[Help] Gardeners Question Time.

[Goldstone1976]

Do I assume that you now live in East Anglia? I was going to offer to pop round and give you the benefit of my gardening wisdom, but East Anglia is a bit far away for me! If you're not, please let me know.
That looks one hell of a garden you've got there. Veg apart - which I don't do, the good news is that even if you don't do anything to the wilder looking bits, it will just tick over with no real problems. The more formal bit, leave well alone until the end of May as there may be some lovely stuff to come through over the next few months. Then you can see what you've got.
Keep posting regular photo updates on here. More advice will follow when we can see how things are, not just from me, but there are other really good gardeners on this thread. We'll guide you through!

Many thanks!

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[Questions]

Doing my lawn tomorrow as it’s getting high now. My biggest fear is slicing through hidden parcels left by the dog.

 

[Questions]

Hardly colourful, I've always been Vegster, I did have another persona but its been so long i forgot the password and left it in the past.

Liar Ernest.....

 

[Goldstone1976]

Ok - question 1 in what is likely to be a long (very long) apprenticeship in the art/trade/profession of gardening.

I’ve been germinating some veg seeds in an electric propagator. Amongst the early growers are aubergine. I planted 27 gazillion seeds; 6 have germinated. 4 of the 6 are in two pairs, very close together.

Is it best to:

A) separate them soon
B) separate them on Zaha-ing them out
C) try growing them as conjoined twins
D) don’t try and grow fing aubergines you middle-class zaha

??

Thx

 

[vegster]

Ok - question 1 in what is likely to be a long (very long) apprenticeship in the art/trade/profession of gardening.

I’ve been germinating some veg seeds in an electric propagator. Amongst the early growers are aubergine. I planted 27 gazillion seeds; 6 have germinated. 4 of the 6 are in two pairs, very close together.

Is it best to:

A) separate them soon
B) separate them on Zaha-ing them out
C) try growing them as conjoined twins
D) don’t try and grow fing aubergines you middle-class zaha

??

Thx

Gently tip them out of the pot then separate them then pop them in to individual pots, small pots, like vending cup size is perfect, give them as much light as you can and keep them warm ish... if any of this fails, wait til late April and buy one or two Scorpio f1 grafted Aubergines and plant those somewhere warm and get more Aubergines than you have ever seen in your life ....

 

[vegster]

Liar Ernest.....

It's spelt ENrest! thank yoU !

 

[Goldstone1976]

Gently tip them out of the pot then separate them then pop them in to individual pots, small pots, like vending cup size is perfect, give them as much light as you can and keep them warm ish... if any of this fails, wait til late April and buy one or two Scorpio f1 grafted Aubergines and plant those somewhere warm and get more Aubergines than you have ever seen in your life ....

Thanks! So, separate them sooner rather than later...

 

[vegster]

Thanks! So, separate them sooner rather than later...

Yes, once they are up and growing strongly is the time to do it... Or, snip one of each pair off at ground level if you are a heartless ******* and don't like repotting.

 

[zefarelly]

In case [MENTION=259]Jack Straw[/MENTION] isn't around, you have to take pictures and post them before you start, it's the law and only adds to the entertainment

And helps with the advice

better get a snap in quick before he sends the boys round

hopefully things spring up soon. As an indicator of our weather, we have an increasingly succesful bottle brush plant just out of shot. . . .

 

[Stat Brother]

Chris just knocked on my kitchen window and waved hello.
He looked well.


Which was nice.

 

[Jack Straw]

better get a snap in quick before he sends the boys round

hopefully things spring up soon. As an indicator of our weather, we have an increasingly succesful bottle brush plant just out of shot. . . .

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Nice garden. Keep the photos coming. We love a photo of a garden on here!

