Gardeners!

[Heltor Chasca]

Apple trees...

I am going to get a good crop of apples from my single apple tree this year but the tree has got a bit unruly with foliage.

Would it do any harm to prune out some of the non fruit bearing branches?

I am not bothered if I dont get apples next year.

What the head gardeners said upthread. More sun to the fruit, the more colour and sweetness. Also don’t be shy to get rid of some of the crop now so the remaining fruit is large and sweet. The fruit is just water and sugar, but forming of the seeds takes masses of energy. Be a hard basket. Just don’t let them see you weep.

 

[Tin Pot]

Literally chopped off the remaining dead wood from my struggling apple tree last night! Oops.

 

[keithmac]

Hello all, we have 3 big pots that are going on the Patio eventually.

I have a load of roof tiles that are off to the skip and was thinking of lining the pots with a few of those, some big 20mm gravel and then some topsoil I have left over from the fencing job on top?.

Does this soung ok or should we be starting off with some form of compost?.

I'm off to the tip in the morning so need to decide sharpish as the soil will be going if no use in the posts (maybe 1/2 soil 1/2 compost?).

Any help appreciated!.

 

[furball]

I'd put the tiles on Freecycle. Shame to waste them.

 

[Tin Pot]

Hello all, we have 3 big pots that are going on the Patio eventually.

I have a load of roof tiles that are off to the skip and was thinking of lining the pots with a few of those, some big 20mm gravel and then some topsoil I have left over from the fencing job on top?.

Does this soung ok or should we be starting off with some form of compost?.

I'm off to the tip in the morning so need to decide sharpish as the soil will be going if no use in the posts (maybe 1/2 soil 1/2 compost?).

Any help appreciated!.

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Edging for a bed?

 

[Tin Pot]

Other people’s gardens.

 

[keithmac]

Put a couple of full ones and a couple of broken ones per pot, picked up some compost from B&Q on way back from the tip (Recycling Centre..).

Had a Kuga full of rubbish from the garden so glad I've got rid of it all, tip was less busy than last Monday!.

Beer o'clock now..

 

[keithmac]

Just got in as light closed play (10.55pm!).

8 6ft gravel boards down tonight after work and re-used some concrete edging so spent nowt and made a big difference!.

Not far off having a weekend with nothing to do hopefully!. Can take the kids and puppy out for a long walk and chill out then..

 

[Mrs M]

New fonds on my tallest palm and a wee feline intruder in my planter

 

[furball]

With the rose, remove a bit of the height before winter just to prevent the wind catching it then prune it fairly hard back to outward facing buds about February time.
The pink flower is an orchid.

 

[furball]

[QUOTE 5288226, member: 9609"]Any Rose experts ? this is quite bonny at the moment but its all a bit high, how do I get growth and flowers lower for next summer ?
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[Heltor Chasca]

Hello all, we have 3 big pots that are going on the Patio eventually.

I have a load of roof tiles that are off to the skip and was thinking of lining the pots with a few of those, some big 20mm gravel and then some topsoil I have left over from the fencing job on top?.

Does this soung ok or should we be starting off with some form of compost?.

I'm off to the tip in the morning so need to decide sharpish as the soil will be going if no use in the posts (maybe 1/2 soil 1/2 compost?).

Any help appreciated!.

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Crocks for drainage are overrated. Don't get hung up on them. Rather use the best container compost you can buy or even better, make your own recipe which will include decent sharp grit. I use a 2:1:1 mix (Compost:Grit:Leaf Mould)

 

[Tin Pot]

Not the full flush of flowers I had hoped for this year but a few bits f colour

 

[sheddy]

Agree re pot drainage for outdoor pots. I've never known a potted garden flower plant suffer from being too wet.

Mind you, I have always lived in the south east so what do I know.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

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Is that a mullien moth caterpillar? Beauty!