You'll get your son trained in the end. My son drives me to nurseries and garden centres but he doesn't mind wandering and having a natter if food is involved ?. My kitchen window ledges have Salvia cuttings and tree fern seedlings on them at the moment. My husband did ask me to move the Passion flower cuttings as they kept slapping him across the face when he went to the sink.
I have some tender Salvias and if I dont take cuttings then they are lost. ' Love and wishes' and 'embers wish' are great but they can't survive the winter unless I take them in. I have a deep purple one called 'nachtvlinder' which is gorgeous and more hardy.
Passion flower cuttings are soft wood, about 5 or 6 inches long. Cut below a node, bit of hormone rooting gel and then I use a mix of sand and multipurpose so it's quite free draining. I put sticks in the pot, a bag over the top and tie elastic around it to hold in the moisture. I pinch out the tip and check every few days for any mould or new growth and as soon as I see side shoots they can come out of the bag in the day and when they are growing strongly then leave the bag off all together.
Dianthus plugs, Bellis plugs, primroses, Polygalas and several Buddleja all been delivered plus ordered tomato and sweet pepper plants for delivery in a few months time.
Also considering several patio fruit trees and some blueberries
Wheelies I'm on a fruit hunt too. Ive just got a pink blueberry to try, a couple of blue ones and a wineberry. Now I'm looking at fruit trees for pots. I have two cherries but I want something else now.
Aym best in active growth in spring when there's a growth hormone rush. I'm also going to give layering a go as the parent plant is supporting the baby. If you haven't tried it - same free draining compost, young bendy growth but scrape and nick the underside by a node. Pin it into the pot of damp compost with a loop of wire and leave it to root still attached to mum.
It may be either it's still a baby and not ready to flower or you are being to nice. They need a big hefty root system to flower well and that comes after a few years growth. They like sun for ripening wood and good drainage. If you've been giving tomato food or the like to encourage flowering, don't. Add some bone meal and then leave them. They are a bit of rough at heart and like being treated harshly. ?
Aym, I planted an apricot on my allotment last year, but the blooms froze, so I didn't have any fruit. I didn't fleece it, because I would have not let it fruit the first year anyway, so I wanted to see just how much damage a few degrees of frost would do. (Hint: a lot of damage! I'll be fleecing it carefully this year.)
You and me both, aym! I want a peach and a nectarine and a lemon and an orange and more apples (I've got a Red Windsor and am planning to get a Cox and perhaps a Pitmaston Pineapple). I planted a plum on the allotment last year, but the blasted wood pigeons ate all the buds, so I'll have to net it this year. I can't really take the apricot indoors, as it's now almost 2 m high. But I'll fleece it this time. I'm so fortunate that they allow us to plant small trees on our allotment, because I don't have a garden.
I'd get a lemon or an orange for indoors, but I don't have a room that would be sufficiently cold in winter, so tough luck.
You two have gone fruit crackers. Mind you I'll be trying to fit more in. I'm ordering two different maiden pears to grow over an arch and trying to train apples as step overs and two tiers like a fence so they take up less space. At this rate we'll need to start roof gardening but my daughter doesn't like heights. ?
Aster: Wish you lived near me! I so wanted a nectarine tree too. I have been trying to plant the doughnut peach seeds, but they have come to nothing. Very disheartening! My collection of dove tree seeds have also drawn a blank. I was so fed up, I used a brick to crack them open, only to see some green and alive and kicking chamber content! I was so mad with myself. I have about 10 citrus seedlings raised from seeds. I gave one to the lady in the cafe up the road. She told me hers had fragrant flowers. I nearly burst into tears. I couldn't even keep mine alive. They all went funny. Perhaps, some citrus fertilisers are required. I should have asked her how she looked after it as she's from Turkey.
Very nice that they allow you to grow fruit trees in an allotment. They can become HUGE!
Jenny: I forgot to tell you that I even have plants in the bathroom. They are everywhere!
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You'll get your son trained in the end. My son drives me to nurseries and garden centres but he doesn't mind wandering and having a natter if food is involved ?. My kitchen window ledges have Salvia cuttings and tree fern seedlings on them at the moment. My husband did ask me to move the Passion flower cuttings as they kept slapping him across the face when he went to the sink.
I have some tender Salvias and if I dont take cuttings then they are lost. ' Love and wishes' and 'embers wish' are great but they can't survive the winter unless I take them in. I have a deep purple one called 'nachtvlinder' which is gorgeous and more hardy.
Passion flower cuttings are soft wood, about 5 or 6 inches long. Cut below a node, bit of hormone rooting gel and then I use a mix of sand and multipurpose so it's quite free draining. I put sticks in the pot, a bag over the top and tie elastic around it to hold in the moisture. I pinch out the tip and check every few days for any mould or new growth and as soon as I see side shoots they can come out of the bag in the day and when they are growing strongly then leave the bag off all together.
Dianthus plugs, Bellis plugs, primroses, Polygalas and several Buddleja all been delivered plus ordered tomato and sweet pepper plants for delivery in a few months time.
Also considering several patio fruit trees and some blueberries
Wheelies I'm on a fruit hunt too. Ive just got a pink blueberry to try, a couple of blue ones and a wineberry. Now I'm looking at fruit trees for pots. I have two cherries but I want something else now.
I'm very tempted by the patio peach offered by King's.
Aym best in active growth in spring when there's a growth hormone rush. I'm also going to give layering a go as the parent plant is supporting the baby. If you haven't tried it - same free draining compost, young bendy growth but scrape and nick the underside by a node. Pin it into the pot of damp compost with a loop of wire and leave it to root still attached to mum.
It may be either it's still a baby and not ready to flower or you are being to nice. They need a big hefty root system to flower well and that comes after a few years growth. They like sun for ripening wood and good drainage. If you've been giving tomato food or the like to encourage flowering, don't. Add some bone meal and then leave them. They are a bit of rough at heart and like being treated harshly. ?
Aym, I planted an apricot on my allotment last year, but the blooms froze, so I didn't have any fruit. I didn't fleece it, because I would have not let it fruit the first year anyway, so I wanted to see just how much damage a few degrees of frost would do. (Hint: a lot of damage! I'll be fleecing it carefully this year.)
You and me both, aym! I want a peach and a nectarine and a lemon and an orange and more apples (I've got a Red Windsor and am planning to get a Cox and perhaps a Pitmaston Pineapple). I planted a plum on the allotment last year, but the blasted wood pigeons ate all the buds, so I'll have to net it this year. I can't really take the apricot indoors, as it's now almost 2 m high. But I'll fleece it this time. I'm so fortunate that they allow us to plant small trees on our allotment, because I don't have a garden.
I'd get a lemon or an orange for indoors, but I don't have a room that would be sufficiently cold in winter, so tough luck.
You two have gone fruit crackers. Mind you I'll be trying to fit more in. I'm ordering two different maiden pears to grow over an arch and trying to train apples as step overs and two tiers like a fence so they take up less space. At this rate we'll need to start roof gardening but my daughter doesn't like heights. ?
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