This spring for the first time ever I have started growing some vegies in pots and have a small raised bed with beans, peas and tomatoes. I have just acquired an allotment and as a complete novice I don`t actually know where to start or what to start growing. Any advice would be most appreciated. Thank you.
HI there, I sent a comment the other month saying how I had grown 2 dozen alliums from seeds I found in the gardens of Queen Victoria,s Osbourn House while on honymoon there. IM sure Prince Charles would be "most amused" . I think his a grand chap. MY point is that I have not seen my comment posted or have I broken your code of conduct?. Kind Regards "Old Greenfingers"
i like to grow sunflowers but last year i grew hundreds it seems ashame to waste all them seed heads so i thaught is it possible to make sun flower oil from the seeds if so does any one know how to do it thanx andy
I too collected Allium Seeds last October and they are in a brown envelope in my posh seed box (very useful Birthday present) when do I sow them and what type of compost please
I broadcast thousands of saved onion seeds last spring and now have a thriving patch (March 22nd 2012), but each plant has six or seven onions tightly attached to each other. Are they actually the same plant? Should I separate them and plant each individually ie treat them as sets, even though they are green-topped? We live in Dorset, near the sea, and winters are very mild, so the onions never lost their green leaves.
I'm very fortunate. My alium plants self-set round the mother plant. Maybe you could just try sprinkling some on a small piece of ground and sew some in a pot. I'm not sure about covering the seeds because mine self set but a light sprinkle of compost over some of the pot may give you the best of both worlds.
I planted some alium seeds last year and I think they have germinated but not too sure. Do they look like tall grasses when they first appear. I have some that are stronger than grass but just one single tall thin leaf.
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I'd really appreciate advice, Yours Robin Dulake
I'm very fortunate. My alium plants self-set round the mother plant. Maybe you could just try sprinkling some on a small piece of ground and sew some in a pot. I'm not sure about covering the seeds because mine self set but a light sprinkle of compost over some of the pot may give you the best of both worlds.