@@samuelbarvet2641 Morning Sam, If you have a semi shade position then I would definitely recommend planting some lily of the valley. It takes time to establish but then can spread quickly. My original plant came from my grandma so has sentimental memories associated to it. I manage a garden centre so will sell the plants there, once established. All the best 🪴

@@user-yf4zp1lr9m Hi Marion. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message. Glad to be of help to you. Alstroemeria are such a great plant that just keep flowering all summer. Enjoy your gardening 🌸🌼

@@Edward-turtle Hi Edward. Our dog loves to dig so we put up the cheap fencing to see if it stops her, which it has. Maybe we will replace for nicer looking at some point 😀 Thanks for watching and hope you liked the video too 🪴🌻

@@samuelbarvet2641 Thanks Sam, appreciate it. Definitely been a harder season so far but hopefully the rest of the year will be more favourable. Hope your plants are going well 🪴🍅

@@teresalimeburner3733 Hi Teresa. Thanks for watching and your message. A couple of things for you. Gooseberries are easy to propagate so that’s a great way to increase the number of plants you have but without buying more plants. More importantly for you. Gooseberry plants produce fruit on stems that are 2 or 3 years old, on ripened wood, so your crop will increase steadily over time as you prune and train your plant. Gooseberry plants will grow in pretty much any soil so just because your red variety didn’t produce fruit it is most likely not a reflection of the soil but probably due to the age of the plant. I have previously made a video on how to prune gooseberries so that may also be of help to you. All the best and happy eating 🪴🍈

@@Kellyfamilyadventures Hi Kelly. Many thanks for watching the video and for your message, so glad to hear that you too have taken on an allotment. If time allows then please look through my channel as I have lots of videos which could be of help to you in your new plot. I’m also on instagram under the same name if you want to find me. It would be good to also see how you progress 🍅🌼

@@PsychicTeeth hi Alex. Thanks for watching and the message. Sorry for the delayed reply. If you predominately have a lot of thin growth then yes I would suggest removing some of it so as to promote development of stronger stems. It’s worth considering that having growth from lower down is useful for giving a better overall framework and screen cover so probably a balanced approach to cutting back would be my suggestion for the next couple of years, remove half a million stems and keep half😀 Hope the plant rewards you with plenty of flowers 🌻🪴

@@osvaldomarchan1799 Hi Osvaldo. Many thanks for watching the video and you kind words, very much appreciated. You will definitely be able to grow Wisteria where you live so you can enjoy the blooms for yourself, as well as try to take some cuttings too! All the best with your garden 🌼🪴

@@tanyabaker9406 Hi Tanya. Many thanks for watching and for your message. You don’t say where you are based so it’s hard to clearly give you an answer. All I can say is that where I am based, whilst we don’t get very cold winters we do get increasingly wetter winters. Whilst Gladioli are fairly tough they don’t enjoy prolonged periods of cold or wet soil, especially if it doesn’t drain well. My grandmother always kept her corms/bulbs in the ground but lived in Suffolk and had sandy soil in a more coastal environment. So you may have been lucky or you may just live in a location that is favourable to growing those plants. Hope this kind of helps you 🌸🌼

@@NATURALBEEKEEPERSCOLLECTIVE Hi. Many thanks for the message and message. It’s always interesting to hear how others propagate their plants. I’ve tried growing from seed previously, purchased from chiltons seeds I think. The seeds struggled so I bought my plant and just take stem cuttings as and when. All the best with your growing and bees 🌸🌼

@@kaidanariko Great guess. That’s a lot of cucumber to work through😀 Happy gardening 🌼🥒🪴

@@BacktonaturelivingCom Hi. Thanks for watching the video and the message. Given your description then I would say that likely the peony most likely died from Peony Wilt which is a fungal disease. As it was a newly purchased plant then I would suspect that the rhizome was already infected and only showed symptoms once it started to try to grow. In the U.K. we have cut worms which are basically a collection of different caterpillar species, all that feed on plant stems. Unless you have lots of them in the garden already then the odd one or two wouldn’t cause sufficient damage to the plant to kill it, as they only feed on the stems and not roots. I would suggest lifting the plant and inspecting the rhizome. If the rhizome is still firm with signs of new shoots or roots than I would suggest planting it into a pot so that it can establish itself before planting out again. If the rhizome is showing signs of rot, has gone blackened, developed sunken areas or generally more limp then throw it away. In either instance it’s probably worth lightly digging the area of garden in which it was planted so as to check for caterpillars and also determine if the ground drains well following watering. I hope this helps you. All the best 🌸🌼

