Gardening thread

[S6Ian]

Lockdown has turned me strangely into someone who is beginning to enjoy gardening....which is causing great shock to those close to me. In particular is the desire to rid my rear patio of the stubborn ‘Black spot’ which has accumulated. A lengthy but quite cathartic process....

 

[HitherImp]

Planted a few borage plants the other day. Hopefully they'll survive for the bees to make use of, as the last ones I had were completely destroyed by snails.

Last time I planted borage, I spent the next three years trying to reclaim my garden from it! You clearly have tougher snails than we do, they didn't even make a dent in it.

 

[Rob the Imp]

Last time I planted borage, I spent the next three years trying to reclaim my garden from it! You clearly have tougher snails than we do, they didn't even make a dent in it.

Haha, the snails in Leicestershire will eat anything! The buggers even wrecked one of my alpine succulent plants separated from the parent plant, which I would have thought was pretty inedible. Re: the borage though, these ones I have were culled from my dad's allotment where they have taken over about 50% of it what have I done...

 

[Rob the Imp]

My beetroot (normal and white varieties) and spring onions seem to be picking up a bit with the drizzle we're getting. The few pears on our little tree and the red gooseberries on our likewise small bush seem to be growing too.

 

[stokeimp]

Haha, the snails in Leicestershire will eat anything! The buggers even wrecked one of my alpine succulent plants separated from the parent plant, which I would have thought was pretty inedible. Re: the borage though, these ones I have were culled from my dad's allotment where they have taken over about 50% of it what have I done...

Snails (and slugs) are my wife's nemesis

 

[Imprest 1]

Speaking of slugs, got a few of these after a bit of rain last month. Mrs. snapped this giant.

 

[Rob the Imp]

Snails (and slugs) are my wife's nemesis

Have you tried the jar in the ground with a little beer in the bottom trap?

 

[Rob the Imp]

Speaking of slugs, got a few of these after a bit of rain last month. Mrs. snapped this giant.
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I can well imagine those wreaking havoc on your plants.

 

[Rob the Imp]

I've just sown some unknown succulent and mini cactus seeds in a hanging planter bag we have inside (a bit like a felt shoe rack you would hang on the back of a door). The seeds came from China via Wish so god knows if they will actually grow/be what they are supposed to be!

 

[stokeimp]

Have you tried the jar in the ground with a little beer in the bottom trap?

Yup!

 

[Rob the Imp]

Again with the seeds from Wish, we planted some supposed 'pearl chlorophytum' seeds last Sunday which had germinated by Tuesday and are now rather large. After a bit of digging and research into what they should like and other people wondering the same, it seems that they might in fact be radishes

 

[NottyImp]

Again with the seeds from Wish, we planted some supposed 'pearl chlorophytum' seeds last Sunday which had germinated by Tuesday and are now rather large. After a bit of digging and research into what they should like and other people wondering the same, it seems that they might in fact be radishes

Feed me, Seymour! Feed me aaaalllll night long!!!!!!

 

[Rob the Imp]

Feed me, Seymour! Feed me aaaalllll night long!!!!!!

Be serious, it's a real concern!!!

 

[Riiiiik]

I've got potatoes growing in a bag and peas in pots.
Potato plant leaves starting to go a bit yellow. Possibly too much rain lately. Be glad when Summer starts.

 

[NottyImp]

Be serious, it's a real concern!!!

It's probably Kohl-rabi.

 

[S6Ian]

Lockdown has turned me strangely into someone who is beginning to enjoy gardening....which is causing great shock to those close to me. In particular is the desire to rid my rear patio of the stubborn ‘Black spot’ which has accumulated. A lengthy but quite cathartic process....

Good to report that my Black Spot has now disappeared leaving me with what looks like a new patio.....Even better is the fact that having spent 50 quid on 2 litres of specialist stuff from a garden centre I was advised to try bleach from Lidl at 95p for 2 litres if the decent stuff was ineffective. Having done a tester with the Lidl stuff, it worked a treat so I bought 5 bottles , total cost £4.75 and got my money back on the expensive specialist gunk too.

 

[NottyImp]

The mint, basil, chives and thyme are thriving. As are the apple trees and honey-berry bushes.

The peas do not look well.

 

[Rob the Imp]

The mint, basil, chives and thyme are thriving. As are the apple trees and honey-berry bushes.

The peas do not look well.

I was just asking my dad about honeyberry plants a couple of days ago, as it was the first time I had heard of them! I'm quite intrigued. An edible form of honeysuckle, aren't they?

 

[Imprest 1]

Think clanford is the resident expert on berries, judging by the "Stupid" thread.

 

[NottyImp]

I was just asking my dad about honeyberry plants a couple of days ago, as it was the first time I had heard of them! I'm quite intrigued. An edible form of honeysuckle, aren't they?

Yes, related I think but bush-like rather than vine-like. Sometimes called fly honeysuckle because the fruits are elongated and blue.

We've just planted 4 bushes.