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👩🏻🌾 I'm an urban gardener growing in containers and pots and I love sharing how I maximise my growing space. 🍅I grow edibles all throughout the season and ornamentals, bulbs and perennials in winter. 🧄I grow in containers of all kinds and sizes and I want to show you don't need much space to get growing 🪴 I also do occasional videos on houseplant care, ticks and hacks.
I planted hyacinth in a 22cm terracotta pot, and they have come up flowering beautifully. Can i leave them in this pot and soil and put all of it into dry dark storage? I'm hoping to see them again next year ?
Hi Catherine, glad you had a lovely display. I've put many hyacinths in their pots and soil into dark storage and they've grown the following season so the short answer is yes 😊 as long as get at least 12 weeks of temps below 6°C over autumn and winter they should be fine. The only thing to remember is when we don't lift the bulbs for storage we can do a health check; some bulbs might have rot and then won't grow the following season. Hope that helps 😊
Hello, Im sure if your exact climate but I would say that it will be challenging to grow hyacinths outside in a tropical climate, even when you give them at least 12 weeks in the fridge. They grow best in temperatures between 4 and 18°C and the hotter the temperature, the shorter the flower lasts. Might not be worth it. Hope that helps
Depends if you want cukes or not 🤗Normally pollination is done by pollinators but if you are growing your cukes under glass, indoors or you just notice that youre not getting a great harvest then hand pollination is a good option.
I have an indoor eggplants and lots of flowers been falling for weeks! I knew they needed bees but I was really upset that not even one flower will grow :( today I decided to Google it and here I am :) I'm definitely going to try that right away ... New follower 😊 and I'll come back with the good results I hope 🙏🏻
Hello, I would recommend any good garden centre like Bauhaus or dingers. There will also be local garden centres, your relatives could try there as well. Hope that helps 😊
My twelve foot by four foot third floor garden will have zero vegetables. I use real colorful foiliage including many shade of green. Pollinators may or may not come here so I add my own color.to be sure. Artificial flowers in mixed colors work well. My main containers are eight gallons so perriniials survive the winter. Tender plants can easily be brought in and treated as house plants. I have room. Chickweed is used in most of my containers and behaves in so many different ways. Lastly keep everything watered well into October and beyound.
Hi Charles, thank you for your lovely message, so many interesting things happening in your garden. It sounds like paradise 😍 love that you grow such an array of plants and are able to bring the tender ones inside, that's one the benefit of container gardening! Chickweed, sounds fab, especially since many view it as a weed. I've also come around to artificial plants in recent years since they're so life-like and it means you can fill the no-grow spaces with colour and foliage. I wish you all the best in your gardening endeavours! 😍
I live in Vietnam, I have a question: If I plant ziva paperwhite and Lily of the valley, summer snowflalk will it bloom again next year? I'm worried about the temperature, I live in the South of Vietnam, the temperature in winter during the day is 28°c and at night is 23°c, so can I grow a ziva paper daffodil and Lily of the valley? Please answer me. Thank you very much, have a nice day
Hello Hung, sorry for the late reply. With such warm temperatures I think the daffodils will struggle to flower again as they prefer much cooler temperatures, 0-18°C. Lily of the valley I have never grown. Summer snowflake, is that leucojum or viburnum? I always recommend trying things out if you can spare losing the plants but I would say it's too warm 🥵
Hi, thanks for the very helpful video. ❤ I have a question: I planted my hyacinths last winter for the first time. They bloomed and after they dried I took them out from the earth and kept them in the garage to dry. Now it is summer and very hot (30.⁰ to 35.⁰ C). My question is: should I keep the bulbs wrapped in newspaper or, as someone suggested, put them in a clay pot, inside earth, without watering, until it's time to put them back in the garden next winter? Thank you very much 🎉
Hi Teresa, to make a very long story short, you can do both! I've tried both leaving the dormant bulbs potted in soil over summer and lifting/storing in a cool, airy place and both have worked for me. The important factors are the temps, that the bulbs won't overheat. It is also worth noting that when you lift your bulbs you get to do a health inspection and can recycle any diseased bulbs, making space for new ones in the autumn. You can also start collecting the daughter bulbs and pot them up if that's something you have the patience and space for. Hope that helps! 🙏🏻🤗
Hello, Alocasia plants are famous for growing very slowly so you're most likely not doing anything wrong! I would just keep following the care tips and have patience (although I know how hard that can be!) 😊💕
Started gardening this year and have two eggplants that have grown to 5 feet tall in a matter of weeks. But after watching this video, I leaned since my garden is INSIDE my screened room, I have no bees to pollinate…. Just hit it with a q-tip. Wish me luck !!
Hi Ruth, yes this container has little holes at the bottom. You can also put stones or pebbles at the bottom of any pot to improve drainage, both ways have worked for me ☺️
Hello, I'm very new to gardening and I've been reading gardening basics for dummies. But this video actually gave me a good idea of what I need as my space is very limited in my balcony. I'm for sure gonna come back to you for advice when I'm feeling overwhelmed. Nice job 👍🏼
Ich bin so froh dass ich deinen Kanal gefunden habe 😃, ich bin in der Nähe und endlich habe ich jemanden der gleiche Umstände wie ich habe 💪🏻, and deren Erfahrungen ich nützen kann 🥰
I use multi purpose compost as the main medium component, and then I buy an organic compost to mix in. A few times I was lucky enough to be given leaf mould and true compost from a friend and so I've used both of them too. I really noticed a positive difference in the plant growth when I used those two mediums. Hope that helps 😊
Yes you can although I have never tried it so I can't say it worked from my own experience. Zucchinis and cucumbers are from the same family Cucurbitaceae so they can cross pollinate and if planted near to each other then cross pollination is likely to occur. The chances are you'll end up with edible produce, whether the fruit will have viable seeds is another story. I'd give it a go and see what happens 🙂
DONOT DISCARD male flowers : Use two for 1 serving: make first a cheese quesadilla. Open it and add the 2 flowers along with the little bananas that holds the pollen... season a little is optional
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Hi Andy, there are a number of reasons why this happens, could be due to the variety, nutrition, light and watering. It's also normal in the first stages of growth for cucumbers to produce more male flowers so the pollen is there ready for when the female flowers open. You can pinch off the male flowers to encourage more female flowers. Also make sure you're feeding with a good balance of npk, not N heavy as that will focus on vegetative growth. Hope that helps 😊
@@balconiagarden Got another question...the sparrows have been nibbling on my male flowers they really enjoy eating them will the plant live thru that and should i just let nature take its course??? thanks for the help!
Hi Jeff, that's a good question and I'm not actually sure of the answer 🙂 it's advised to just leave them as they are until the bulbs go dormant when you can cut them hard back. I've never pruned them for the purpose of making them grow bushier, rather to keep them looking tidy. I've found that lots of light is the biggest factor in whether they grow luscious or not and my outside iron crosses have always looked the fullest and healthiest when grown outside. I'd give it a go and see if you notice a difference. Would love to hear your results 🙂
I planted zucchini plants last summer and got excited when it bore flowers. That was it, just flowers. I waited for the zucchini fruit, nada. Obviously, I didn't read up and know anything about hand pollination. Now I know.
Hi Syed, that's a great question, as far as I know you can use the same male flower to pollinate more than one female flower. I've always done it like that and have had no problems. The key to is make sure the pollen grains reach the female stigma. Hope that helps 😊
