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Talkback: Growing cut flowers on the allotment

Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
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Personally I'd stay away from Nigella which now come up all over my allotment every year!
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  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    im growing sun russain gaint sunflowers up and down mt plot on the borders there great massive bin lid heads plus great for the birds when they go to waste seeds a plenty
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    I'm growing sunflowers as well. Skyscrapers - they were outstanding last year.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Sunflowers are also great for feeding birds later and at the allotments where I am in South Devon we all seem to sow bee attracting flowers for pollination and encourageing bees generally which are seriously in decline at the moment. Phacelia is a good one. C.D.
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    I have just arranged for a beekeeper to put some hives in my field.It will be fascinating to see them buzzing about and as well as the fruit trees and insect friendly flowers that I grow I shall plant lots of annuals in the veg plot just for them to enjoy. I'm sure it will less stressful than trying unsuccessfully to stop the slugs eating most of my veggies.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    What a great idea. Don't think there are any hives on our plot, must find out what the policy is on ours as we would now have space.
    Am trying the super giant sunflowers from Jungle Seeds this year.
    Skycrapper is a great name for a sunflower. Where did the seed come from?
    Do pass on any tricks of the trade you have for growing big 'uns.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    We have 2 hives on our allotment site and they are great, poor old dick wasnt so keen to begin with his plot was right in the flight path of the bees.The keeper put up 6ft high piece of netting so they now fly up and over his plot.
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    well my work mate has competitions with his kids ,what he doesnt tell them is he puts a good bucket of cow manure 3 inches below so when the roots hit that rich stuff they sky rocket upwards beets them by 3foot a year guess hes a sore loser
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Today's bargain of echinacea plants was too good to miss for cutting!! They will go in the veg. garden to give some colour and flowers for the house, probably just a few this year but loads in future years.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    Sunflowers for my paintings are only about 1 foot tall, but they are growing in this very hot weather. My sweetpeas have done well in pots, growing up a garden sign in the pots. That I've never tried before and it is working.
  • Gardeners' World Web UserGardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147
    All great ideas especially the bee hives.
    I am interest on how you got on with
    the zinnias flowers?

    Thanks
    Aanee xxx
    http://www.myflowerdelivery.ie
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