YES! I cannot make out if that is a weed either, well spotted. The plant doesn't feel brittle like something is dead but not sure. I will have another rumage. It looks weedy and doesn't look like a type of grass leaf if that makes sense.There is a few weeks in the soil and it is quite lumpy. They have planted them a little higher than soil level. I am not sure if they will be putting a top layer on?
I don't know who charged you for that but they should be shot. I'd never supply one of my customers with anything I hadn't personally bought and checked myself.
That soil looks to me like something that's been shovelled up from the edge of a ploughed field - it's certainly not screened topsoil or any other type of material I'd expect to find in a good raised bed.
I suspect that the builder has attempted to recoup his losses re the paving by using an inferior and cheaper growing medium in the beds.
Call your landscape designer in immediately and tell him/her that the soil in the beds is not fit for purpose.
Did they put any layers of drainage material in the base of the beds?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Well the planters and soil were added absolutely ages before they had discovered the miscalculation on slabs, so we cannot blame that I'm afraid. We have had a lot of work done on the patio and the planters were built a long time ago and then they started work on the slabs. It does look very lumpy soil, although there is a mix of something in it and has fertiliser, but there are weeds. I would expect a finer mix of compost soil. I will mention it today. The planters are properly lined with adequate drainage yes.
Dave Morgan I am not sure if you are you talking about the plants??
I was talking about the plants, and the other contributors are raising valid points about the soil quality, it looks very rough, almost subsoil, so unless the bins are emptied and refilled your chances of growing anything decent is low. I'd insist on new decent soil.
Please don't use netting around plants - birds will become entangled and die slow and painful deaths. You could put some horticultural grit on top of the soil if the birds are rootling around in it.
In future it's best to start a new thread with the name of the plant in the title (Create New Thread button) for a new question.
Good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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YES! I cannot make out if that is a weed either, well spotted. The plant doesn't feel brittle like something is dead but not sure. I will have another rumage. It looks weedy and doesn't look like a type of grass leaf if that makes sense.There is a few weeks in the soil and it is quite lumpy. They have planted them a little higher than soil level. I am not sure if they will be putting a top layer on?
I don't know who charged you for that but they should be shot. I'd never supply one of my customers with anything I hadn't personally bought and checked myself.
That soil looks to me like something that's been shovelled up from the edge of a ploughed field - it's certainly not screened topsoil or any other type of material I'd expect to find in a good raised bed.
I suspect that the builder has attempted to recoup his losses re the paving by using an inferior and cheaper growing medium in the beds.
Call your landscape designer in immediately and tell him/her that the soil in the beds is not fit for purpose.
Did they put any layers of drainage material in the base of the beds?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Hello everybody, new member here. I have not long purchased this Jasmine climber.
I bought it on line. Is it dead? Ignore the green netting, its just to keep the birds out of the pots.
the company sent me another one. I don't want them to die. I will post more photos.
I need guidance please If any one can help.
thank you Frances.
New replacement off the on line company.
question is, how do I take care to not let it die. It is to go into a large pot.
Thank you Frances.
Well the planters and soil were added absolutely ages before they had discovered the miscalculation on slabs, so we cannot blame that I'm afraid. We have had a lot of work done on the patio and the planters were built a long time ago and then they started work on the slabs. It does look very lumpy soil, although there is a mix of something in it and has fertiliser, but there are weeds. I would expect a finer mix of compost soil. I will mention it today. The planters are properly lined with adequate drainage yes.
Dave Morgan I am not sure if you are you talking about the plants??
I was talking about the plants, and the other contributors are raising valid points about the soil quality, it looks very rough, almost subsoil, so unless the bins are emptied and refilled your chances of growing anything decent is low. I'd insist on new decent soil.
@ Frances Morgan - have a look here http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/projects/creative-projects/how-to-repot-jasmine/172.html
Please don't use netting around plants - birds will become entangled and die slow and painful deaths. You could put some horticultural grit on top of the soil if the birds are rootling around in it.
In future it's best to start a new thread with the name of the plant in the title (Create New Thread button) for a new question.
Good luck
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Totally agree re netting
I used it one year to cover a veg bed and never again, birds don't stay away!!