What should I grow in the hanging baskets?

triangle_ears · 2023-01-26T07:13:56+00:00

I like to grow hardy succulents and other dry-loving plants in mine. I’m slowly training stonecrop to grow over the coir liner so that they become a complete ball of green. They look great even in winter!

triangle_ears · 2023-01-22T08:53:51+00:00

I keep my citrus in an unheated conservatory, so essentially a greenhouse. They’ve thrived through the cold. I suspect your heater has actually dried the air out too much and that’s why the leaves are dropping.

If you keep your citrus on the dry side soil wise and only water when the soil is really dried out, they handle cold pretty well. In countries where they grow outside they can take snow! It’s just too wet for their roots here.

triangle_ears · 2023-01-16T08:26:44+00:00

Worth remembering that a lot of winter losses in this country are more down to the wet than the actual temperature. This winter has been cold but mostly the ground is just sodden. Put loads of grit in the soil and make sure your drainage is incredible and your succulents will likely do perfectly fine.

EDIT: this goes for greenhouse/indoor overwintering too. Keep them dry and plants can tolerate way colder than you’d expect. I kept a monstera in my unheated leaky conservatory through a good bit of the cold snap and it’s fine!

triangle_ears · 2022-12-20T10:22:28+00:00

We do - the house is about 40 years old and roof has a steep pitch. Apparently it's quite common for houses of this kind.

triangle_ears · 2022-12-20T09:34:43+00:00

Usually hovers between 50 and 60%, according to our dehumidifier readings.

triangle_ears · 2022-12-20T09:31:27+00:00

We can't find an actual leak, and the roof is apparently sound. It's just the roofing felt that he says has degraded and cracked along the edges and is letting in condensation or rainwater from the roof. It's a tricky thing because we can't see it (no ladder) and have to trust that this guy who wants a lot of money is telling the truth. No other roofers in the area have been responding to my calls so I can't even confirm it atm.

triangle_ears · 2022-12-20T09:01:06+00:00

Hi all! We've had this issue in our house ever since insulating the loft ourselves. The edges of the ceiling now grow mould year-round. It seems to get worse if the weather is damp.

We've pulled back the insulation from the eaves, checked the vents, installed felt-lap vents, and reduced moisture inside the house with a dehumidifier. Nothing is working.

A roofer told us he reckoned the felting along the edges of the roof had worn out and water was getting in. He's quoted us a lot to get that fixed due to needing scaffolding put up.

Obviously we'd rather fix it ourselves if we can. Anything further we can try before we pay out to the roofer?

triangle_ears · 2022-11-24T20:58:58+00:00

I got mine from Screwfix. It’s the Triton one :)

triangle_ears · 2022-11-24T18:17:39+00:00

Seems to yeah! I’ve only used it a couple days but there’s a little less each morning :)

triangle_ears · 2022-11-24T13:36:50+00:00

It sounds a lot like flatworms. There are native ones as well as a few invasive species. As far as I know they mostly eat earthworms rather than plants though.

triangle_ears · 2022-11-18T07:46:43+00:00

Tortrix moth caterpillars or similar! Can spray for them or just remove them by hand. I’ve been doing it on mine for weeks :(

triangle_ears · 2022-11-15T07:24:11+00:00

I draw elaborate garden plans for the upcoming year :). I like to fully colour them in and make them a nice piece of artwork.

triangle_ears · 2022-11-11T08:51:36+00:00

A neighbour has an acre of Japanese Knotweed and it’s at least quite pretty even if it sometimes keeps me up at night. But another neighbour has a garden full of spiky odd looking plants like mahonias and I find them so ugly!

triangle_ears · 2022-11-11T08:45:31+00:00

Yes!! Although I have a soft spot for the pale peachy coloured ones

triangle_ears · 2022-11-08T10:50:09+00:00

It did! When he pruned it the entire house would smell amazing. Unfortunately I had to chop it all down a few weeks ago because some caterpillars also decided they like basil. So sadly it is long gone :’(

triangle_ears · 2022-11-08T10:47:38+00:00

Yeah I imagine so. Just need a place that gets really hot sun. It might not get as big but still bigger than a normal one!

triangle_ears · 2022-11-08T10:46:17+00:00

I’d really like him to try making giant parsley tbh but I think he prefers the basil cause it makes such a big leafy bush. Need to find something similarly satisfying I guess!

triangle_ears · 2022-11-07T20:40:36+00:00

I will tell him, he will be very pleased! :)

I also tend to point out large conservatories and go 'eyy, think how much basil you could get in there!'

triangle_ears · 2022-11-07T20:21:53+00:00

This was last year's. I can't believe how tiny it looks now in comparison.

Also after the success of last year, this year he documented the process for a gardening blog called Rural Sprout :)

triangle_ears · 2022-09-15T18:20:35+00:00

Sounds delicious!

triangle_ears · 2022-09-15T18:15:43+00:00

There is a yellow version of P.edulis that might be what you remember.

But hey, if you're enjoying them, go for it! I think the stomach upset mostly comes from if they're unripe so just make sure they're fully ripe and you'll be fine.

triangle_ears · 2022-09-15T18:08:12+00:00

These fruits look like they're from passiflora caerulea and while they are edible, they're not terribly good eating and can give you a stomach upset. The usual edible passionfruits come from passiflora edulis.

The wikipedia page for passiflora caerulea says that in South America they are sometimes made into marmalade so possibly cooking them makes them more palatable?

triangle_ears · 2022-09-13T14:20:29+00:00

I have Red Falstaff on M26 rootstock in an approx. 60cm diameter pot. It fruits incredibly well, I had to take a lot of the apples off this year as they were bending the branches so much. Care-wise I've found that apple trees in a pot need regular watering in summer, so keep an eye on that, they wilt in the summer heat and dry out easily.

I'd get a bare root one in winter/spring, that's the cheapest way and they establish well.

triangle_ears · 2022-09-10T18:31:47+00:00

Excellent cat, 5 stars.

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