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Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.

What’s the best way to grow swedes? Why doesn’t my hydrangea come to flower? Are artificial plants acceptable or downright outrageous?

This week, the GQT panellists are in Earlsdon to answer these questions and more in front of a live audience. Ready to share their insightful advice on all your plant predicaments are plant pathologist Pippa Greenwood, grow-your-own guru Bob Flowerdew, and conversant horticulturist Anne Swithinbank.

Alongside the questions, regular panellist Matthew Wilson visits GQT Producer, Dan Cocker to dig up all there is to know about weeds.

A Somethin' Else production for Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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42 minutes

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Sun 16 Apr 2023 14:00
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Plant List

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

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Q – I can’t seem to grow Delphiniums and Lupines - what am doing wrong?

(1 minutes 39 seconds)Ìý

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Q – What do the panel think of artificial grass, plants and shrubs being used in gardens?

(5 minutes 40 seconds)Ìý

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Q – What’s the best method for growing swede? Ìý

(8 minutes 22 seconds)

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Q – Can you recycle garden fleece, netting and capillary matting? And how do you maintain them?

(10 minutes 45 seconds)

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Q – Does sheep manure make a good liquid fertiliser?

(14 minutes 36 seconds)

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Feature – Matthew Wilson’s weed identifying masterclass.

(17 minutes 55 seconds)

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Matthew –

CardamineÌýhirsute – hairy bittercress

Docks (RumexÌýspp)

Calystegia sepium - Bindweed

Galium aparine - Cleavers, goosegrass

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Q – What time of the year should I take cuttings from my red currents?

(29 minutes 20 seconds)

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Q – What evergreen shrubs do you recommend we us to screen our west facing boundary?

(30 minutes 28 seconds)

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Bob –

Hollys

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Anne –

PinusÌýheldreichiiÌývar.Ìýleucodermis

ArbutusÌýunedo

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Pippa –

Skimmia

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Q – What do the panellists think of Magnolias?

(33 minutes 20 seconds)

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Q – Why won’t my Hydrangeas grow?

(36 minutes 49 seconds)

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Broadcasts

  • Fri 14 Apr 2023 15:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
  • Sun 16 Apr 2023 14:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4

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