My school experiences tell me that you're right - although the bigger the bunch, the harder they get.
The leeks I sowed a couple of weeks ago are now an inch tall. They are still very tender of course and I don't know how they will take to being floated as opposed to planted.
I don't know if the rose question was serious but most roses are hardy. If you go onto the Peter Beale's or David Austin websites they will provide full details of the rose and the conditions it prefers. In my experience up here, if you give it the right conditions and feed it well it will perform well.
If it rains much more I'll have a pond without the effort digging it. The moss in my lawn certainly likes the wet weather. There will be a massive raking job to do once (or should I say if?) Spring puts in an appearance.
Managed to prune blackcurrant Bush and a couple of shrubs before yet another downpour. Apple and pear trees to do...forgotten when I did them last year, not they they produced masses of fruit. I need to do something about the black spots that appeared on the Apple leaves last year. Any suggestions?
Sounds like apple scab. If it is, what you do depends on how many trees you have. If only one or two, you could try just pruning back the infected branches/stems & make sure you burn them all along with any fallen leaves. Any more than that and you may be better off getting rid of them altogether.
You could try spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Regarded as eco friendly it can help for various problems, but you cannot do it when the trees are in flower.
Thanks for the suggestions, BB and Frenchie. It's a single tree...a desert apple similar to a Cox...and I'll give both methods a go in the coming months.
Am I right in thinking if you prune at the wrong time or prune off the wrong bits your crop will be smaller. Could this be why they didn't fruit well last year although apples can be good one year and poor another.
Probably right, Scullion. I shall look up when and how the pruning should be done before I start. I know the plum tree has to wait until it's in full leaf.
Struggling with celandine which is still taking over our garden with its nasty tubers..... any advice at all much welcomed
Have you damp clay soil Yorkie? If so digging as many out as possible, you won't get them all, then digging in grit to improve the drainage may help. Constantly hoeing off the leaves can weaken them, but you need to keep at it and not let them develop. They may eventually die back. Roundup probably is the quickest route to killing them off in borders.
