes of canes for peas depending on where they are planted. I use 6ft canes considering there is a good foot at least in the ground. You should be able to get a right load into that tub - I'd try about 20 maybe! How many have you gone for?