GQT at Home: Chilean treats and Onion feats
Gardening Q&A hosted by Peter Gibbs.
Peter Gibbs hosts this week's gardening Q&A, with a panel of green fingered experts answering questions sent in by listeners via social media and email.
Matt Biggs, Pippa Greenwood and Matthew Pottage tackle the queries, from making your garden design coherent, to the best lettuce to grow for your loved one.
Away from the questions, Juliet Sargeant pays homage to the unsung hero of gardening, and Alex Young gives a refresher course in re-potting your houseplants.
Producer - Daniel Cocker
Assistant Producer - Rosie Merotra
A Somethin' Else production for 大象传媒 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q 鈥� What鈥檚 the best type of crispy lettuce to grow, particularly from seed?
(1 minute 54 seconds)
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Pippa 鈥�
Little Gem
Cosberg
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Q 鈥� I have a mature, 15-year-old Bramley apple tree in my south facing garden. The fruits regularly have a brown spot on their skin and mottled brown flesh internally. What is the cause of this problem and how can I rectify or avoid it?
(5 minutes 31 seconds)
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Q 鈥� Which plants would benefit from a tea leaf mulch and which wouldn鈥檛 like it?
(7 minutes 47 seconds)
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Q 鈥� Last year, I did everything I could with my Overwinter Pelargoniums to encourage early flowering. Please help me to know what I should do differently this year.
(10 minutes 45 seconds)
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Feature 鈥� Juliet Sargeant pays homage to the unsung hero of gardening: soil
(14 minutes, 45 seconds)
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Q - Please can you advise me on how to encourage my Clivia to grow?
(20 minutes, 1 second)
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Matthew 鈥� Agapanthus
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Q 鈥� I鈥檝e been building a cottage garden focusing on pollinator-friendly plants. I鈥檇 like to know how to weave it all together because at the moment it lacks a coherent design.
(23 minutes, 15 seconds)
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Matthew 鈥�
Digitalis听
Clematis
Crabapple
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Q 鈥� Would you please tell me how to successfully grow onions? What varieties would you recommend?
(26 minutes, 51 seconds)
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Pippa 鈥�
鈥楻ed Baron鈥�
鈥楨濒别肠迟谤颈肠鈥�
鈥楽迟耻谤辞苍鈥�
Feature 鈥� Alex Young gives a refresher course in repotting your houseplants
(30 minutes, 45 seconds)
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Q 鈥� Can the national flower of Chile (copihue) be sourced and grown successfully in the UK and if so, what guidance can the panel give me on cultivating it?
(34 minutes, 14 seconds)
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Matthew 鈥�
Lapageria rosea
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Matt 鈥�
Araucaria (Monkey Puzzle tree)
Eccremocarpus scaber (Chilean glory vine)
Berberis darwinii
Embothrium coccineum (Chilean fire bush)
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Q 鈥� Is there such a thing as greenfingers and if so, where can I get some? 听
(38 minutes, 16 seconds)
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Pippa 鈥� Tomatoes
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- Fri 22 Jan 2021 15:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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