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Post by grindle on Mar 25, 2020 8:00:16 GMT
yep ours are closed too, I've done most of mine online this year, just waiting for bedding now
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Post by Eli on Mar 25, 2020 9:27:34 GMT
Yes I suppose all garden centres will be closed and I'm not going anywhere to find out. I need new covers for my mini greenhouses and was going to buy them in Wilko but I think I'll send for them on line.
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Post by grindle on Mar 26, 2020 5:48:08 GMT
good idea Eli at least we have online sales thank goodness my strawberries and Blueberry arrived yesterday, didn't get time to do anything with them, so today I'll be potting them up
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Post by SueA on Mar 26, 2020 9:09:53 GMT
I received a couple of packets of seeds I'd ordered online & have sown them, I think the 'black' tomatoes are 'Trifele' - I just spotted them on Amazon when I was looking for cucumber seeds, no idea if they'll be any good as they're not from a garden supplier.
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Post by steve on Mar 28, 2020 18:12:22 GMT
The black toms are getting popular SueA I am growing one called ‘Indigo Rose’ this year, it has germinated ok
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Post by SueA on Mar 29, 2020 9:16:37 GMT
I've heard of that one steve & it looks good, let us know how it does, I've grown 'Black cherry' ones in the past from little plants I've got from the farm shop but won't be able to do that now. The Japanese ones in my photo are germinating now so should be O.K.
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Post by SueA on Mar 31, 2020 7:47:57 GMT
Got some more seeds in the post yesterday - Mangetout, dwarf bean 'Concador', broccoli white sprouting 'Burbank', pak choi & 'Totem' tomatoes.
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Post by grindle on Apr 1, 2020 4:20:00 GMT
are you growing them in containers SueA or in the ground, been looking for things I can grow in containers, I've just ordered some sweet pepper plants, mine didn't germinate (think the seed was too old)
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Post by SueA on Apr 1, 2020 8:27:50 GMT
I'm going to try them in containers grindle except the broccoli, I've grown pak choi in large trays & pots before, the Totem tomatoes are a bush type so should be o.k. & the beans & mangetout will be alright in large containers, the only problem is trying to keep the slugs away from them. My chilli pepper seeds haven't germinated either but they were old ones so I've got to rethink that too, I may have some more seeds somewhere which are fresher.
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Post by sweetpea on Apr 6, 2020 15:15:56 GMT
decided to buy three fuchsia plants at Morrissons today, Annabel, Swingtime and Dollar Princess all of which I have grown before. £1.00 each and they will give me loads of cuttings.
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Post by chrism on Apr 22, 2020 18:48:52 GMT
The two fuchsias Magellanica 'Thompsonii' that I ordered online arrived today. They’re dinky little things, so I’ve decided to put them in pots tomorrow, to give them better conditions to grow on as compared to in the border.
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Post by ladybird on Apr 25, 2020 11:32:35 GMT
Some fuchsia plugs arrived today, they were part of a special offer with fruit bushes and seeds earlier in the year . They look a bit sad and leafless so all might not survive.
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Post by grindle on Apr 26, 2020 5:10:15 GMT
I think a lot of people are finding that ladybird due to the high demand, I'm still waiting for my plants to arrive, depending on how small they are there's no telling when they will be big enough to be planted out. My local nursery delivered the 2 shrubs I ordered on Friday, beautiful plants and I'm happy I'm helping him, rather than going for an online big supplier
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Post by SueA on Apr 26, 2020 8:08:05 GMT
3 primula japonica 'Miller's Crimson' jumbo plug plants arrived here yesterday from Mont Rose/Park Promotions so I potted them up for now.
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Post by Rosie on Apr 29, 2020 8:49:54 GMT
I bought some Heliopsis, lovely young plants. All potted up and growing away nicely. Decora (my fav GC) is closed but like others you can pay over the phone and they will deliver. Got a load of compost delivered a few days ago
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