My veg enthusiasm is waning a little, gardening granny, after so many unproductive years tending soooooo many plants, sooooooo lovingly......and getting sod all! I do, however,have many new green tomato recipes!
cheers busy-Lizzie...........do I need to prune to a bud though? Cos they're all up top!
thanks again verdun (apologies for not noticing the damned iPad had changed your name to verdin in my last post!). I shall try all methods in the hope that one works! I'd have given up forever if I'd cut the fruit ,accidentally, off any of my plants, so rare a thing it is!
never give up Pinkheart - one dud year and then surprises another! I once nurtured a clematis seedling until it was three feet tall and leafy, then when cutting back michaelmas daisies when it was getting dark inadvertantly cut the clematis to the ground. I was so upset at my own stupidity until......it sprung forth the next year with great determination and these days attempts to smother everything in sight if I do not prune it ferociously in the spring.
Your honeysuckle will have sturdy roots under the ground and will hopefully leap forth in the spring if you cut it right down now.
Thank you for the encouraging words gardening granny & dovefromabove...........every little bit helps! I have a feeling that gardening is a lttle like pregnancy ..........you forget the pain and do it again!!!!
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My veg enthusiasm is waning a little, gardening granny, after so many unproductive years tending soooooo many plants, sooooooo lovingly......and getting sod all! I do, however,have many new green tomato recipes!
cheers busy-Lizzie...........do I need to prune to a bud though? Cos they're all up top!
thanks again verdun (apologies for not noticing the damned iPad had changed your name to verdin in my last post!). I shall try all methods in the hope that one works! I'd have given up forever if I'd cut the fruit ,accidentally, off any of my plants, so rare a thing it is!
never give up Pinkheart - one dud year and then surprises another! I once nurtured a clematis seedling until it was three feet tall and leafy, then when cutting back michaelmas daisies when it was getting dark inadvertantly cut the clematis to the ground. I was so upset at my own stupidity until......it sprung forth the next year with great determination and these days attempts to smother everything in sight if I do not prune it ferociously in the spring.
Your honeysuckle will have sturdy roots under the ground and will hopefully leap forth in the spring if you cut it right down now.
Don't forget the gardening saying, "Growth follows the knife."
I would add the following word ............ usually
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you for the encouraging words gardening granny & dovefromabove...........every little bit helps! I have a feeling that gardening is a lttle like pregnancy ..........you forget the pain and do it again!!!!