Have a good day panda, hope the shops aren't too packed!
Punkdoc,i'll just sort next load of washing out and i'll be over to help you clear up the mess. Think everyone else is off out for the day. See you in a jiffy I
just re-watched GW about storing cannas, and then RHS website. One says fair bit of watering then every 2 weeks, the other says hardly ant water. Suppose I'll work it out as I go along, but lost my lovelies last year (less bothered by these new ones cos they didn't perform this year, weather n all...) Right off I go.
Just done them V. a bit differently to how I've done them before - in a cardboard box, wrapped in newspaper and fleece, more newspaper then surrounded with polystyrene to .keep some warmth in. The soil remaining on them is still damp after a week 'drying' in the garage so I'm intending not to water them but as they are fairly easy to unpack I'll have look every now and then.
I got a helleborus niger in a red sisal pot delivered from T&M today.
Nice plant. Only I havn't a clue who its from. I'm assuming it's not a freebie from T&M. I managed to persuade my lot that it was only children getting prezzies from Santa, and we adults just do cards, so I guess it's not them. prime suspect is brother outlaw (OH's twin). Shame there's no card.
I thought cannas liked a little humidity and dahlias liked to be dry. When I used to store them I put them in boxes of peat in the garage. I don't lift dahlias now, they are in well drained places and mulched and most survive the winter.
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Morning all. Hope you enjoyed the party, but what a mess you left, empties everywhere.
Apparently the OH is giving me a list of chores today, as I am not getting in the Chrismas spirit. [ I certainly drank enough of it last night. ]
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Have a good day panda, hope the shops aren't too packed!
Punkdoc,i'll just sort next load of washing out and i'll be over to help you clear up the mess. Think everyone else is off out for the day. See you in a jiffy
I
just re-watched GW about storing cannas, and then RHS website. One says fair bit of watering then every 2 weeks, the other says hardly ant water. Suppose I'll work it out as I go along, but lost my lovelies last year (less bothered by these new ones cos they didn't perform this year, weather n all...) Right off I go.
Later to watch g.Revival prog.
Just done them V. a bit differently to how I've done them before - in a cardboard box, wrapped in newspaper and fleece, more newspaper then surrounded with polystyrene to .keep some warmth in. The soil remaining on them is still damp after a week 'drying' in the garage so I'm intending not to water them but as they are fairly easy to unpack I'll have look every now and then.
I got a helleborus niger in a red sisal pot delivered from T&M today.
Nice plant. Only I havn't a clue who its from. I'm assuming it's not a freebie from T&M. I managed to persuade my lot that it was only children getting prezzies from Santa, and we adults just do cards, so I guess it's not them. prime suspect is brother outlaw (OH's twin). Shame there's no card.
Nice surprise FB, hope the 'culprit' comes forward.
Here is Chris Beardshaw dealing with cannas on a GW video http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/creative-projects/how-to-protect-cannas-and-gingers-over-winter/60.html
I thought cannas liked a little humidity and dahlias liked to be dry. When I used to store them I put them in boxes of peat in the garage. I don't lift dahlias now, they are in well drained places and mulched and most survive the winter.