Garden Problems Saving seeded player , Compost , Tree stumps
Saving seed
Q. If I do not use all my veg and flower seeds one time of year can I sow them the following season ?
A. In rule the answer is yes , but there will be a lessening of the percentage of germination . I would not hesitate to sow any flower seed left from a previous season , specially if these were stout annuals being sown out of doors , as a sufficient portion of germination could be hold by sowing thick .
With flower seeds which are sown under spyglass , where sowing is done clean thickly in any type , there is not the same problem about using two - class - former germ as the seedlings have to be twinge out in any case . A little test sowing will give an advanced indication of the share of sprouting .
Some veg like parsnips lose their viability , i.e. their germinating power , very quickly , so I would prefer to purchase fresh seed each year for these , and also for carrots and onion .
Brassica seeds which are to be sown in a seed bed can be kept from one time of year to another , but should be seed more thickly than usual in the second year . If last year ’s seeds are being kept store them in a wry cool blank space .
If in any dubiousness , sow in a modest sample of the seminal fluid in question in a heated up nursery , or on a warm windowpane - sill , and note the part which spud . As a rough guide , I would say that if less than half germinates it would be better to buy fresh seed .
I would not use seed honest-to-goodness than one season , in any case .
Compost
Q. I get jumble with the word ‘ compost ’ used to announce potting or seed - sowing compost and also forcompostas a substitute for farmyard manure .
A. If one thinks of the compost which is made in a compost great deal as garden compost , i.e. made up of wastefulness veg material , straw , tag and woolen wastefulness , and think of this as being for drudge into the earth or using as a mulch , this will avail severalise between seeded player - sow compost or potting compost used under glass for stack industrial plant or provoke plants in boxes or seed tray .
The place could be complicated by using some sieve garden compost as a portion of a potting compost , as for tomato in 10 in . pots , for representative , where one would be using one form of compost to make up another compost .
The dictionary definition of compost ( at least the one I use ) is : ‘ A mixture of soil and various manure ’ , which would refer to potting compost .
Tree Stumps
Q. What can I do to get rid of a tree stump ?
A. There is a proprietary product forebode S.B.K. , which is a Brushwood Killer , which can also be used for deal Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree stumps . The product is available from garden sundries store and full counsel are given with each bottleful .
In my aspect the real answer to deal with a tree stump is to apprehend it out , but this may necessitate too much work , and is
certainly sturdy going . It may be possible to hire or borrow a windlass and this method acting should certainly be considered .
A method often used is to bear several hole in the rostrum 6 - 8 in . cryptic and fulfill these with hydrochloric battery-acid . This can be purchased from a chemist , in a glass bottle , and I must emphasize the need to take outstanding care in the manipulation of this liquid .
Creosote can also be used to help with the rotting down and to make burning easier later on . This is rain buckets into the holes made 6 in . aside and 8 in . cryptical and sealed off with a piece of turf . Leave for six to eight calendar month , renew from sentence to prison term .
Q. I have the job of slippery steps and stonework . Please advise .
A. This can be a pain in wet weather and even dangerous in wintertime , and is often make by the green thin cutis or layer due to the lowly unripe plant - same growth call in ‘ algae ’ . This is the same sort of growth as I have mentioned under pot plants , and the same product can be used to give a control , i.e. ` Algamine ’ .
On concrete step or way I have used a tar - vegetable oil atomizer , i.e. the wintertime - washables product used onapple treesin winter to clean off the moss and algae on the branches , specially on former ignore trees and particularly in high - rainfall expanse . I find that if the same strength as is used on yield trees ( usually a pint in a gallon of water ) is utilize and if the atomiser applications programme is made on a ironic day with a rosed watering can well results will be obtained .
There are proprietary rock dry cleaner available from garden sundries shops used on unpolished stonework . One , call Bentley ’s Stone Cleanser , is not used on refined marble .
Rubber gloves are worn to use the cleanser . Full details are available from the firm mentioned ( at Barrow on Humber ) .
Q. I am moving house in late outpouring , and have dress to countermand and take with me some rose , fruit trees and shrubs . What would you rede ?
A. reverse all the flora to be moved in March or early April and ‘ heel ’ them in , i.e. transplant them temporarily in a shaded spot like under a compass north - facing wall or dodge to keep the growth back , i.e. as hibernating as potential .
If you detain lifting until growth has start this may cause some check to subsequent emergence . When the plants are found in conclusion piss very freely if the soil and weather condition stay dry , and mulch around the base of the plants with some peat to facilitate preserve wet .
Any very tardy transplantedrosebushes should be pruned rather harder than usual . If only a few shrubs or bushes are to be moved nobble them in winter and pot them into boxes or enceinte whalehide dope . They can then be transfer where they are to detain , with minimum or no halt .
Q. Which tree are best for turn mistletoe ?
A. This grows best on old apple trees , but it also grows on hawthorn and sometimes oak . Seed is set in cracks in the gravelly bark , but the results are sometimes disappointing , as some plants , being the males , do not produce berries . Growth is rather slow in any casing , and set seeded player is not a practice I would advise .
