P573 CEEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Apr 05:05/52 Stefan Buczacki writes: Ornamental garden hint The very heavy recent rains will have washed a great deal of fertiliser from the soil. Nitrogen especially is very soluble and disappears quickly. You should be prepared to add a little extra over the coming weeks, therefore, to ensure that your plants do put on plenty of good, early growth. It is also worth giving an extra dose of rose fertiliser now to all flowering shrubs to replace what has been lost. Free timj 570 Housj plant hint >>> Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 Garden Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P573 CEEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Apr 05:11/43 2/4 → → Stefan Buczacki writes: Housj Plant Hint Pot primulas have been good buys as housj plants over the past few weeks and their productive life can be prolonged by carefully snipping off the dead flowers, cutting right at the basj of thj stalk. But if you have a garden, you can enjoy many for even longer. All of the variously coloured 'primrose' types are perfectly hardy and if you plant them in the garden, they will thrive for years to come. Free timj 570 Kitchen garden >>> Switched On 540 Cookery 580 TV 600 Garden Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P573 CEEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Apr 05:07/10 3/4 Stefan Buczacki writes: Kitchen Garden Hint Peas and broad beans are now growing well but both need some support and this should be put in early. The ideal supports for peas are twiggy sticks pushed into the soil and arahed over the plants but you must not cut branches from hedgerows without permission. Proprietary netting is an acceptable substitute. Broad beans simply require canes about onj metre high with lightweight soft green string around each block of plants to prevent them from flopping. Free time 570 Plant of Week >>> Switched On 540 Cookjry 580 TV 600 Garden Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV
P573 CEEFAX 2 573 Fri 24 Apr 05:29/15 4/4 Stefan Buczacki writes: Plant of Week: Box I don't think that Box ever looks prettier than at this season, when its soft green new shoots are beginning to unfold. It is onj of the easiest of shrubs to grow although it is always best in slightly chalky soils. There are many varieties; the common form is suitable for hedging and topiary but among the othets, 'Suffruticosa' is best for dwarf hedges while the numerous variegated t8pes makj very pretty specimens. Free timj 570 Ornamental tips >>> Switched On 540 Cookjry 580 TV 600 Garden Cookbook Main menu EMidsTV