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Gardening with Joey

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If you have sown seed or stated cuttings in a unheated greenhouse on a sunny chilly day as they arel lately - ventilation when sunny also damp the floor down with water to create humidity.....
Plus close everything down 1 hour before the sun goes down giving heat protection for the cold night ahead .,.
 
Remember in the UK season imo 1 month behind ideal time to purchase plugs or sow seed particularly vegetables etc they will soon catch up also lawn seed on patches on your lawn ..
Prepare your multi-purpose compost spray water it let it warm up in your greenhouse the sow.... prick the seedlings into small plugs ready for your veg plot or grow bas later on - adapt your plants to cold air before planting out .....
 

Right its warmed up in the UK at last - we are a month behind - weed & feed your lawn, cut first let it grow to about 7 cm and apply your weed & feed, but remember to have spare grass seed afterwards as when it has worked you need to water your lawn well once you have sprinkled your weed & feed down evenly ....
All so time to plant all types of plants remember to mix bone meal with a multi -purpose compost at the bottom of the hole & puddle in the plant after planting firmly water well if this hot weather last - remember to harden your plants of for a week outside before planting do not plant them stright out of a poly tunnel or Greenhouse -

Plus still not late to sow vegetables in cycles for all summer usage....
 
Joey66 said:
Right its warmed up in the UK at last - we are a month behind - weed & feed your lawn, cut first let it grow to about 7 cm and apply your weed & feed, but remember to have spare grass seed afterwards as when it has worked you need to water your lawn well once you have sprinkled your weed & feed down evenly ....
All so time to plant all types of plants remember to mix bone meal with a multi -purpose compost at the bottom of the hole & puddle in the plant after planting firmly water well if this hot weather last - remember to harden your plants of for a week outside before planting do not plant them stright out of a poly tunnel or Greenhouse -

Plus still not late to sow vegetables in cycles for all summer usage....
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My weed killer is working on the new bamboo shoots mate. Thanks for the tip.

Also, my country meadow flowers are coming on ok. Going to get half a dozen cistus plants as pretty ground cover this week as well. Reckon once taken, the lot will look magic. Keeping a few patches of the grass uncut as well, cos all sorts come through at this time of year, (ex meadow, not a lawn), and there are even what look like lily leaves sprouting now most of the bamboo has gone. We had a few in the pond that was destroyed by the bamboo, so would be amazeballs if so. Deffo not weeds, so will wait and see!
 

Joey66 said:
Right its warmed up in the UK at last - we are a month behind - weed & feed your lawn, cut first let it grow to about 7 cm and apply your weed & feed, but remember to have spare grass seed afterwards as when it has worked you need to water your lawn well once you have sprinkled your weed & feed down evenly ....
All so time to plant all types of plants remember to mix bone meal with a multi -purpose compost at the bottom of the hole & puddle in the plant after planting firmly water well if this hot weather last - remember to harden your plants of for a week outside before planting do not plant them stright out of a poly tunnel or Greenhouse -

Plus still not late to sow vegetables in cycles for all summer usage....
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How much lawn food would you think I need Joey ?
 
roydo said:
My weed killer is working on the new bamboo shoots mate. Thanks for the tip.

Also, my country meadow flowers are coming on ok. Going to get half a dozen cistus plants as pretty ground cover this week as well. Reckon once taken, the lot will look magic. Keeping a few patches of the grass uncut as well, cos all sorts come through at this time of year, (ex meadow, not a lawn), and there are even what look like lily leaves sprouting now most of the bamboo has gone. We had a few in the pond that was destroyed by the bamboo, so would be amazeballs if so. Deffo not weeds, so will wait and see!
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You will be a beekeeper next in retirement with your meadow for wild life - remember to grow you Cistus in pots, so you can either fetch them inside , or keep them sheltered wrapped up in fleece etc in the winter ..... as they are pricey items, & nice ornamental plants that will bear fruit , but ornamental fruit not edible ...... Glad your semi retirement after your wife's setback with health is working out -

I have been changing around my landscaped garden with my wife as the North eastley wind has done a bit of damage - that's what you have to rearrange your garden most times if things don't work out - I try to be a perfectionist I buy my perennials off e bay, or propagate them myself or collect seed of herbaceous perennials.....
 
blue1948 said:
How much lawn food would you think I need Joey ?
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Hand full to a square metre, granular is best, avoid the cheap powder..... - do not do it on a windy day as it may kill your broadleaf plants in your borders - water in immediately a good soak - leave it for ten days then sow lawn seen in the patchy areas it leaves after mowing it, using an over sowing with multi purpose compost - avoid cutting the germinated patches ten days after germination of the grass seed.....
 
Joey66 said:
You will be a beekeeper next in retirement with your meadow for wild life - remember to grow you Cistus in pots, so you can either fetch them inside , or keep them sheltered wrapped up in fleece etc in the winter ..... as they are pricey items, & nice ornamental plants that will bear fruit , but ornamental fruit not edible ...... Glad your semi retirement after your wife's setback with health is working out -

I have been changing around my landscaped garden with my wife as the North eastley wind has done a bit of damage - that's what you have to rearrange your garden most times if things don't work out - I try to be a perfectionist I buy my perennials off e bay, or propagate them myself or collect seed of herbaceous perennials.....
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Maybe I googled the wrong plant, cos years ago I got one (I think) for a small garden with terrible soil, and it thrived with zero intervention. The flowers were vivid purple, and a bit poppy like, and the greenery spread about 4 feet, stopping anything growing under it.


Cistus looked the same. On google.
 

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