@@diyhomeandgardening Thank you so much for your wisdom. I will follow your instructions :)

@@BacktonaturelivingCom no problem at all 🌸🌼

@@what-lies-in-your-skies Thanks for watching and the message. Yes, Buddleja do make a lovely flowering screen. Your neighbours will enjoy the flowers too. Happy gardening 🌸🌼

@@buffyplays2577 Hi and thanks for watching. I have quite a lot of flowers forming and some fruits but not many. Unfortunately with growing chilli peppers outside it’s all about the weather, in particular plenty of sun and warmth. Maybe at some point the sun will come out this year in the uk 🤞 Hope you manage to get some crops too 🌶️🌶️🫑

@@diyhomeandgardening thanks for replying man. I remember asking you this a few years ago, but back then you said it was your first year growing chillis so you didn't know 😂. I think I tried watering less and adding a bit of calmag helped mine back then, so I may try that again. Just wondered if you figured out anything new since then. Back then I kept pruning all the suckers that grew and got a decent harvest in the end. This year I've left them on to see if it will make more fruit. Do you prune the suckers or leave them on??

@@buffyplays2577 I was just going to message you more. I don’t prune my plants as that actually seems to slow them down in terms of producing fruit. In hotter climates then pruning works okay as the plants are growing that much faster, and have a longer growing season, but U.K. pruning is counter productive with the plants really only being an annual plant. I feed my plants fortunately using a liquid tomato feed and this year for the first time I also added some slow release fertiliser at the time of potting into the final pots. Adding slow release fertiliser is something I have done before with my tomatoes and cucumbers but for some reason have never tried it with peppers. I would say that the plants this year are much bigger than previous years so that maybe is a result of that extra ‘base’ slow release fertiliser that they have access too. If you are on instagram I would be interested to see how you are doing things and what varieties you are growing.

@@diyhomeandgardening thanks for letting me know about the pruning, I just grow peppers to eat lol. Your slow release fertiliser definitely makes a huge difference. This is the first year I've not added any and I can see they are not as big as they should be. I previously used Wilko fish blood and bone powder. I'll let you know if I get more fruit with non-pruning. With pruning suckers I got about 10 to 20 peppers per plant

@@buffyplays2577 Look me up on instagram and we can compare notes etc easier. Have a good day 🪴

@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Hi Deb. I know everyone is struggling but that doesn’t make it feel like a waste of efforts, especially compared to last year. I’m making efforts to add more matter to the beds as I rotate crops. Also using this year to use up old packets of seed to keep the beds filled and hopefully get some extra, later, harvests. Without the overhang of old packets of seeds I can then do a proper plan of things to keep growing. One day the rain will stop 🌧️🤞🌸

@@diyhomeandgardening are you sowing the seeds first in cells or just putting them directly into the ground? I’ve got so many seeds I need to sort but they’re mainly flower seeds from when I first started so are probably not viable.

@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 mainly vegetables that I’m sowing directly. I have been sowing some flower seed too but into cell trays. I started the year by giving away a load of unwanted as don’t really need everything I have acquired. I think as gardeners we end up trying to collect ranges rather than staying focused on what we need to grow. Social media doesn’t help either 🤣🌸

@@tbug8470 Hi. Many thanks for watching and your message, much appreciated. I was really pleased with how the coldframe worked out, and more importantly how useful it has been. I’ve really managed to get a lot more seedlings on the go by using it. Currently I’m using the coldframe to root some cuttings in and to grow a few perennial plants. I have attached the link to the full build video just in case you want to watch. How To Make A Cold Frame, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6ijY8ymucrNeo0.html Hope your gardening and growing is working out well 🌸🌽

@@diyhomeandgardening brilliant 🤗I’ll definitely have a look at that 😃

@@Familygarden88 Hi and many thanks for watching the video and your message. I did make a How To video on me building the Coldframe. I have attached the link which hopefully will work for you. How To Make A Cold Frame kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6ijY8ymucrNeo0.html All the best with your growing 🌸🍠

@@samuelbarvet2641 Thanks Sam I’m really hopeful that these bulbs will be something special for next year. They have done remarkably well given how poor the weather has been here.

