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Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - Potting Shed Part 1

Why aren鈥檛 my tomato plants flowering? How can I make my garden more manageable and accessible? Kathy and the panel have all the answers in a Potting Shed edition of GQT.

Kathy Clugston presents a special potting shed edition of the programme, with GQT's panel of experts taking questions from visitors at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

The panel answer questions on everything from how to maintain a bonsai tree to the best way to encourage a tomato plant to flower.

Later in the programme James Wong re-visits The Glasshouse Project鈥檚 show garden where he speaks to commercial director Katie Whittingham and volunteer Reba about using horticultural therapy to help rehabilitate former prisoners.

Producer: Dominic Tyerman

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for 大象传媒 Radio 4

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42 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Jun 2024 14:00

Plant List

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

Q 鈥 Why have the leaves of my Agapanthus turned brown and died? (01鈥28鈥)

Q 鈥 What can I do to protect the leaves of my banana plant from harsh winds? (03鈥55鈥)

Q 鈥 Will my flowering cherry ever recover? (07鈥06鈥)

Q 鈥 How can I make my garden more manageable and safer as I get older? (09鈥25鈥)

Q 鈥 Why aren鈥檛 my tomato plants flowering? (13鈥51鈥)

Q 鈥 I have a couple of Peonies growing in pots鈥 but they 鈥榬e not flowering - what am I doing wrong? (16鈥44鈥)

Q 鈥 What plants could I grow beneath a rowan tree that will survive in the shade? (19鈥32鈥)

Bunny Guinness:

Rosa听'Mutabilis', tea rose 'Mutabilis'

Feature 鈥 James Wong visits The Glasshouse Project鈥檚 Show Garden where he speaks to commercial director Katie Whittingham and volunteer Reba (24鈥04鈥)

Q 鈥 Which low maintenance flowers and plants could I grow in my back garden that can be grown in Barbados and the UK? (29鈥39鈥)

James Wong -

Amaranthuscaudatus, love-lies-bleeding

Chenopodiumquinoa, quinoa

Amaranthusretroflexus, callaloo

Q 鈥 What plants would survive and thrive in pots on a narrow boat? (32鈥16鈥)

James Wong 鈥

Tamarixramosissima听'Pink Cascade', tamarisk 'Pink Cascade'

Mesembryanthemum

Carpobrotus

Delosperma

Proteacynaroides, King Protea

Q 鈥 How would you recommend looking after a bonsai tree? (37鈥53鈥)

James Wong 鈥

Ficusmacrocarpa, curtain fig

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