@Tack - I sowed them on the 21st February. They’re in a seed tray with a propagator lid. First on a windowsill over a radiator, but once we stopped having the heating on and the sunshine started I moved them to the big garden view window. So it’s been over 5 weeks and only one has popped up, but hopefully more will come.
I’ve got a lot on the go on that windowsill - roses, scabious, sweet peas, nasturtiums, cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins, oregano, lemons, garlic chives, cardoon and globe artichokes!
Need some to hurry up and be ready for pricking out into pots so I can start some more!
Thanks for the info. I am trying to recreate last year's success which means my pots with seeds are outside, I wondered then whether that was right but wasn't too invested in the outcome. It did take longer than 5 weeks if I recall correctly. I'm at 3 weeks waiting now.
@pianoplayer, yes I do have Starlight Symphony. I don't quite remember if this is its third season but I think it is. It now covers a wall about 2-5m tall by 3m wide. It is extremely healthy so far, it faces east so gets morning sun and is in horrid clay soil. It is not a continuous bloomer, flowers for about six weeks from early June and intermittently after. I'm on holiday at the moment so can't take an up to date photo.Â
Thanks for all the good wishes folks, we're not too bad at the moment and best wishes to all the other covid sufferers as well.
We've had rain tonight and more forecast which will be good for the garden and good for me as I'm not missing any good gardening weather by being indoors. Silver linings and all that!
I've just made a cuppa and that reminded me, did we come to any conclusion on using tea leaves around sickly roses? I'm still collecting my tea bags but wondered whether to continue. I don't think it's made much difference to my poor yellow rose so far.
I’ve got a lot on the go on that windowsill - roses, scabious, sweet peas, nasturtiums, cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins, oregano, lemons, garlic chives, cardoon and globe artichokes!
It seems early. Do you have a greenhouse on the plot to put them all in?
@Fire - not early, if anything we’re late! I was actually right at the end of the time window for sowing some of those.Â
Last year we had very little to plant - the polytunnel situation meant we couldn’t sow until mid April. It was the really cold for the whole month, many of the seeds didn’t germinate and we had no time left to try again.
I prefer to keep them at home until they’re past the seedling stage and growing away in their pots. After that they can fend for themselves a bit more and don’t require daily attention so I can take them to the plot.
@cooldoc - no I recreated the same steps that I took last year with my rugosa seeds - collected them after they’d already frosted, dried and stored them til Feb and then sowed. They took a while to germinate but they all did in the end. Had 30 odd seedlings.
@cooldoc haha I know right? Just happened to be on costco website when they got a new batch in and before they announced stock availability so I leapt on it! Its been sold out for months. Rest assured I will get my mileage out of getting it Its quite smart looking, looks like a black monolith..
@Marlorena oooh some of those Pheno Geno are the newer ones TW dosent have. I shall keep eyes on PB website!
Lots of my friends have covid, especially those with kids. Hubby and I have dodged it so far. Seem to have a bit of a cold and Ive been sneezing when tree pollens high but still testing negative thankfully. My younger brother caught it earlier in the pandemic and pre vaccine and was dreadfully ill, he just dodged hospital. Well recovered, but yikes, scary.
Woke up to this. Urk I really hope some wisteria buds survive. If id covered it the weight of snow would have broken buds! Its not that cold though, just above 0.Â
Hello all, I'm a total rose newbie so have been reading through all your wisdom. Sending healing wishes to everyone who is poorly - I hope you recover soon.Â
I have recently received my first rose. It is Buff Beauty, and I purchased it from Peter Beales where it is described as suitable for growing in pots. I have a very large pot (60cm diameter) which I was planning on putting it in but I have some questions:Â
Do roses suffer from over-potting? Should I plant it first into a smaller container and then repot it into a larger pot next year?Â
I now see on RHS and David Austin it is not described as being suitable for containers - does anyone have experience of growing it in a container? Unfortunately I don't have the capacity to grow anything in the ground (I rent, and the garden is basically paved and chipped), but if it will be really really unhappy in a pot I could donate it to my mum!
I use peat-free compost but need to buy some more before potting up the rose. Do you have any recommendations? (I usually just buy whatever peat free MPC I can find and mix in some RocketGro Magic Mulch and grit if I need better drainage).Â
Thank you all in advance - and sending best wishes to everyone's early flowering climbers and plants which are braving this morning's weather.Â
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We had snow at 6pm for half an hour.
@Tack - I sowed them on the 21st February. They’re in a seed tray with a propagator lid. First on a windowsill over a radiator, but once we stopped having the heating on and the sunshine started I moved them to the big garden view window. So it’s been over 5 weeks and only one has popped up, but hopefully more will come.
I’ve got a lot on the go on that windowsill - roses, scabious, sweet peas, nasturtiums, cucumbers, tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins, oregano, lemons, garlic chives, cardoon and globe artichokes!
Need some to hurry up and be ready for pricking out into pots so I can start some more!
We've had rain tonight and more forecast which will be good for the garden and good for me as I'm not missing any good gardening weather by being indoors. Silver linings and all that!
It seems early. Do you have a greenhouse on the plot to put them all in?
I prefer to keep them at home until they’re past the seedling stage and growing away in their pots. After that they can fend for themselves a bit more and don’t require daily attention so I can take them to the plot.
@cooldoc - no I recreated the same steps that I took last year with my rugosa seeds - collected them after they’d already frosted, dried and stored them til Feb and then sowed. They took a while to germinate but they all did in the end. Had 30 odd seedlings.
@Marlorena oooh some of those Pheno Geno are the newer ones TW dosent have. I shall keep eyes on PB website!
Lots of my friends have covid, especially those with kids. Hubby and I have dodged it so far. Seem to have a bit of a cold and Ive been sneezing when tree pollens high but still testing negative thankfully. My younger brother caught it earlier in the pandemic and pre vaccine and was dreadfully ill, he just dodged hospital. Well recovered, but yikes, scary.
Woke up to this. Urk I really hope some wisteria buds survive. If id covered it the weight of snow would have broken buds! Its not that cold though, just above 0.
I have recently received my first rose. It is Buff Beauty, and I purchased it from Peter Beales where it is described as suitable for growing in pots. I have a very large pot (60cm diameter) which I was planning on putting it in but I have some questions:Â
Do roses suffer from over-potting? Should I plant it first into a smaller container and then repot it into a larger pot next year?Â
I now see on RHS and David Austin it is not described as being suitable for containers - does anyone have experience of growing it in a container? Unfortunately I don't have the capacity to grow anything in the ground (I rent, and the garden is basically paved and chipped), but if it will be really really unhappy in a pot I could donate it to my mum!
I use peat-free compost but need to buy some more before potting up the rose. Do you have any recommendations? (I usually just buy whatever peat free MPC I can find and mix in some RocketGro Magic Mulch and grit if I need better drainage).Â
Thank you all in advance - and sending best wishes to everyone's early flowering climbers and plants which are braving this morning's weather.Â