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Should I reseed my lawn in October

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    My sweet peas were great, because we had hot weather in April instead of the usual stuff, and I'd sown some in autumn. It meant I had plants I could put out earlier. Plenty of wet weather, some good warmth, so generally good conditions for them  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Yeah,I normally got my sweetpeas as seedlings for the garden centre but the lockdown happened,I ordered seeds,they took forever to arrive so i was way behind my normal timetable,as I said not as plentyful but they are still producing flowers.
    I tried,for the first time,cosmos,grew big but nice whitw daisy flowers,cornflowers,the flowers were smaller that I expected but not bad and also morning glory which had a slow start but eventually grew well,quite tall with lovely navy flowers.

    Did any of you guy try something different this year?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Not too bad thanks. The grass stayed green all summer (probably because the dry spell was early). Unusual hanging baskets because I couldn't get to a GC at the right time, so all I had was lobelia, nasturtium and morning glory seeds from the supermarket, cuttings off my purple tradescantia house plants (looking surprisingly good in the baskets, I'll probably do that again) and a couple of shrubby salvia cuttings from last year (hoping to save those). Tomatoes have been really good, potatoes in big containers OK, but the cucumbers never really got going. I think snails got the stems of the young plants.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not sure I did any different plants. Toms have been slow, as the cooler days meant it wasn't even that warm in the growhouse, so they've been slower to ripen.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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