The leaves of my sweet peppers (Lipstick and Sweet Chocolate) and one of my chillies (Trinidad Perfume) are looking more chartreuse than green at the moment

I thought I would turn down my heated propagator to 20ºC and let them sit under the lights (currently on 16 hours a day) until the weather improves - does that sound sensible? My okra has germinated and I'm not holding my breath over the aubergines, so I don't need the propagator to be so hot any more.

Morning Folks

Following on from the recent  "Feeding garlic and onions" thread I wondered if people follow a regular feeding regime for all of their veg?

I still consider myself new to all this growing veg malarkey and to date my feeding has been haphazard.

My assumption is a monthly feed with whatever you can lay your hands on?

Do the likes of growmore/chicken pellets really need working in or can you just scatter and water?

my wife has fond memories of my father and my uncles wallflowers and the super smells from them. She asked me to sow some around our fences, however, I don’t see any for sale in the local stores. Just wondering if anybody has some home saved seeds they would send me, I’m prepared to pay for the seeds and postage, or alternatively try get seeds they need in exchange.

For saved seeds - just like the 2020 swap which went so well.

Add your name below if you're hoping to join in. You don't have to name your seeds yet.

1. Veggie - Perennial kale; White Welsh onion, Libertia Grandiflora, Lord Leicester pea, Oregon Spring tomato RECEIVED
2. Small chilli - red cabbage drumhead, watercress, strawberry (possibly Toscana ?). RECEIVED
3. Scarlet - Purple Sensation Alliums, RECEIVED
4. JJB - Veranda red and Buffalo horn tomatoes + + + RECEIVED
5. mcdood - Tomatoes "Latah" & "Paul Robeson" & Black Vernissage & Livingston's Favourite & Pink Berkley Tie Dye
6. Far End Woman - Violet Linaria Maroccana, Daucus “Black Knight”, Pink helichrysum, Salvia Salvatore blue. RECEIVED
7. Garrett - Tomato - Galina + Golden Grape; Flower - Morning Glory climber "Grandpa Ott" RECEIVED
8, Toomanytommytoes - Tomatoes - Orange Jazz, Malachite Box, Mat-Su Express, EM Champion, Northern Lights (need to check I have enough); Flowers - Zinnia
          'Orange King', Catananche 'Amor Blue' RECEIVED


doublyjonah - withdrawn from swap! Baby reasons.

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Trees and bushes are sometimes planted along road ways or around factories to help reduce noise pollution, but just read today that the RHS would recommend cotoneaster franchetii to fight air pollution. So what other plants can be used to improve the environment

Last year, I bought some soluble myco fungi in a box.  I'd never heard of it before.  I used it as directed to water the plants in the old GH border when planting out and when removing the old plants in autumn I was pleased to see lots of white fungi strands within the  soil, so the fungi was thriving, hopefully doing its job.    I will need to improve the border soil in the new GH but I'm loath to use the horse  manure I have, as it's very seedy.  I'll probably make manure tea with it and use it that way.  I have my own compost to incorporate as well and will give the plants a dose of fungi.
My query is, do I have to repeat treatment of the fungi each year or is it a one time thing? Should I dose the old GH borders at planting a second time?

The question is should I? They were planted in the Autumn and are growing well. I wondered if in order to get some big cloves from the Garlic I should give them a feed of some sort.
All suggestions gratefully received, thanks.

Evening folks

My friend has some bags of moss and has asked if I wanted them for the allotment, do I, what can I use it for?

Hi everyone, I'm very new to growing things. My name is Becky and I'm attempting to cultivate a window sill garden in my small I live in with my other half.

I bought a bay plant to encourage myself to keep a plant alive and have since starting growing parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme and unidentified chilli's. Things are growing and I reported my sage but worrying I'd damaged them I planted more seeds but after years of believing I was hopeless at growing, I seem to have a small family growing.

I have to thank someone on here and introducing me to this place, I hope I can get to know you all and happy to have found this forum.