 

[Jack Straw]

I built a patio for a friend two years' ago. I pointed up the 10 mm gaps with grey Sika Pave Fix Plus, recommended by another friend (Yes, I've got two!). I used it exactly as per the instructions. It looked great when I'd finished. Over the last two years, it has all cracked and changed to a brown colour. I spent under an hour prizing it out with a screwdriver and I'm now in the process of using 3:1 coarse sand and cement as I normally do, to re-point the whole patio.
I rang the friend who recommended it to me to tell him what a load of crap he'd made me buy, and that I had to dig it all out and replace it. He said, "That's exactly what I've got to do with my patio!"
The moral of the story is, don't use this rubbish to point paving with and don't take any notice of my mate. If anyone has any positive stories about this stuff, I'd really like to know.
I've attached a photo of me in action doing the original pointing.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I built a patio for a friend two years' ago. I pointed up the 10 mm gaps with grey Sika Pave Fix Plus, recommended by another friend (Yes, I've got two!). I used it exactly as per the instructions. It looked great when I'd finished. Over the last two years, it has all cracked and changed to a brown colour. I spent under an hour prizing it out with a screwdriver and I'm now in the process of using 3:1 coarse sand and cement as I normally do, to re-point the whole patio.
I rang the friend who recommended it to me to tell him what a load of crap he'd made me buy, and that I had to dig it all out and replace it. He said, "That's exactly what I've got to do with my patio!"
The moral of the story is, don't use this rubbish to point paving with and don't take any notice of my mate. If anyone has any positive stories about this stuff, I'd really like to know.
I've attached a photo of me in action doing the original pointing.

Would you expect the coarse sand/cement to prevent weeds appearing between the slabs, or is something else required under the slabs? Ta.

 

[Greavsey]

We have become the proud owners of the stereo typical lockdown puppy, after much nagging from the kids. He is lovely, if you like sh1t and p1ss all over the garden.

My once beautiful lawn has now got brown patches all over it from said p1ss. Has anyone got any tips as to how to prevent this? Baring a bullet and/or don't get a dog if you want a nice lawn!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

We have become the proud owners of the stereo typical lockdown puppy, after much nagging from the kids. He is lovely, if you like sh1t and p1ss all over the garden.

My once beautiful lawn has now got brown patches all over it from said p1ss. Has anyone got any tips as to how to prevent this? Baring a bullet and/or don't get a dog if you want a nice lawn!

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

We have become the proud owners of the stereo typical lockdown puppy, after much nagging from the kids. He is lovely, if you like sh1t and p1ss all over the garden.

My once beautiful lawn has now got brown patches all over it from said p1ss. Has anyone got any tips as to how to prevent this? Baring a bullet and/or don't get a dog if you want a nice lawn!

Dog rocks, put them in their water bowl

https://www.viovet.co.uk/Lawn-Protecting-Dog-Rocks/c1924/?quick_find=113811&utm_source=sag&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=surfaces_UK&gclid=CjwKCAjw9MuCBhBUEiwAbDZ-7hDLbF2BYc9kYUb7UPTfImO3JkHrpxMLUaBvS-Xib5Jsnlj3ZsO6FBoCcH0QAvD_BwE

 

[Cheshire Cat]

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Long bed = no clue

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North facing = rock garden??

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Here (and way beyond) be dragons = no clue.

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Near bit sometimes floods (obviously), rest doesn’t. Leave well alone?

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Gulp

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Wild flowers??

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Dunno

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300 yards of this. Bluebells

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Near 100% moss here.



HELP!!!

Edit: oh FFS. All randomly rotated - apologies. They are fine when viewed on my laptop

That's not a garden. That's an estate.

Do you live here?

 

[Jack Straw]

We have become the proud owners of the stereo typical lockdown puppy, after much nagging from the kids. He is lovely, if you like sh1t and p1ss all over the garden.

My once beautiful lawn has now got brown patches all over it from said p1ss. Has anyone got any tips as to how to prevent this? Baring a bullet and/or don't get a dog if you want a nice lawn!

A few solutions suggested on the lawn growing thread, notably post #37 and this thread #1116.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Last years photo's

 

[Jack Straw]

Would you expect the coarse sand/cement to prevent weeds appearing between the slabs, or is something else required under the slabs? Ta.

If the gaps between your slabs are wide enough to be able to be filled and compacted with a 3:1 coarse sand and cement wettish mix, there should be no gaps for the weed seeds to germinate. If you butt up your slabs and sweep a dry mix in, it won't be effective for long. It takes a while to point a patio with 10mm joints, but worth it in the end.
Here's a path and step I built recently where you can see the merits of 10mm joints and proper pointing with the above-mentioned mix.