Thanks for alerting me to the slug problem Kate23 - I do lose quite a few seedlings to slugs, so I often put small plants in pots until they have established stronger, tougher leaves. If I do plant them in the flower bed I will put extra wood chip and gravel around them - I don't like using slug pellets for obvious reasons, although they are very effective.
That's interesting Fairygirl - with only three germinated seeds so far, I don't want to risk losing any of them to a slimy slug, so I will take precautions as much as I can. I was thinking of planting them out in March depending on the outside temperatures, at the mo they are in a cold greenhouse.
I sowed mine in mid April GD, in pots on the kitchen windowsill. I've just looked and they were smallish plants about three months later. I didn't divide them up and repot - never got round to it. They were put outside in mid to late May I think, when they were a reasonable size, and they just got on with it. I didn't plant them either, just stuck them in the borders in the little pots they were in.
Treat 'em mean
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Kate - Slugs do love many campanulas so it's probably one of the cultivated forms you have, rather than the wild one - Campanula rotundifolia. It's known as the Bluebell of Scotland
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hi GD - they're not big plants - in width or height, so I'd think they'd be fine. Mine were around 12 to 18 inches in height, and each plant is very fine and wiry with neat foliage.
You'd just have to watch you have enough drainage, although they grow very well in wet soil. You'd be best with a reasonable soil content and some grit to get a nice medium for them.
You can see the sort of size in this pic. There's quite a few plants in there - in 3 inch pots with two or three plants in each pot
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It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I used sharp sand, grit and compost in the sink mix with a layer of crock and stone at the bottom. I am monitoring the water content, just to make sure that the sink drainage hole hasn't got too much crock over it.
My harebell leaves don't look anything like the ones in your photo Fairy. I will try to get a picture of them on here in a few days time.
It's mixed in with the sweet peas a bit GD. This is a bit more close up - quite long narrow leaves, altthough they look quite different when the plants are small.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Thanks for alerting me to the slug problem Kate23 - I do lose quite a few seedlings to slugs, so I often put small plants in pots until they have established stronger, tougher leaves. If I do plant them in the flower bed I will put extra wood chip and gravel around them - I don't like using slug pellets for obvious reasons, although they are very effective.
Huge mollusc problem here but they never touched the harebells
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That's interesting Fairygirl - with only three germinated seeds so far, I don't want to risk losing any of them to a slimy slug, so I will take precautions as much as I can. I was thinking of planting them out in March depending on the outside temperatures, at the mo they are in a cold greenhouse.
never noticed mine getting slugged either but I grow things hard, there's not a lot of soft, tasty stuff around
In the sticks near Peterborough
I sowed mine in mid April GD, in pots on the kitchen windowsill. I've just looked and they were smallish plants about three months later. I didn't divide them up and repot - never got round to it. They were put outside in mid to late May I think, when they were a reasonable size, and they just got on with it. I didn't plant them either, just stuck them in the borders in the little pots they were in.
Treat 'em mean
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Kate - Slugs do love many campanulas so it's probably one of the cultivated forms you have, rather than the wild one - Campanula rotundifolia. It's known as the Bluebell of Scotland
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Would Harebells grow in my Alpine Belfast sink? I just had a thought today that they may be suitable, but wasn't sure how much spread they need.
Hi GD - they're not big plants - in width or height, so I'd think they'd be fine. Mine were around 12 to 18 inches in height, and each plant is very fine and wiry with neat foliage.
You'd just have to watch you have enough drainage, although they grow very well in wet soil. You'd be best with a reasonable soil content and some grit to get a nice medium for them.
You can see the sort of size in this pic. There's quite a few plants in there - in 3 inch pots with two or three plants in each pot
Last edited: 27 February 2017 17:27:27
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I used sharp sand, grit and compost in the sink mix with a layer of crock and stone at the bottom. I am monitoring the water content, just to make sure that the sink drainage hole hasn't got too much crock over it.
My harebell leaves don't look anything like the ones in your photo Fairy. I will try to get a picture of them on here in a few days time.
It's mixed in with the sweet peas a bit GD. This is a bit more close up - quite long narrow leaves, altthough they look quite different when the plants are small.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...