Friday 19 October 2018
You think coffee grounds are good for plants.
A quick internet search for “coffee grounds + plants” will draw up close to four million hits, with consistent claims they can add essential minerals to the soil, boost populations of friendly soil bacteria and even reduce the pH of growing media for acid-loving plants like rhododendrons.
The growth of pretty much everything in the coffee bed became noticeably worse in about two weeks of application.
Plant growth slowed, some developed leaf yellowing, others defoliated and died.
Seedling germination in some cases was almost completely inhibited.
While some species looked OK, none of the plants in the coffee group proved better than my basic control.
But it’s just adding organic matter.
It isn’t even always very acidic.
Gardens: so you think coffee grounds are good for plants | Life and style | The Guardian
The growth of pretty much everything in the coffee bed became noticeably worse in about two weeks of application.
Plant growth slowed, some developed leaf yellowing, others defoliated and died.
Seedling germination in some cases was almost completely inhibited.
While some species looked OK, none of the plants in the coffee group proved better than my basic control.
But it’s just adding organic matter.
It isn’t even always very acidic.
Gardens: so you think coffee grounds are good for plants | Life and style | The Guardian
Monday 15 October 2018
Thursday 4 October 2018
Tips and Advice from Monty Don. October.
- Tips and Advice | Monty Don | Writer, gardener, TV presenter
...sowing sweet peas in October...I sow some now and another batch in February and spread the risk.
...sowing sweet peas in October...I sow some now and another batch in February and spread the risk.
Friday 28 September 2018
How to plant raspberries.
- BBC Two - Gardeners' World, 2018, Episode 2, How to plant raspberries
- A foolproof guide to growing raspberries - Telegraph
- Raspberry 'Joan J'
10 Canes per bundle - £ 12.00
- Blackmoor Nurseries
Raspberry Joan J - 5 Canes Bare Root £10.40+£3.80=£14.20
- Raspberry Joan J 2L Pot Grown: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors
£6.99 + UK Delivery
- RASPBERRY Joan J | Bare Root Joan J Raspberries For Sale UK
5 raspberry canes - £9.50 + £5.95 = £15.45
- Raspberry 'Joan J' (Autumn fruiting) | Thompson & Morgan
6 raspberry canes - £14.99 (offer £8.99) + delivery charge £4.95
- Basket - Suttons Seeds and Plants
Pack of 10 Plants (canes) = £19.98+Delivery (inc VAT) £4.99=TOTAL TO PAY: £24.97
Pack of 5 Plants (canes) = £11.99+ Delivery (inc VAT)£4.99=TOTAL TO PAY: £16.98
- A foolproof guide to growing raspberries - Telegraph
- Raspberry 'Joan J'
10 Canes per bundle - £ 12.00
- Blackmoor Nurseries
Raspberry Joan J - 5 Canes Bare Root £10.40+£3.80=£14.20
- Raspberry Joan J 2L Pot Grown: Amazon.co.uk: Garden & Outdoors
£6.99 + UK Delivery
- RASPBERRY Joan J | Bare Root Joan J Raspberries For Sale UK
5 raspberry canes - £9.50 + £5.95 = £15.45
- Raspberry 'Joan J' (Autumn fruiting) | Thompson & Morgan
6 raspberry canes - £14.99 (offer £8.99) + delivery charge £4.95
- Basket - Suttons Seeds and Plants
Pack of 10 Plants (canes) = £19.98+Delivery (inc VAT) £4.99=TOTAL TO PAY: £24.97
Pack of 5 Plants (canes) = £11.99+ Delivery (inc VAT)£4.99=TOTAL TO PAY: £16.98
Plant hardneck garlic.
- raspberries | Monty Don
There are two types of garlic, hardneck and softneck.
The type you mostly buy is softneck which has a plaitable stem, stores well (which is why shops stock it) and is often excellent.
But the best, tastiest garlic is hardneck which has a stiff, upright stalk and because it is much harder to buy it makes sense to grow it yourself.
Hardneck varieties such as ‘Red Duke’, ‘Rocambole’, or ‘Early Purple Wight’ are slower to grow so should be planted now, a month or more before softneck varieties.
Like all garlic of any type, plant plump individual cloves (the bigger the clove the bigger the bulb it will generate) about 6 inches apart , pointed end up and buried a good inch below the surface in good but well-drained soil.
Shoots will appear in about 6-8 weeks.
Casablanca is a vigourous growing variety of garlic, yielding small strong flavoured white bulbs.
Casablanca is a variety that is better suited to colder conditions and ideal for the UK.
This easy an easy to grow garlic variety will perform just as well in containers or in the ground as long as the soil has been prepared properly and has adequate drainage..
- 3 Bulbs x 3
There are two types of garlic, hardneck and softneck.
The type you mostly buy is softneck which has a plaitable stem, stores well (which is why shops stock it) and is often excellent.
But the best, tastiest garlic is hardneck which has a stiff, upright stalk and because it is much harder to buy it makes sense to grow it yourself.
Hardneck varieties such as ‘Red Duke’, ‘Rocambole’, or ‘Early Purple Wight’ are slower to grow so should be planted now, a month or more before softneck varieties.
Like all garlic of any type, plant plump individual cloves (the bigger the clove the bigger the bulb it will generate) about 6 inches apart , pointed end up and buried a good inch below the surface in good but well-drained soil.
Shoots will appear in about 6-8 weeks.
Casablanca is a vigourous growing variety of garlic, yielding small strong flavoured white bulbs.
Casablanca is a variety that is better suited to colder conditions and ideal for the UK.
This easy an easy to grow garlic variety will perform just as well in containers or in the ground as long as the soil has been prepared properly and has adequate drainage..
- 3 Bulbs x 3
Tuesday 25 September 2018
Sunday 23 September 2018
Saturday 15 September 2018
The first Quince.
The first Quince fruits in my garden - planted on OCTOBER 2011.
If you leave a quince on a sunny windowsill it will slowly release a
delicate fragrance of vanilla, citrus, and apple into your kitchen.
When you stew quince in sugar and a little water or wine, it becomes
not just edible but delicious - sweet, delicate, fragrant.
If you leave a quince on a sunny windowsill it will slowly release a
delicate fragrance of vanilla, citrus, and apple into your kitchen.
When you stew quince in sugar and a little water or wine, it becomes
not just edible but delicious - sweet, delicate, fragrant.
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