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Chelsea Flower Show 2024 - Potting Shed Part 2

How do you get rid of bamboo? What's the best way to unclog a pond? Kathy Clugston and the panel have all the answers in this special potting shed edition of GQT.

Kathy Clugston presents another 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 ranging from how to get rid of woolly aphids and how to get rid of bamboo, to what's the best way to unclog a pond.

Later in the programme, Dulcie Whadcock speaks to Jodie Bryan from Cayley Brothers to discuss how their campaign 'project mushroom' aims to ease anxiety around growing mushrooms at home.

Producer: Dan Cocker

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 11 Aug 2024 14:00

Plant List

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

Q 鈥 The tips of my spider plant have turned brown and fallen off 鈥 is this normal? (01鈥12鈥)

Q 鈥 What kind of growing conditions do mahonias like to grow in? (05鈥19鈥)

Q 鈥 How do I get rid of bamboo? (08鈥00鈥)

Q 鈥 What鈥檚 the secret to growing rhubarb? (10鈥36鈥)

Q 鈥 Last year I planted over seventy alliums, but this year only six have flowered 鈥 why has this happened? (14鈥53鈥)

Matthew Pottage 鈥

Allium cristophii, star of Persia

Allium听'Purple Rain', allium 'Purple Rain'

Q 鈥 What鈥檚 the powdery mildew that鈥檚 been growing on my guelder roses? (17鈥36鈥)

Q 鈥 Has something been eating my amelanchier or is it just stressed? (20鈥05鈥)

Q 鈥 My crab apple trees have been infested with woolly aphids 鈥 should I introduce lady birds, or will it not be necessary? (21鈥22鈥)

Feature 鈥 Dulcie Whadcock interview Jodie Bryan from Cayley Brothers听about growing mushrooms at home. (25鈥58鈥)

Jodie Byran 鈥

Grey Oyster Mushrooms

Cordyceps Mushroom

Q 鈥 What would be your suggestion for planting smaller conifers that aren't leylandii hedges? (36鈥02鈥)

Matthew Pottage 鈥

Pinusmugo, dwarf mountain pine

Q 鈥 A few of our plants, including the hydrangea, have completely flopped and gone brown 鈥 can I save them? (29鈥20鈥)听

Q 鈥 What's the simplest way of making my garden filled with weeds look aesthetically good? (32鈥20鈥)听

Q 鈥 What鈥檚 the best way to unclog a pond filled with Lilies, Irises and weeds? (35鈥18鈥)听

Matthew Biggs 鈥

Potentillafruticosa听'King Cup', shrubby cinquefoil 'King Cup'

Ranunculus, buttercup

Trollius听脳听cultorum听'Alabaster', globeflower

Butomusumbellatus, flowering rush

Q 鈥 What鈥檚 your favourite weed? (38鈥27鈥)听

Matthew Biggs 鈥

Agrostemmagithago, corncockle

Digitalis, foxglove

Papavercambricum, welsh poppy

Myosotissylvatica, garden forget me not

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