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"My aloe vera are producing pups faster than I can cope with them.
Norwich is going to be over-run with aloe vera plants at this rate."
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few odd sweet peas still budding away - nasturtiums on their second round of growth and will stay bright until the first frost then they wilt and give up  |
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"few odd sweet peas still budding away - nasturtiums on their second round of growth and will stay bright until the first frost then they wilt and give up "
You may get to enjoy their flowers, if the come out in time, without them being covered in blackfly, I have some also in bud. |
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"I have tomato plants coming back into flower and my passion flower has a second flush of flowers about ready to open.
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This type of weather often Arrives at this time of the year to
Fool plants, I remember for years here
It seemed every winter was milder than
Normal, Only a couple of years ago I
Grew some cornflowers in my conservatory and the first flowers
Came out new years day no heating
Either, the winters of 2010/2011 were
Certainly a wake up call after all
Those mild winters.
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"few odd sweet peas still budding away - nasturtiums on their second round of growth and will stay bright until the first frost then they wilt and give up "
Yes nastursiums The same here at least for this short period Which like you say will with the first frost demise, will escape the attention Of the cabbage white butterflie If I did,t take out the catterpillars or eggs which are In Their hundreds the nastursiums would,nt last long I find blackflie more difficult to deal with. |
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"few odd sweet peas still budding away - nasturtiums on their second round of growth and will stay bright until the first frost then they wilt and give up Yes nastursiums The same here at least for this short period Which like you say will with the first frost demise, will escape the attention Of the cabbage white butterflie If I did,t take out the catterpillars or eggs which are In Their hundreds the nastursiums would,nt last long I find blackflie more difficult to deal with."
I just let them get on with what their are doing, annoying as it is to see them covering a plant. |
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"few odd sweet peas still budding away - nasturtiums on their second round of growth and will stay bright until the first frost then they wilt and give up Yes nastursiums The same here at least for this short period Which like you say will with the first frost demise, will escape the attention Of the cabbage white butterflie If I did,t take out the catterpillars or eggs which are In Their hundreds the nastursiums would,nt last long I find blackflie more difficult to deal with."
I like butterflies so grow early sprouting brocolli to encourage them - for 5 years they have eaten them all and I have not had a crop, but they keep growing so I regard that a very good and cheap way of feeding plant eaters |
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"few odd sweet peas still budding away - nasturtiums on their second round of growth and will stay bright until the first frost then they wilt and give up
You may get to enjoy their flowers, if the come out in time, without them being covered in blackfly, I have some also in bud."
flowers are out have been a couple of weeks now - |
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"ive had daffodils in the new year the last 2 years "
The earliest I have seen daffodills was in february not individuals but a whole bed of them about 5 years ago now but there not a winter flower should be a spring flower But its amazeing how many still come out During the winter months when the right Conditions exist.
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"All my roses and fuschias all coming back into flower"
Don,t Forget to prune back your rose,s thou
Even if these mild conditions exist the sooner the better put your rose,s in a bowl...  |
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"All my roses and fuschias all coming back into flower Don,t Forget to prune back your rose,s thou
Even if these mild conditions exist the sooner the better put your rose,s in a bowl... "
Have had roses flower at Christmas so I don't, now, prune them. |
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"All my roses and fuschias all coming back into flower Don,t Forget to prune back your rose,s thou
Even if these mild conditions exist the sooner the better put your rose,s in a bowl...
Have had roses flower at Christmas so I don't, now, prune them. "
You can still prune them after christmas into the new year I like if possible to Prune them before then oct/nov if possible. |
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Passion fliers bloom here till frosts and our mild extended summer and autumn has pushed loads of stuff into reinvigoration. Lavender and peppers flowering but some daffodils already poked through the soil.
Strange year. It's better for perennial plants to toughen up as they harden off, with riper hardwood etc.
Enjoy the roses, sweet peas etc whilst they last and cut some for indoors if frost is forecast. |
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"All my roses and fuschias all coming back into flower Don,t Forget to prune back your rose,s thou
Even if these mild conditions exist the sooner the better put your rose,s in a bowl...
Have had roses flower at Christmas so I don't, now, prune them. You can still prune them after christmas into the new year I like if possible to Prune them before then oct/nov if possible. "
I tend to just let plants do their thing, but always like the surprise of a splash of colour, hate to say though my new acer is looking very sad  |
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I had a azalea bought for me earlier in The year and because they are so suseptible to right soil conditions In this case acid one,s I dare,nt move It Out of the pot the leave,s are deep red Now as are the flowers not easy plants to grow if you have not prepared the ground thats why I won,t buy them Personally not all plants like acid conditions thats the trouble may just Keep potting on see how it handle,s the first winter.  |
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All my Dalhias are still flowering . Once we have the first hard frost will have to make a decision as to whether to lift them or leave them in. Lost a lot in 2010 /11. Alway great great comments about them as people walk past . I have about 150 to lift at various locations so might just take a chance and leave them in . Fingers crossed for a mild winter though we do need a prolonged frost to kill various bugs . |
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"I had a azalea bought for me earlier in The year and because they are so suseptible to right soil conditions In this case acid one,s I dare,nt move It Out of the pot the leave,s are deep red Now as are the flowers not easy plants to grow if you have not prepared the ground thats why I won,t buy them Personally not all plants like acid conditions thats the trouble may just Keep potting on see how it handle,s the first winter. "
Whack some H2SO4 in the pot, it will do it wonders.  |
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"All my Dalhias are still flowering . Once we have the first hard frost will have to make a decision as to whether to lift them or leave them in. Lost a lot in 2010 /11. Alway great great comments about them as people walk past . I have about 150 to lift at various locations so might just take a chance and leave them in . Fingers crossed for a mild winter though we do need a prolonged frost to kill various bugs ."
Leave them in and put a few inch of straw mulch on top? |
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