This week I’ve been constructing the frame for my sweet peas to grow up in the polytunnel. I use the cordon method which involves pinching out all the side shoots and tendrils and training just one stem up a support. The sweet peas are sown in root trainers, one per cell and allowed to grow… Read More SWEET PEAS – THE CORDON METHOD
In February, I start to prepare our Dahlia, Chrystanthemum and Pelargonium stock plants for propagation. Dahlias I propagate our Dahlias in two main ways, by divisions and cuttings. Dahlias are incredibly productive plants and are capable of growing from a rooted cutting taken in the spring into a fully flowering plant with a tuber the… Read More FEBRUARY 2020: PROPAGATING DAHLIAS, CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND PELARGONIUMS