ktmoomoos gardening corner xxxx

[ktmoomoo]

any gardening questions -please ask any gardening questions and ill try to answer them

Err, sorry for confusion but if that was to me I was going to start them off indoors and then transplant outside to a border, not a pot...please ignore if not to me!

red hot pokers :do not plant in compost[peat] need to be put in a compost[soil]
JOHN INNES NO 1 OR 2 will do yes to window sill in seed trays as long as warm and soil only damp not over watered

turkeylurkey re pots was about pumpkins xx

Great thanks so much! Will go and get some proper compost for them.

Oooh this is good, are you Charlie Dimmock?

re; coffee grounds for slugs i have not found them to be affective at all no sorry

lol no not charlie dimmock but hubby is alan titchmarsh lol

Hi KTMM... How do I make a bed for growing veggies?

The soil itself is good but has lots of little stones. (A few sack fulls of little stones like those used for making roads/concrete). It's too much effort to take them all out. It used to be covered in brambles and I have had enough digging out the roots.

So I was thinking compost and soil layered on (how deep??). and plant on top.

Will this work or do I have to get the stones all out?

Another question...

I have inherited a compost bin which I have dutifully filled up as and when possible for the last few months. It always sinks down and I have about a foot of 'stuff' inside.

It is cold so I though maybe it's 'died'. I peeped through the opening and saw the bottom is teeming with worms. Didn't really have the courage to open it (Visions of worms rolling out).

Anyway, how do I get compost out of it? Will it have worms in it? Should I empty it all out and spread in the bed? If so, how to I fill compost bin with worms again?

In a nutshell, wtf do I do wih the bl*ing thing?

Abs newbie gardener hence the stupid questions.

re:veggie patch : little stones should be no problem but the brambles need to come out im afffaid ,systemic weed kiiler will kill them off and see to those horrid roots too

I have already hacked off the brambles so the weed killer won't work now will it?

Does every inch of root have to be dug up? (I know the answer to this one!!)

yes you can use it and yes it will be full of worms , just chuckn veggie patch worms and all , if you want to you can leave a few worms and compost in bottom of bin to start again

no if you have removed brambles no need to weed kill unless they grow back , just dab weed killer on individual root,
fork over pach , no need to remove all roots

okay... thank you sooo much!!!

This is great!

no worries happy gardening

Hi Kt! Could I have some tomato advice please? I was given 9, 5 survived and are now 10 inches tall. Do I need to pinch the top bit out and when can they go outside? I remember doing this to a plant years ago to make it bushier. Forgive the thick question, but I've never done this before

Oh! and when do I start feeding them?

Should have said they are beef tomato plants!!

re tomatoes ; firstly you do not pinch out the tops. the seedlings need to go in idividual pots and support each plant with a smal cane or stick ,if are going in garden deont put out until last weekend in may at the earliest,if going in green house can go in now .do ont feed till are out in garden ,because this will force them on too quick

Thanks KT!

no worries

which way are raspberrys best facing

What exactly does "sow under glass" mean?

Does it just mean inside (on windowsill if you haven't got a greenhouse).

Or does it mean in a propogator thing with a lid?

I think ktmoomoo has gone on garden leave

east to west for rasberries so plants face south

under glass means :seeds in pots need to be covered with platic[hard]or bit of glass ; this could be on a window sil of in green house and of course a propergator , the glass produces condensation and heat