Calling all AC Gardeners!

waddle

are these the ones which you put a plant through a hole in the side then clip a piece in to hold it and then do another layer, if so i saw these yestereday and was wondering if they were any good. let me know how you get on with them please. hi by the way xxx

barbara12

Waddle.. they are brilliant, I do a lot of baskets its much easier has I cant get down to put plants in the garden anymore, much less messy than the old baskets...wish I had bought more.

waddle

thank you barbara i will order some in a couple of weeks when i get paid. they looked great on the telly but im always a bit weary of buying stuff of the shopping chanels. im glad you are happy with them i bet they look lovely x

waddle

planted some geranium plants out the front and some bulbs in the border, fingers crossed they grow x

PollySid

Waddle, just a tip for when all your lovely flowers bloom - don't forget to regularly pinch the dead flowers out to prolong flowering. I find with Sweetpeas I can pull them for indoors and they keep on flowering and flowering. They look really pretty in a little vase too.
Must get my seeds planted

waddle

Thank you pollysid i will remember to do that, i shuved some sweetpea seeds in today, it will be intersting to see if any grow. will have to pick up a little vase for if they do. they smell lovely and i remember them from when i was a kid,

ritwren

Fingers crossed your sweetpea do well for you. Do watch out for slugs and snails 'tho as they love the new shoots when they germinate. They're less of a pest as the peas start to climb. I grow them every year. I sow some in Autumn for an early showing but some in March as well to prolong the season.
I've spent the weekend potting on Dahlia and Cosmos and Tomato seedlings and tidying up the flower beds. Oh and sowing more seeds.
I got my Potatoes in at the allotment last week, some in bags/containers and some in the ground. This is the busiest time of the year for me gardening wise.

frogmorton

Hi All

Wow busy busy in here

Waddle l am so happy you have joined us all

My sweet peas are pretty tall now and just waiting till it stays a bit warmer to pop them out.

ritwren.....my bags are ready and spuds chitted so l shall be popping those in this weekend.

Not putting anything in the greenhouse yet as am away for my hols next week and things are likely to be a wee bit neglected. Despite the cat sitters 'best' efforts

Love

Toni xxx

waddle

Does anyone know what i can use to get rid of slugs that wont harm me wee dog who would try eating anything if allowed.

frogmorton

Waddle you can get 'copper' strips. Put them around delicate plants (supposed to give them an electric shock. Sounds a bit cruel.

OR l am using nematodes this year. The slugs natural predator which you water in to the soil and lasts for up to 6 weeks.

Love and LUCK

Toni xxx

waddle

thank you toni, i will take a look and see if can find some of the stuff you mentioned,

have a good day everyone, not so warm today so far

badgers1

Hi all I am new but I have read all your posts and what a great forum you have will drop in often and have a chat see you soon

dreamdaisy

Slugs. Ugh. Bury a plastic cup, up to its rim, near the things you want to protect then half-fill the cup with beer. They fancy a tipple, topple in and do the slug equivalent of drowning in a butt of malmsey. DD

julie47

Hi All

I am loving seeing all these seedlings growing. My sweetpeas are now about 8inch tall, so in the pot I have stuck some little stakes for them to grow round. (should i have?, just didnt want them to flop over) the sunflowers are about the same height although...the sun flowers are rather spindly. :? The herbs...well all that is growing are the chives my marjoram and thyme, seem to have gone back under the soil :shock:
My cornflowers are doing ok but seem to be slow growers.

All these plants are still in the conservatory. Am I right that I shouldn't put them out until may? or can it be sooner.

Still got to plant the lettuce and radishes :oops:

Have a good day everyone
love juliepf x

stickywicket

dreamdaisy wrote:

Slugs. Ugh. Bury a plastic cup, up to its rim, near the things you want to protect then half-fill the cup with beer. They fancy a tipple, topple in and do the slug equivalent of drowning in a butt of malmsey. DD

Yes, but, in their attempts to avoid drowning and climb out, once drunk, they become rather violent with each other. Hence the term ‘slugging it out’.

dreamdaisy

Sticky! The mental image of drunken slugs slugging it out is wonderful! Bless you for the giggle.

Julie? I haven't got a clue my love, I hope tilly or frog or another wise tiller of soil can help. DD

frogmorton

Hi Julie

my sweetpeas are also on stakes

Now the putting things out till may theory has to do with things like frosts. If you are able to cover them over with something like garden fleece if it IS frosty they can go out as soon as you want, BUT don't forget to acclimatise them first by letting them 'play out' in their pots during the day and come inside at night for a week or so.

Well that's what l do anyway :oops:

Drunken slugs :roll: (closest thing l could get to a slug

Love

Toni xx

frogmorton

Just a thought Julie

maybe you should make sure they take their mobile phones out with them the first few times they go outside??

:shock:

dreamdaisy

Frog! You utter daftie! I love the visual image though, what larks Pip, what larks. DD

frogmorton

dreamdaisy wrote:

Frog! You utter daftie! I love the visual image though, what larks Pip, what larks. DD

lashings and lashings of ginger ale too

what ho!

waddle

The sun has gone today but it has stayed dry so ive been pottering around slowly painting the little fencing with stainer ready for it to be put around the front patch of my garden. that is all ive managed today.

julie47

waddle , sounds like a job well done

Toni ... I read your post earlier today but didn't have time to reply. I took your advice and let some of the plants play out and OH brought them back in when it got dark. Hopefully doing this will strengthen their stems too.

(didn't get them a phone though )

slugs....we dont get too many big black ones as we have frogs that visit the garden and seem to eat them :shock: :?: but....we get the small whitish ones on the hosta plant, any ideas how to stop those?

xx

frogmorton

Hi Julie

probably nematodes again they are harmless to our froggies Well the stuff l buy is. Pm me if you want the link Julie

As for the mobile phones.....if the plants were near enough to call out to you l'm sure they were fine

Waddle...fence painting?? Well done you!! More than l did yesterday - though the sun is out now so l will certainly be out today

Love

Toni xx

julie47

Thanks toni I have pmd you for the link

love juliepf x

ritwren

Well, winter is back with a vengance, hopefully nobody has lost anything. I've been potting on Dahlia Bishops Children and Cosmos Sensation Mix and Brightness Mix. I've been sowing seeds too, it's such a busy time of year is'nt it. I'll have to wait to get the 2nd lot of Broad beans into the ground at the lottie, I'm having a nasty flare at the moment. At least I can stand for a littlw while when I'm potting on.