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Postbag: Great Dixter Gardens

Where’s the best place to ripen tomatoes? How do I get my cosmos plant to flower? What’s the best way to ripen harvested seeds? Kathy Clugston is at Great Dixter Gardens.

Where’s the best place to ripen tomatoes? How do I get my cosmos plant to flower? What’s the best way to ripen harvested seeds?

Kathy Clugston and the GQT panellists have taken a trip to one of the UK's most loved gardens, the breath-taking Great Dixter Gardens in East Sussex, to answer pressing horticultural queries sent in by our listeners.

Ready and waiting with tips and tricks are garden designer Juliet Sargeant, expert plantsman Matt Biggs and curator of RHS Wisley, Matthew Pottage.

Treating the team to a tour is the estate is head gardener, Fergus Garrett.

Producer: Dom Tyerman

Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod

Executive Producer: Hannah Newton

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

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Q – Should I pick my tomato’s and leave them on a windowsill to ripen or should I leave them alone?

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Q – How do I stop rabbits from eating my plants?

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Q – Could you suggest plants that can replace my Wood Anemones?

(14 minutes 18 seconds)

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Fergus –

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Hosta

Hardy cranesbill

Geranium 'Rozanne'

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Juliet –

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Peonies

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Matt Biggs –

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Hellebores

Helleborus foetidus 'Wester Flisk

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Matthew Pottage –

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Alstroemeria

Galtonia Candicans

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Q – What’s the best way to ripen harvested seeds?

(17 minutes 48 seconds)

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Q – How do I get my Cosmos plant to flower?

(25 minutes 00 seconds)

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Q – Should I leave my wildflower meadow for insects to thrive in or continue to cut them down?

(30 minutes 26 seconds)

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Q – Is there any reason why I should top my monkey puzzle tree?

(34 minutes 35 seconds)

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Q – How do I keep my Nandinas safe whilst I prepare a new raised bed to put them in?

(36 minutes 59 seconds)

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Juliet –

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Nandina Lemon and lime

Stipa tenuifolia

Anemanthele grass

Helenium

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Fergus –

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Ferns

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