@@lesleybriggs1302 Hi Lesley. Many thanks for watching the video and for messaging. I don’t know how developed your Fuchsia standard is so it’s a bit hard to answer as to what your next stage should be. If you have already developed the head on your plant then it really is just a case of keep pinching out the odd shoot tip to further develop the shape of the plant. Also remove any flowers that have finished, before they try to form seed pods. If you need help at a stage by stage level then I have also made a series of How To videos to show each stage and element of creating a Fuchsia standard. A search on my channel will show the videos. Alternatively, if you are on instagram then feel free to look my channel up and send pictures of the plant in question to help clarify what you may need to do next. Hope this helps 🌼🌸

@@thesum3312 No problem at all. Thanks for watching 🪴🌼

@@janericvelure6883 Hi and thanks, as always, for watching the video. That’s good that your garlic are still looking to be free of rust. My advice is to leave them as long as possible before having to lift, to give you the biggest bulbs. Hope you get a great crop. 🧄🪴

@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Deb, I can’t believe the weather has been this bad. Whilst the poor weather was an issue at the start of the year with slugs being a pain I actually think the poor weather now could have a bigger impact. Many more summer crop yields will be affected so shop prices will also increase. So disappointed with my garlic and in particular my onions. We will definitely need to buy onions this year which doesn’t happen too often. Hope your shallots are good

@@tubtub883 much appreciated 🌻

@@marcorivas6363 Hi Marco. Many thanks for watching the video and for your question. I actually purchased the seeds from a seller on eBay as I couldn’t find a U.K. seller, at the time, but was keen to try growing the plants. In a hotter climate than the U.K. then the plants would get significantly bigger so I imagine the fruit would also be larger too. I don’t know if there are other varieties of Pepino to try but one more suited to cooler climates would be good. All the best with your growing 🍈🪴

@@Hominid00inthemirrow thanks for watching James, and the message. Glad to be of help 🔭🪴

@@Gladiolus-sl5dq Hi. Many thanks for watching and the message. Yes you can plant the seeds now but just be mindful that the seedlings will need to kept moist throughout the summer and then given winter protection. I was actually going to sow some seeds of wild garlic this weekend. All the best 🌼🌸

Hi. thanks for vidio. but can you say when it will bloom if I plant them in September 2024? will it bloom next year or in two years?

@@BaxtiyarIsmayilov-fj2hq Hi. Many thanks for watching and for your message. If you plant the seeds in spring of 2025 then I would expect them to produce flower in 2028. It’s not a certainty but generally 2 or 3 years from seed to flowering for the smaller Allium types. Alternatively, if you don’t want to wait that long then you can lift and divide the bulbs to produce new clumps. The original bulbs would flower next year as normal but with the smaller bulbs flowering the following year. Hope this helps 🪴🌸

I have always used canes to support the plants but this year I have copied my friend, who shows Dahlias, and gone higher. Remember to remove the side wing buds to get even better flowers and longer stems for cutting. I hope your daughter appreciates the effort 😀🌸🌼

Thanks Ian I’ll google that.

Thanks. It’s more the frustration that the crop has been so badly affected due to the weather and nothing can be done to correct it. The harvest is still decent compared to many but😀 Still have the hardneck types to pull. Hope you have a good day 🪴🌻

Weather issues are definitely a hard pill to swallow. Here's to a great hardneck harvest!

@@theelpydimension thanks 🧄🪴

Hi Dawn. Many thanks for watching and for the question. I hadn’t heard of that variety before so did a look up and saw it’s an Australian bed variety, similar to Little Gem. As Teddy Bear is a grandiflora type then yes you can take cuttings in exactly the same way as in this video. All the best with your gardening 🌸🌼

@@diyhomeandgardening yeah they are popular here in Florida and used as a a ornament tree

@@dawn9532 The flowers are stunning aren’t they

Hi. Thanks for the message. I would suspect that the yellowing of the leaves is due to lack of fertiliser available to the plants. Watering every day would be making things worse as the water is diluting down any nutrients that would be present in the soil. Yellowing leaves in Photinia can be a result of lack of nitrogen, magnesium or the soil not being acidic enough. I would suggest applying a liquid feed that is marked up as Ericaceous (suitable for Rhododendron and Camellia) as that will act quickly. You can also apply a slow release fertiliser that will break down more gradually with the daily watering. Maybe adjust the amount of water that is going into your plants too. Watering in the morning is always best. Hope this helps you 🌸🌼

Ha. Funny you should mention the onions as I lifted them tonight. Quite a few suddenly got their bent stems so I went for it. A lot were really undersized but I now need the space for planting pumpkins.

