I know PP started some but I was wondering if they are worth growing as a cut flower?

How many stems do you get in a year? How close do you plant. Will start from seed this month - so I'm looking at what I will be able to cut neat year.

Hi Folks

Not sure what to do now as I do not believe they are big enough to plant out?

If not big enough yet shall I just plant them on mass into a bigger pot or prick out?

Green pot Zebrune other leeks

   

TIA.

Morning all
I’ve got this nasty white stuff on my matthiola arborescens (tree stock). Have sprayed it with Roseclear, but doesn’t seem to be working - any ideas??
It’s just about to come into full flower, so didn’t really want to decimate it by removing all the affected leaves and burning them.
But I will if I have to - there’s always next year (we hope!)

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We are almost 2!  Any suggestions for a celebratory competition?

I know some of us purchased greenhouses from BandQ when they sold them at silly prices, me included.

I need to find out the measurement of the door rollers in order to purchase some replacements. Could someone who purchased one please have a measure for me?

I have been wanting to add some water for increased biodiversity to our garden for a while but have been wary of open water due to small children concerns. 
I have recently had a thought due to some recycling opertunities coming along. 
I have a broken recycling box which is split down one corner and not useful as a recycling box any more. Also due to some recent house refurbishment and some hard landscaping I have some thick black plastic to use and a large quantity of rocks and stones of differing sizes. 
My thoughts are could I effectively make a submerged sump with the box and plastic, fill it with stones then fill with water? 
Could it be useful as a source of drinking water for birds, insects etc? Would it be useful at all and if so how?

I’m going to have to buy a few plants for my garden. At some point 
Where would you recommend buying from? Obviously not T&M .
I’ll use David Austin for roses 
I’ll probably be after some clematis & camellia and flowery shrub type things that take ages or don’t do well from seed.

I have to accept that one of my seed-grown artichokes is actually a cardoon. Last year I hoped and hoped, but when it made two plus metres and produced abundant tiny (but pretty) flowers I had to admit that this was no artichoke!
A quick interweb suggests the plants need to be harvested in late summer or early autumn, or another from December to spring! A friend from Provence says that they eat it as a gratin at Christmas, which fits with the winter harvest.
So, anyone grown, and more importantly cooked and eaten cardoons?

   

The beast in the summer last year. And now of course, instead of one giant there are three fighting for space!

After a flying start with fast germination I steadily pricked out seedlings of aubergines,  peppers,  chillies & tomatoes as the first true leaves appeared and while I expect everything to stop for a while I've realised that nothing is really growing on.
Most aubergines, pricked out in early March still only have a single pair of tiny leaves.  They have been indoors in the warm until about 10 days ago.  I know they were initially too dry, as I over-compensated for last year's fungus gnats,  but that was quickly rectified. 
I'm guessing the cheap compost is the problem,  do you think it's worth buying some better compost and repotting everything?  It all has to go in the ground by mid May as we'll be away then, so one month's time.
Thanks all.

I read today that some Portuguese country folk say that, if you have  Portuguese cabbage, onions and chickens in your garden you'll never starve.
On those lines, do you remember Desert Island Discs where you choose 10 records and a book and a luxury item to take with you when you're a castaway. 

My Nutty question is - what 10 items of food would you take with you to your desert island and what luxury food would you choose?