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GQT At Home: Episode Two

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from home.

Kathy Clugston is joined by Matthew Wilson, Pippa Greenwood and James Wong from the comfort of their own homes, answering horticultural questions sent in by the audience.

This week the panel tackles questions on how to grow seeds in an old grow bag if you don't have access to a garden, and ideas to get teenagers outside and involved in gardening. They also recommend ways to make your last remaining supply of compost go far, and advise on office plants that may not be seeing so much water these days.

Away from the questions, Matt Biggs tells the story of the Dig for Victory campaign in the Second World War, and Chris Beardshaw gives us his gardening glossary.

Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Rosie Merotra

A Somethin' Else production for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Apr 2020 14:00

Plant List

Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names are provided.

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Q – My parents have sent our family 4our grow bags, tomato plants, chard, spinach, runner bean plants and herbs. Our flowerbeds are currently overrun with ivy, which I can’t take to the tip. Any advice on how to get started?

(2 minutes 50 seconds)

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Q – I’m finding it difficult to source fresh vegetables but remembered you can eat nettles, so I now have a litre of nettle soup. What other edible and nutritious foods might I find in my garden whilst I wait for salad crops to grow?

(6 minutes 10 seconds)

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Pippa – Good-king-Henry

Dock leaves

Dandelion leaves

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Matthew – Chickweed

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Q – I’m a renter, so all my gardening is in pots. I can’t buy compost from my nursery, and don’t use enough to buy online. Can I reuse compost if mixed 50/50 with new compost?Ìý

(8 mins 16 seconds)

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Dig for Victory feature

(17 minutes 4 seconds)

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Q – I have lots of seeds, but in my flat, all I have is a 4-year-old grow bag – would planting them in the grow bag be a pointless exercise, or would it work?

(21 minutes 11 seconds)

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Q – Before leaving the office, a tray of cacti were heavily watered. What can I do to dry them out?

(23 minutes 6 seconds)

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Q – I recently re-potted my avocado plant, which I grew from a pit, and its leaves are drooping. A quick search suggested I had over-watered it, do you think this is the cause, and is it salvageable?

(26 minutes 3 seconds)

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Garden Glossary

(31 minutes 37 minutes)

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Q – My Ammi majus – grown from seed – has holes on the leaves; what is this, and will it infect other plants in my greenhouse?

(35 minutes 37 seconds)

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Q – Could you give me some advice for gardening with teenagers? Ideally something to be done in short bursts with almost immediate results.

(38 minutes 2 seconds)

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