Uxbridge: Floating Gardens, mealybugs and garden envy
Any tips on maintaining a floating garden that produces tasty produce? How do I get rid of the mealybug infesting my cacti? Kathy Clugston and the panel answer these and more.
Any tips on setting up and maintaining a floating garden that produces tasty produce? Do the panel suffer from garden envy? How do I get rid of the mealybug infesting my cacti?
Kathy Clugston and her team of horticultural champions are in Uxbridge, to solve the gardening grievances of the audience. On the panel this week are house plants expert Anne Swithinbank, proud plantsman Matthew Biggs, and ethnobotanist James Wong.
Later, Matthew Biggs re-visits Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, where he meets Ginny Abu Bakr and Billy Styles to discuss how they鈥檝e introduced gardening to patients receiving chemotherapy.
Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
Q 鈥� How do you successfully take cuttings from a hydrangea? (03鈥�35鈥�)
Anne Swithinbank 鈥�
Hydrangea听paniculata, panicled hydrangea听
Matthew Biggs 鈥�
Hydrangea听paniculata听Pinky-Winky听('Dvppinky'PBR鈥�), panicled hydrangea [Pinky-Winky]
Q 鈥� How do I get rid of mealy bug on my cacti and succulents? (06鈥�31鈥�)
Q 鈥� What advice can the panel give me, when transplanting my blueberry bushes from clay soil to my allotment? (09鈥�14鈥�)
Q 鈥� When would be the best time to repot my overwintered cannas? (12鈥�13鈥�)
FEATURE 鈥� Matthew Biggs visits Mount Vernon Cancer Centre where he meets Ginny Abu Bakr and Billy Styles to discuss how they鈥檝e introduced gardening to cope with chemotherapy treatment (15鈥�39鈥�)
Anne Swithinbank 鈥�
Malus听脳听zumi听'Golden Hornet', crab apple 'Golden Hornet'
James Wong 鈥�
Ipomoea听purpurea, common morning glory
Q 鈥� Could the panel give some ideas please of bulbs that do well in full shade? (25鈥�14鈥�)
Anne Swithinbank听 -
Chionodoxa听'Pink Giant', squill 'Pink Giant'
James Wong 鈥�
Eucomis
Eucomis听comosa, pineapple lily
Eucomis听vandermerwei听'Octopus', pineapple lily 'Octopus'
Phormium, new zealand flax
Fatsia, glossy leaf paper plant
Zantedeschia听'Hercules', arum lily 'Hercules'
Zantedeschia听aethiopica, arum lily
Matthew Biggs 鈥�
Arisaema听sikokianum, japanese cobra lily
Trilliums, wake robin
Podophyllum
Anemone听nemorosa听'Robinsoniana', wood anemone 'Robinsoniana'
Roscoea
Q 鈥� What鈥檚 happening to the leaves of my double camellia? There鈥檚 lots of pale patches on them! (30鈥�45鈥�)听
Q 鈥� Please can you give us some advice about setting up and maintaining a floating garden that produces tasty food but excludes carrots, radishes, lettuces and tomatoes? (34鈥�11鈥�)
Anne Swithinbank 鈥�
Courgettes
French Beans
Q 鈥� Occasionally, I have garden envy. Do the panel members suffer from this? And if so, whose garden? (36鈥�49鈥�)
听
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