Odd gardening one.

[BertrandRussell]

In my garden I have an old dinghy. I promise you it looks nice! Last year I put 4 gro bags in it and grew tomatoes very successfully. This year I want to do something different. If I put several packets of nasturtium seeds into the old gro bags will I end up with a dinghy full
of Nasturtiums? Or isn’t it that simple? It has to be simple- I have black fingers when it comes to plants.

Yes it's that simple. You should have a lovely display.😊

How lovely!

Looking forward to it now!

Plant cabbages in between!

You may need to add some canes

Don't think you'd need games for nasturtiums, just let them spill over. To get a head start you could plant the seeds in a few cheap seed trays and then plant out the seedlings after frosts are over.

I'd put a load of geraniums in the middle and nasturtiums round the edges.

You need new gro bags - the tomatoes will have sucked all the nutrients from the old ones.

Oh damn- do I? I like my gardening to be completely zero effort. As,sadly, is obvious from my garden...........

There’s something similar in my local train station. It looks gorgeous

You don’t need canes. When you buy the seeds don’t buy miniature nasturtiums. Buy the big spreads ones. Theywill also self seed wonderfully.

I was told that nasturtiums grow best in poor soil, if you plant them in good soil you'll end up with fewer flowers and many large leaves. So planting in used up grow bags sounds like a great idea.

A wildflower mix would also grow well in the old compost. Sounds such a lovely idea!

The old compost will be fine. Maybe get some granules of feed to water over, but it will be ok for nasturtiums, they grow anywhere. Also they’ll be there next year as well as they self seed!

My nasturtiums weren't happy in pots (not very big ones, but grew like weeds on the ground under bark. So try to keep them moist and maybe shade the bags a bit until the plants cover it. They also seemed slow to get going and just when I was wondering what to replace them with they took off like triffids. So you should have a great display to come, OP.

Why not put in meadow flowers ?

Meadow Flowers

The meadow flowers are pretty- but I fancy something bright and vulgar! The only other plants I have are grass, herbs and, bizarrely, potatoes. It’s a very difficult plot indeed and would be, I am told, even for someone who knows one end of a spade from the other.....

Plant me then !

If you go for it, and it works out, please post a photo!

What is it that makes the plot difficult ?
It must be sunny and warm to grow tomatoes . How about begonia ...they can be good and last throughout the Summer...although slugs can be a bother.

How about Calendulas? They do well from seed in poor-ish soil, and self-seed; they don't like too much TLC either. Certainly bright!

Use the old soil. It's fine. Nasturtiums, marigolds, calendula and ox eye daisies will all re- seed each year. Sprinkle and rake through in a few weeks time when there's less chance of frost.

Lavender? Lavender likes poor soil and general neglect.

I also have black fingers but have found my only problem with nasturtiums is to stop them taking over...the self seeding is very true, we were transplanting them from around the garden back to their proper place all last year.