Chief Horticulturist @RHSPressOffice All views my own, I apologise for them in advance. Retweeting does not necessarily indicate agreement
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How much autumn colour has survived the storms? Most I would hope as abscission is not yet well advanced. Liriodendron at Wisley.
And cauliflowers are back, bare root July transplants have grown remarkably with the rain, just in time as the summer crops go over. #allotment
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Newly planted mini cyclamen wilting and falling over?
Check for vine weevil larvae pictured here. They eat the roots of many plants and this grower has failed to control this pest before selling them.
#horticulture #gardening
Florence fennel swelling nicely, still 2 weeks behind where they should be due to late summer heat & dry but quality good. Frosts soon so fleecing needed before November. #allotment
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Masses of pollen being shed - with my help - from male strobili on Atlas cedars now.
#conifer #trees #horticulture
Hardy peas to overwinter (risky) & Italian ryegrass cover crop, need some rain to sow them, the ground being still very dry. Light rain at the moment, so perhaps at last? #allotment
Meteorological summer has long finished but with falling temperatures this week we must say goodbye to horticultural summer. No more runner bean flowers (so no more watering, hurray!), but a last flush of the tenderest beans. #allotment
It's that time, summer over, dark mornings, no evening to speak of and still no significant rain; invested £21 in some colchicum bulbs as compensation - that's better.
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why use a grant to buy a manufactured tank, this way almost free-circles of tyres held in by old bit fence and with plastic sheet lining holds water from house roof and delivers it by siphon to my veg beds and tunnel
Exhibitors setting up entries for fruit, veg and ornamental plant competitions at RHS Hyde Hall soon after dawn this morning. Good turnout, finishes Sunday.
After years of trying my little clump of Sternbergia lutea have come back, a little stronger, for a second year. Possibly the biblical 'lily of the fields'. I do love a geophyte.
Tomato 'Burlesque' crops on into autumn. Firm texture, good flavour, tolerates cool nights better than many tomatoes. Still watering every week. #allotment
Giant veg at Malvern Autumn Show this weekend, but you cannot sit on them. Mighty feats of horticulture all right. Are you tempted to have a go?
Wondrous display of many, many apple cultivars at Malvern Autumn Show from @frankpmatthews all from their orchard field, many new to me. Ones they sell, used to sell or thought better of it I presume. Show runs to Sunday.
Final French beans 'Mistik', a speedy dwarf cultivar, cropping now, mostly lose their colour on cooking, but tasty, after these have gone still a few runner beans before we are back to carrots and cabbage. #allotmemt
