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In the Garden

grovesy said:
My tomato plants are not big enough to be planted in the greenhouse border yet. I had to buy a second lot cucmber seeds to get any cumber plants this year.
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I've had to risk planting outside as plants getting too pick for greenhouse but I am fleecing them at night. I have them in a big pot which I sink into a trough fill with soil also. I've had to plant out the runner beans too as growing so fast, any way fingers crossed all survive, its cooler and raining today and with some wind so toms will stay fleeced.
 
Lisa65 said:
Some of my roses
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Beautiful roses 🙂 I went to a gardening group first time last night and learnt a couple of things, 1. roses prefer acid soil (I didn't know that) and 2. if you use a sulphur spray to stop the black spot, I think there is a spray or powder called sulphur rose.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Hehe! That got me too @hell

And vrey hrad to sopt bceasue we raed wrods as wohle sahpes…

So as long as the first and last letters are in the right place your brain just automatically un-jumbles them 🙂
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:rofl: Good to know going forward :D
 
Felinia said:
My garden is now ready for my 75th birthday visitors next week. It took me a day and a half of fetching, carrying and laying out, and my friend Chris 3 hours to plant up. I'm very stiff and sore today!!! If you look closely at picture 2, you can see Tufty ***** cat enjoying the sunshine. This year's theme red, yellow and orange.

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Well done Felinia, have a fabulous day / birthday celebrations.
 
Jodee said:
Beautiful roses 🙂 I went to a gardening group first time last night and learnt a couple of things, 1. roses prefer acid soil (I didn't know that) and 2. if you use a sulphur spray to stop the black spot, I think there is a spray or powder called sulphur rose.
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When I was a kid our garden was almost pure clay and the roses did fantastically well but that could have been because the gardener collected cow pats from the moor and steeped it to make a foul smelling liquid to feed them.
I have a rose that was in a inappropriate place (growing out of a crack between a wall and the paving ) so years ago cut it down but it just kept growing back so I gave up and it produces beautiful flowers so I haven't the heart to cut in down now.
 
Martin.A said:
Yes, it's an evergreen. We bought it around 10 or 11 years ago, when it was in its pot, but it's now taller than me, about the same width and a mass of flowers and bees. It certainly looks like a Ceanothus judging by the photos I've been looking at.
Thanks for that.
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Beautiful Martin, I did grow one from cutting a few years ago, it only lasted about 4 years, not sure what killed it.
 
Leadinglights said:
When I was a kid our garden was almost pure clay and the roses did fantastically well but that could have been because the gardener collected cow pats from the moor and steeped it to make a foul smelling liquid to feed them.
I have a rose that was in a inappropriate place (growing out of a crack between a wall and the paving ) so years ago cut it down but it just kept growing back so I gave up and it produces beautiful flowers so I haven't the heart to cut in down now.
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Love that LL - I would be taking cuttings of that rose for sure. I have grown most all my roses from cuttings but they do all tend to get black spot so I will have to get some of that sulphur rose.
 
Jodee said:
Love that LL - I would be taking cuttings of that rose for sure. I have grown most all my roses from cuttings but they do all tend to get black spot so I will have to get some of that sulphur rose.
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I've been using sulphur rose this year, and touch wood no black spot so far. Although it has been dry (until today) and it seems to be wet weather that brings it on.
 
Lisa65 said:
I've been using sulphur rose this year, and touch wood no black spot so far. Although it has been dry (until today) and it seems to be wet weather that brings it on.
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Hi Lisa, it looks quite expensive the sulphur rose from what I have seen on line, but I am going to keep an eye out in the garden centres. I guess you may have to respray after the rains when conditions are right.,

I forgot to mention the guy giving the talk at the garden meeting was from RHS Mottisfont, he is the head Rose Gardener there I think. A celeb, been on BBC :D he looks so young - must be the roses :D

www.bbc.co.uk

Historic roses flower early 'due to climate change', says gardener

Hundreds of roses in bloom at Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey are in bloom two weeks earlier than normal.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Happy Gardening everyone

PS I bought a goji berry plant earlier this year mainly for the nutritional value of the berries but it has a very untidy growing habit, a bit like an octopus on steroids with arms everywhere. Any one have any tips on same?
 
Jodee said:
Love that LL - I would be taking cuttings of that rose for sure. I have grown most all my roses from cuttings but they do all tend to get black spot so I will have to get some of that sulphur rose.
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I have just read a good preventative treatment for black spot is spraying with apple cider vinegar or milk and lemon juice.
It is important to remove and clear up any affected leaves.
 
Leadinglights said:
I have just read a good preventative treatment for black spot is spraying with apple cider vinegar or milk and lemon juice.
It is important to remove and clear up any affected leaves.
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Yes, it's best not to have things like bark chips around the plants either as the black spot fungus can lurk there.
 
My hubby is very grumpy today. After eating all my baby sunflowers recently the deer have been munching on his beetroot and chard leaves in the veggie patch. Little hoofprints found in the damp soil this morning. Next DIY job is making a wire mesh cover to protect the ones not already eaten.
 
silver minion said:
My hubby is very grumpy today. After eating all my baby sunflowers recently the deer have been munching on his beetroot and chard leaves in the veggie patch. Little hoofprints found in the damp soil this morning. Next DIY job is making a wire mesh cover to protect the ones not already eaten.
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We have to protect pretty well everything at the allotment from pigeons, badgers, foxes, muntjac. We have cages which are 8ft x 4ft made from wood with either black electrical conduit for uprights or blue water pipe which are in holes drilled in the frame, then covers in netting of various sorts depending on what they need to cover. Easy then to lift off for weeding or picking. They last years as long as you use treated timber. We got the idea originally for Geoff Hamilton on Gardeners World.
 
Leadinglights said:
We have to protect pretty well everything at the allotment from pigeons, badgers, foxes, muntjac. We have cages which are 8ft x 4ft made from wood with either black electrical conduit for uprights or blue water pipe which are in holes drilled in the frame, then covers in netting of various sorts depending on what they need to cover. Easy then to lift off for weeding or picking. They last years as long as you use treated timber. We got the idea originally for Geoff Hamilton on Gardeners World.
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Great idea thank you. I will pass it on. I am also a fan of the late Geoff Hamilton. He made gardening very accessible on a budget and was eco friendly years before it was fashionable.
 
I found an interesting beetle today near our seasoning woodpile. Hadn't seen one before so I took a photo and googled it.
It's called a Musk Beetle and the larvae grow in willow trees. We have several willows in the garden. Thought I would share the photo as it is quite large and a beautiful colour. 20250529_145436.jpg
 
silver minion said:
I found an interesting beetle today near our seasoning woodpile. Hadn't seen one before so I took a photo and googled it.
It's called a Musk Beetle and the larvae grow in willow trees. We have several willows in the garden. Thought I would share the photo as it is quite large and a beautiful colour. View attachment 35576
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He's beautiful! I love finding different insects in the garden or when I'm out and about!
 
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