Midlothian: Polytunnels, Gardening Regrets and Plants With Purpose
Can polytunnels keep weeds out? What type of wall would be suitable for a lean-to greenhouse? What are the panel's gardening regrets? Kathy and the panel have all the answers.
Is a polytunnel good for keeping weeds out? What type of wall would be more suitable for a lean-to greenhouse? What are the panel's gardening regrets?
Kathy Clugston and a team of experts return to the windswept region of Midlothian, to solve the gardening questions of a green-fingered audience. Kathy is joined by ethnobotanist James Wong, garden designer Neil Porteous and Head of Gardens at Balmoral Kirsty Wilson.
Later in the programme, James Wong learns about Royal Edinburgh Botanical Gardens 'Plants with Purpose' campaign, which uses horticulture to mitigate the effects of climate change on urban locations.
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod鈥�
Executive Producer: Carly Maile
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.
Q 鈥� What type of wall would be more suitable for a 鈥榣ean-to greenhouse鈥�? A white wall or a mirrored wall? (01鈥�36鈥�)
Q 鈥� My redcurrant bush refuses to give me any fruit? What am I doing wrong? (03鈥�21鈥�)
Q 鈥� How do I help my Crassula Ovata to recover? (06鈥�40鈥�)
Q 鈥� Should we be feeding the 80 varieties of Apple trees in our orchard? If so 鈥� what? (09鈥�57鈥�)
Feature 鈥� James Wong learns about Edinburgh Botanical Gardens' "Plants with Purpose" campaign which uses horticulture to mitigate the effects of climate change on urban locations. (14鈥�35鈥�)
Q 鈥� Are there any apple tree varieties that would grow better in a waterlogged area? (20鈥�29鈥�)
Neil Porteous 鈥�
Pyrus communis (F), common pear
Q 鈥� What wildlife friendly and child safe plants can I add to enhance height in the plant beds? (22鈥�35鈥�)
Neil Porteous 鈥�
Lythrum听salicaria, purple loosestrife
Melanoselinum听decipiens, black parsley
Kirsty Wilson 鈥�
Verbena听bonariensis, purple top
Symphyotrichum
Actaea听japonica, Japanese bugbane
James Wong 鈥�
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum', bronze fennel
Q 鈥� Is a polytunnel good for keeping weeds out? (26鈥�42鈥�)
James Wong 鈥�
Diplotaxis tenuifolia, wild rocket
Claytonia, purslane
Tetragonia tetragonoides, new zealand spinach
Taraxacum, dandelions
Kirsty Wilson 鈥�
Cucumis听sativus, cucumber
Q 鈥� What鈥檚 happened to my tomatoes? Have they been damaged by aphids or something else? (31鈥�41鈥�)
Q 鈥� What are the panel's gardening regrets? (37鈥�47鈥�)
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