I see Johnny uses a balanced feed, I must try that, I've only ever used Tomorite.
giving the hair cut is the secret, keep pinching out from seedlings, so you get a bushy plant for the basket rather than a long leggy one. Then when they look pass their best, chop them back.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I'll visit your thread Aym. I erased my pics of my baskets from the height of last summer, they are all on my photo bucket. Here's some baskets and pots last fall as I was starting to get things put to bed for winter. After I trim the Petunias in late July I let them go to seed so I can collect.
In the last picture, the white one is four silver wave petunia plants, It's half of what it was in August. Most of the Petunias, except for a red and the African Sunset, are from the wave series, very little dead heading needed.
I like the double blooms as well but I can't stand how the plant hangs, big open gaps, looks bad to me. Now if you know of double blooms that grow nice and uniform let me know because I'll want them.
I grow Tomato plants, Castor beans, Nicotiana, Four-O-Clocks, Cannas, Dahlias, Portulaca, Begonias, Impatiens, some herbs and Pelargoniums.
Actually if you google, JohnCm_bucket's Library, you can click into my photo bucket. But these are all my flower pictures and more. Probably best to start with recent downloads. Any videos are from this past year for sure.
What, you mean the long johns(underwear)? Well a couple years ago on another UK gardening site, we were asked to show our bloomers. It was the middle of winter here and those were the only bloomers I had to show, no plants in the blooming stage yet.
Lyn: It's like yard and garden .. check and cheque, trash can and bin ..
I will do that, Johnny. I have just hatched a canna! YEAH! Begonias are a bit slow. Dahlia: taking cuttings but half perish because of the lovely JI bought from a diy store. I am hatching sugar snap, Datura, broccoli (seeds 4 years old, can't bring myself to chuck them!). For hanging basket, I will buy some bidens and probably Laurentia.. Are there any other good plants to fill a hanging basket??
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I see Johnny uses a balanced feed, I must try that, I've only ever used Tomorite.
giving the hair cut is the secret, keep pinching out from seedlings, so you get a bushy plant for the basket rather than a long leggy one. Then when they look pass their best, chop them back.
I'll visit your thread Aym. I erased my pics of my baskets from the height of last summer, they are all on my photo bucket. Here's some baskets and pots last fall as I was starting to get things put to bed for winter. After I trim the Petunias in late July I let them go to seed so I can collect.
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Hello Aym,
In the last picture, the white one is four silver wave petunia plants, It's half of what it was in August. Most of the Petunias, except for a red and the African Sunset, are from the wave series, very little dead heading needed.
We have the 'wave' types as well,
Hi Aym,
I like the double blooms as well but I can't stand how the plant hangs, big open gaps, looks bad to me. Now if you know of double blooms that grow nice and uniform let me know because I'll want them.
I grow Tomato plants, Castor beans, Nicotiana, Four-O-Clocks, Cannas, Dahlias, Portulaca, Begonias, Impatiens, some herbs and Pelargoniums.
Actually if you google, JohnCm_bucket's Library, you can click into my photo bucket. But these are all my flower pictures and more. Probably best to start with recent downloads. Any videos are from this past year for sure.
What, you mean the long johns(underwear)? Well a couple years ago on another UK gardening site, we were asked to show our bloomers. It was the middle of winter here and those were the only bloomers I had to show, no plants in the blooming stage yet.
The wave variety is different from surfinia and cascade.! I
http://www.jparkers.co.uk/33-petunia-easy-wave-mixed-0006794c?gclid=CPf-1tO6zNICFQsTGwodN1kFkQ
http://www.jparkers.co.uk/surfinia-purple-collection-1
So the difference is probably about 30cms in growth.
That's a good site, well done Aym ?
Steady girl??