Hi Mike. Thanks for watching the video and the message. The car in the video is a Ford B-Max 2014 year. Most Ford cars have the same or very similar wing mirror design so you should find a galaxy straight forward too. All the best with the mirror 🛠️🌻

Hi Richard. Many thanks for watching and for the message. Glad you like the video and inspired to take some cuttings of your own. The purple varieties are always stunning. Hope you get a good lot of new plants 🌸🪴

Hi Deb. Hope you had a good holiday. I always worry about going on holiday during the growing season for not knowing if the plants will still be alive when I return. Enjoy getting back into the garden and allotment 🥒🪴

No problem. Thanks for the continued support and follow. Hope your cucumbers are doing well. What varieties do you grow?🥒🪴

Thanks. I tried propagating pumpkins the other year to see if I could grow enough plants from germinating and growing on fewer seeds to save some space. I wasn’t sure how well the cucumber would root in water as they can often be temperamental when too wet in compost. Hope your plants are doing well 🥒🪴

Hi William. Thanks for watching and the message. I think you need to put the phrase into context of the subject in question, as man made in terms of the sweetener Aspartame is bad. Especially when you compare to a natural sweetener in terms of Stevia or sugarcane. All the best with your growing 🪴🌻

Hi Sam. I’ve tried planting supermarket garlic before where it has come from a European country and labelled as a particular variety, as you can be fairly confident that it is what it says it is. Unfortunately a lot of garlic does come from China and then it doesn’t like our conditions too much. Also, you can’t guarantee the variety is the variety. I bought some garlic labelled as elephant garlic and when I tried to show it was told it wasn’t that variety. I would always buy from a garden centre or from the Isle of Wight garlic farm. Hopefully you have a good enough harvest to use and store 🧄🌻

Thank you for the reply Iain, next time I definitely will be getting my garlic from a garden centre, thanks. Sam

@@samuelbarvet2641 no problem. Just for the record I spell my name as Ian😀 Have a good evening pal

Hi Susan, Thanks for watching and your message. I would give the plant a light prune at this time of year, just removing the top third of the plant’s height. That prune will encourage new growth to develop a more bushy plant. After pruning wait a fortnight and then give the plant a feed. Enjoy 🌸🪴

@diyhomeandgardening thank you for advice I'll do that and fingers crossed it will come back to looking fuller again 😊

Hi Michelle, Many thanks for watching and the message. Glad you found the video helpful. Salvia are such great plants so give the propagation a go. Enjoy your gardening 🌸🌼

Yes it certainly has been poor. We can only hope we get some sunshine soon. I might try spring planting some garlic next year as a bit of an experiment. Hope your harvest is decent 🧄🪴

Hi. Thanks for watching and the question. Simply place the end of the string or jute under the rootball of the plant to hold it in place. The roots will develop around the jute and anchor all together. Hope this helps. All the best with your cucumbers 🥒 🌻

@@diyhomeandgardening THanks, makes good sense. harder to do when planting seedlings, but i guess i'll place it early on so it [juke] becomes part of the root ball.

Hi Sam, We definitely need some sun. So bored of it being cold and cloudy. I always overwinter a few chilli plants but always sow seed too. Overwintered varieties produce crops quicker as they have hard wood to grow back from.

Thanks for confirming, I will be over wintering some pepper and aubergine plants as they still very small and hopefully have a better harvest next year, happy gardening 😎

@@samuelbarvet2641 you have loads of time to get the plants to a decent size so don’t think about winter yet 😀😀

Hi Edward. Good to hear that you planted is doing well and starting to put on a good display of flowers. I don’t have any videos on overwintering a Fuchsia. Normally I prune back the plants by about half and then place them in a protected area such as under our lean to. This winter I didn’t give the hardy standards any protection and unfortunately they died as they got too wet and then cold. I learnt the hard way. Enjoy your summer 🌸🪴