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General Gardening / Re: Getting grown plug plants out of modules.
« Last post by hasbeans on Today at 09:24 »I've had some success with kebab skewers from underneath. Make sure the soil is moist, it helps unglue them
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s the weather like where you are? 2024
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:20 »Sunny but not hot, so a very pleasant day for sitting out or just musing around the garden.
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Chatting on the Plot / Re: What’s for tea? 2024
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:18 »Cumberland pie with pots and creamed leeks with a side spoonful of Stokes red onion marmalade. That's me sorted.
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General Gardening / Re: Getting grown plug plants out of modules.
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:17 »MB, that's what I used to do but the module tray is so flimsy that if I get my hand underneath and squeeze the whole lot might fall out! 
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General Gardening / Re: Hard pruning a rose in Summer
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:14 »Sounds like a modern hybrid that can also be grown as a climber like my Gertrude Jeykll. You may lose some flowers but it shouldn't kill it.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Slugs (again)
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:09 »That's a great idea!
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Grow Your Own / Re: Royal sovereign strawberries.
« Last post by Goosegirl on Today at 09:08 »I once grew them but they weren't that prolific. May I recommend Elegance as a big fruiter with a great taste. There's also Marie du Bois which is also a good one. I have both here.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Magpies eating slugclear?!
« Last post by Blewit on Today at 07:25 »Maybe eating it for the grit content, birds need grit to grind their food.
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General Gardening / Hard pruning a rose in Summer
« Last post by hasbeans on Today at 07:19 »I have rose bush that really needs taming. Normally I would just dead head after first flowering (flowering now) and get a second bloom end of summer. I'd really like to prune it back hard to about 3ft tall as it's currently got quite a few stems waving around about 9ft up! Will I kill it if I cut back hard after flowering in summer. I'd like to get it down to below first leaves. Not sure what type it is, vigorous, a modern hybrid I think.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Grow Your Own / Re: Sunchocola Tomato
« Last post by AnneB on Today at 06:05 »My new variety is Costoluto Florentino on the recommendation of this forum.I'd guess you are a fan of Real Seeds.
As I already grow Stupice, Galina, Black Krim, Honeycomb, Sweet Million, Tigrella, Orange Banana (not grown for a few years and giving another chance) , Grushovka & Latah, Crimson Crush and primabella I don't have a huge capacity for new varieties!
[can anyone work out which seed company I'm a fan of]