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Hyacinth

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supporting flopping herbacious stuff
« on: August 14, 2006, 20:18:34 »
 beginning of the season, put wire hanging baskets (usually to be found in skips 8)) over low-growing geraniums, penstemons, etc. Plants grow quickly through the holes & their resulting stability helps to support other stuff growing behind.

(reader's tip from n/paper)...good un I thought.

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Re: supporting flopping herbacious stuff
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2006, 22:21:26 »
Good tip, Lishka. Has to be better than the bits of stick etc. that I use. ;D

ps.hanging baskets seem to breed behind my greenhouse ;D
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Re: supporting flopping herbacious stuff
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2006, 22:44:06 »
Great tip Lish, i shall use that next year when i do my baskets, thanks for that.

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Re: supporting flopping herbacious stuff
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2006, 10:10:28 »
If you can con someone into buying for you as Xmas pressie or for B/day
www.drgrowgood.co.uk do a good range just splashed out £60 for OH as her checkers fee.... they have many items on reduction/sale at the moment.
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Re: supporting flopping herbacious stuff
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2006, 20:50:32 »
Hi all.Another cheap spport are those plastic holders you get when you buy a four pack of beer.You can tie as many as you like together and then attache them to four canes.The plants will grow through them.It is quite good fun drinking the beer as well.
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Re: supporting flopping herbacious stuff
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2006, 14:50:42 »
Great tip!!!!! ;D

 

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