Verdun errrr this might show how new to this I am CUT THEM BACK? Does that mean leave them in the basket and cut the stalks down, I am very new with no experience other than what I have tried to learn from Google
I don???t really get time to read with 3 kids and a 60 hour a week job the best I have is Google in-between everything else going off, I did think I had researched the baskets but I must have misread or miss understood something!!!
Nivlac it's just our weather at the moment is a bit cold that's all . Some start off plants, seeds, etc now but in heated greenhouses etc.
I'm on Scottish border and can't plant out until well into June so have to wait or grow inside the house on windowsills.
If you can unplant your baskets back into pots and keep plants indoors and cozy better, if not can you take baskets inside house , patio door floor , window sills if basket will sit... They just need more warm yet and week ahead isn't warm , don't want you to lose your plants .
Don't worry about garden words/jargon/language yet , ask questions ... We range from absolute no idea to expert on here , welcome to the gardeners
May I just add that Sweet Williams (which are biennials) are really better planted in the garden than in a hanging basket. They are hardy and can go outside in a flower bed now, but they flower in early summer and won't carry on through summer to autumn like petunias and other half hardy annuals.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
They might survive inside a cold frame or plastic greenhouse (or conventional greenhouse), if covered with fleece at night. We're due some nasty weather, I'm not sowing anything until April.
Better to sow/plant later & hope your plants will catch up, rather than sow early and loose everything to a hard frost.
Patience is a virtue, but it comes very, very hard and we all learn from our mistakes.
Don't be discouraged, you'll get it right next time.
If you can unplant it then why not get some pansies or viola and plant it up with these for now. I got a tray of 20 tiny viola for £1.40 earlier in the week in B&Q. They also had larger pansies which could be planted into the basket now very cheap.
Thanks for all the comments I think they are going to become a front room decoration for now as I get a lot of light in the front window, can i put them out in the day or did i misread the post about putting them out in the day?
I have got some viola that I picked up from b&q (20 foe ??1) they are still in there polystyrene I was going to plant these in a display box I have got its about 2 foot long, can I plant the violas in this now or should I wait a bit?
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I'm on Scottish border and can't plant out until well into June so have to wait or grow inside the house on windowsills.
If you can unplant your baskets back into pots and keep plants indoors and cozy better, if not can you take baskets inside house , patio door floor , window sills if basket will sit... They just need more warm yet and week ahead isn't warm , don't want you to lose your plants .
Don't worry about garden words/jargon/language yet , ask questions ... We range from absolute no idea to expert on here , welcome to the gardeners
Google just gives general advice and a lot of it is USA based
This forum is a much better source of information
May I just add that Sweet Williams (which are biennials) are really better planted in the garden than in a hanging basket. They are hardy and can go outside in a flower bed now, but they flower in early summer and won't carry on through summer to autumn like petunias and other half hardy annuals.
They might survive inside a cold frame or plastic greenhouse (or conventional greenhouse), if covered with fleece at night. We're due some nasty weather, I'm not sowing anything until April.
Better to sow/plant later & hope your plants will catch up, rather than sow early and loose everything to a hard frost.
Patience is a virtue, but it comes very, very hard and we all learn from our mistakes.
Don't be discouraged, you'll get it right next time.
If you can unplant it then why not get some pansies or viola and plant it up with these for now. I got a tray of 20 tiny viola for £1.40 earlier in the week in B&Q. They also had larger pansies which could be planted into the basket now very cheap.
I have got some viola that I picked up from b&q (20 foe ??1) they are still in there polystyrene I was going to plant these in a display box I have got its about 2 foot long, can I plant the violas in this now or should I wait a bit?