Plans for planting

[Mabee]

That's my mistake I've never pruned the purple one I've let it go although it isn't anywhere near the size of the white one.. is it too late to prune for this year?

I think you could get away with it if you do it soon, you’ve nothing to lose if it doesn’t flower anyway.

 

[JamezF]

Yesterday I sowed my first batch of carrots, under fleece, though I'm not sure they really need it at the moment. It may perhaps help keep the soil warmer overnight.

And today I noticed that my shallots are starting to sprout.

Irritatingly though I have received an email saying that my asparagus crowns may not be shipped for another three weeks, which is getting a bit tight. It's going to be a bit of a mad rush to get them in once they arrive. No sign of my new gooseberry bush yet, either.

James

 

[bobba]

I'm going to start taking more, I've taken the geranium cuttings. I took a few salvia cuttings last year and they were very easy to propagate, incredible she was successful with an acer,I have a beauty at the bottom of my garden maybe I'll try my luck.i have a purple wisteria which is years and years old never had a bloom.i also have a white which has flowered since day one!!

I know Mum did a flying cutting on the Acer tree the 2nd time, not sure about the 1st time though. A flying cutting is when you cut part way through a branch, then you get a little bag of damp soil and tie it where the cut is (mum uses cling film). This way the cutting is still fed from the tree why the roots grow in the bag. One you see the roots, then you can completely cut it off and plant.

I have successfully made cuttings from apple trees without the use of flying cuttings. Even though everything I read said apple tree cuttings would not work.

We are just coming up to spring, that's when you get the best tender fast growing shoots for cuttings. So dont worry what the text books say, just get hands on and have a go.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Spuds. Mixing our compost 50/50 with bought and adding chicken poo
I’m knackered
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[Swarm]

I know Mum did a flying cutting on the Acer tree the 2nd time, not sure about the 1st time though. A flying cutting is when you cut part way through a branch, then you get a little bag of damp soil and tie it where the cut is (mum uses cling film). This way the cutting is still fed from the tree why the roots grow in the bag. One you see the roots, then you can completely cut it off and plant.

I have successfully made cuttings from apple trees without the use of flying cuttings. Even though everything I read said apple tree cuttings would not work.

We are just coming up to spring, that's when you get the best tender fast growing shoots for cuttings. So dont worry what the text books say, just get hands on and have a go.

Also known as air cuttings, used quite frequently in Bonsai.

 

[Nannysbees]

I think you could get away with it if you do it soon, you’ve nothing to lose if it doesn’t flower anyway.

OK thank you I'll have a bash on the morning

 

[Nannysbees]

Yesterday I sowed my first batch of carrots, under fleece, though I'm not sure they really need it at the moment. It may perhaps help keep the soil warmer overnight.

And today I noticed that my shallots are starting to sprout.

Irritatingly though I have received an email saying that my asparagus crowns may not be shipped for another three weeks, which is getting a bit tight. It's going to be a bit of a mad rush to get them in once they arrive. No sign of my new gooseberry bush yet, either.

James

I've sown my carrots in troughs this year. If you plant your asparagus this year when are you likely to harvest?

 

[Nannysbees]

Spuds. Mixing our compost 50/50 with bought and adding chicken poo
I’m knackered
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Wow that's incredible, do you usually grow your potatoes that way? We planted ours yesterday, looking forward to a harvest, first ever for us

 

[Nannysbees]

I know Mum did a flying cutting on the Acer tree the 2nd time, not sure about the 1st time though. A flying cutting is when you cut part way through a branch, then you get a little bag of damp soil and tie it where the cut is (mum uses cling film). This way the cutting is still fed from the tree why the roots grow in the bag. One you see the roots, then you can completely cut it off and plant.

I have successfully made cuttings from apple trees without the use of flying cuttings. Even though everything I read said apple tree cuttings would not work.

We are just coming up to spring, that's when you get the best tender fast growing shoots for cuttings. So dont worry what the text books say, just get hands on and have a go.

Thank you for the advice, your mum sounds as is she has green finger's

 

[JamezF]

I've sown my carrots in troughs this year. If you plant your asparagus this year when are you likely to harvest?

I think we may get a very small harvest in the second year, but generally not until the third year I think.

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

Wow that's incredible, do you usually grow your potatoes that way? We planted ours yesterday, looking forward to a harvest, first ever for us

Yes always. I’ve tried some every year in the raised beds and every year slugs eat the tubers. I start peeling one that looks ok and end up with one the size of a chip. I like to grow heritage blue and red ones( none in yet) and you can’t see the damage.
The great thing about spuds in containers is that they last for months. We move the unharvested ones into the poly tunnel over winter. We took the last one just last week.

 

[Nannysbees]

Yes always. I’ve tried some every year in the raised beds and every year slugs eat the tubers. I start peeling one that looks ok and end up with one the size of a chip. I like to grow heritage blue and red ones( none in yet) and you can’t see the damage.
The great thing about spuds in containers is that they last for months. We move the unharvested ones into the poly tunnel over winter. We took the last one just last week.

Wish I'd planted in tubs now

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

My grandfather used to have problems with moles attacking his potatoes, they would leave the red spuds be but destroy any white ones.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Wish I'd planted in tubs now

Not too late.
I do what somebody else has suggested. Just stick my hand into the pot to take out what I need. Thus year we’ve tried a few smaller bags. With just one potato in it to see if we get bigger spuds.

 

[Nannysbees]

Not too late.
I do what somebody else has suggested. Just stick my hand into the pot to take out what I need. Thus year we’ve tried a few smaller bags. With just one potato in it to see if we get bigger spuds.

Do you use bought compost.? I have a spare bag of seed pots, think I'll try them in containers

 

[Erichalfbee]

Bought compost with chicken pellet fertiliser is fine. We make a lot of our own compost so we mix it half and half. Water it with comfrey.
Try some first earlier. New potatoes eaten ten minutes out of the ground are sublime.

 

[Erichalfbee]

I know Mum did a flying cutting on the Acer tree the 2nd time, not sure about the 1st time though. A flying cutting is when you cut part way through a branch, then you get a little bag of damp soil and tie it where the cut is (mum uses cling film). This way the cutting is still fed from the tree why the roots grow in the bag. One you see the roots, then you can completely cut it off and plant.

I wonder if this might work on a Wollemi Pine we have ?

 

[Nannysbees]

Bought compost with chicken pellet fertiliser is fine. We make a lot of our own compost so we mix it half and half. Water it with comfrey.
Try some first earlier. New potatoes eaten ten minutes out of the ground are sublime.

I know, my dad grows them, they are delicious. I've tried growing comfrey, apparently it spreads like wildfire, for some unknown reason I can't get it to survive at all!!!!

 

[Erichalfbee]

I know, my dad grows them, they are delicious. I've tried growing comfrey, apparently it spreads like wildfire, for some unknown reason I can't get it to survive at all!!!!

Mine was the same...so one year we started anew in a spare raised bed where it grew like a jungle. Now it's transplanted to a sunny corner of the field where it survives happily

 

[Nannysbees]

Mine was the same...so one year we started anew in a spare raised bed where it grew like a jungle. Now it's transplanted to a sunny corner of the field where it survives happily

I'll try to get some seed and plant again. How much do you pick, put in how much water, how long to steep?