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Date: 26th February 1993
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC2
Current Page: 644
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P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:18/30 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Wilting winter-flowering cinerarias Tip plants out of pot and look underneath, the problem is probably in roots. Likeliest problem is root rot caused by cold condtions. Check compost, which is very important for cinerarias. It needs to be very free draining but moist. soil-less compost. Planting peanuts: Try planting full nuts - including husks - indoors in pots in warmth, where they will flower and maybe fruit as well. TV Links Radio 4 Radio 2 Nat Regns
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:20/10 2/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Large bore holes in oak trees: Probably made by goat moth, which has a fearsome wood boring caterpillar. The moth itself is not too big, and the caterpillar is just a couple of inches long, but is very fat amd makes huge holes in hardwood trees of all kinds. Once insects are in there it is a proprietary insecticide, maybe malathion, and pour it in through the holes. Radio Index 630 Radio 3 633Radio Links 640 Radio 5 635TV Links Radio 4 Radio 2 Nat Regns
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:11/47 3/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Warty growths on Red Knight Dahlia tubers: Bacterial crown gall is a very common affliction, but is generally harmless, although it may sap smaller plants of goodness. Try raising new plants from seeds in a part of garden that has not had dahlias in before. Repotting or trimming the roots of crotons: Crotons are tropical houseplants grown for their very lurid mulit- coloured leaves. Repot into John Innes 2 or 3 or a peat substitute compost. Do not cut roots. TV Links Radio 4 Radio 2 Nat Regns
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:12/15 4/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Use of soil in bottom of tub water gardens: Using soil is unnecessary and takes up valuable space. Water plants you buy should already be potted into right sort of soil in net pot. Just lower them into water at correct depth. If you have fish, lower a small bundle of Canadian pondweed which does not need any soil to grow in at all, but will probably root itself into containers with other plants. Do not overfill tub, keep it fairly sheltered and remember to top it up TV Links Radio 4 Radio 2 Nat Regns
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:02/22 5/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME Using leaf mould as seed compost: Sterilise it before sowing seeds in it. You can do sterilisation in roasting bags in oven at a very low temperature for a good hour. Mix it with an ordinary John Innes seed compost before using. Can be used as a potting mixture for woodland plants, or as a mulch or top dressing for a woodland border. Radio Links 640 TV Links 680TV Links Radio 4 Radio 2 Nat Regns
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:12/18 6/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME TOPICAL TIPS ■ It is time to plant shallots. Just push them into soil, make sure wisps at top of bulb are showing. Plant 6"-8" apart, under cloches. ■ Now it is time to sow leeks in a greenhouse or a frame. ■ Sow peppers and aubergines now. Grow them in same way as tomatoes, but they need to be started earlier as they are slower, Find them a warm spot to germinate at temperatures of 68 or 70 degrees, then lower temperature to 60 or 65 degrees before potting them off.
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:18/15 7/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME TOPICAL TIPS ■ Top dress winter-flowering Christmas cacti. Scrape away about a quarter of an inch of the old compost, replace it wih new and give it a good watering. ■ Hot water plants - achimenes - should be started off now. Plant tubicles half an inch deep in pots of John Innes 3. Water them with tepid - not hot - water, and then keep them in a warm place until you start seeing some growth. Radio Links 640 TV Links 680
P644 CEEFAX 644 Fri 26 Feb 21:19/43 8/8 GARDENERS' QUESTION TIME If you would like further copies of Gardeners' Question Time fact sheets, send a SAE to: GQT, BBC, PO Box 450, Manchester, M60 1FZ. A braille edition of the fact sheet is available from the same address. The Plant Finder is published by Headmain Ltd in association with the Hardy Plant Society. It is distributed by Moorland Publishing Co Ltd, Moore Farm Road West, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1HD. Price £10.99. Radio Index 640 Radio 4 634TV Links 680 Radio 5 635
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