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22-07-2003, 12:12 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
Hello Again
Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) so we've had a big dose of Intensive Care and hospitalisation but we're home now and I've been trying to get the garden back under control. The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Similarly with Rose Bay Willow Herb that is in flower and podding a lil but hasn't yet got the fluffy stage of seeding (these things seem to have a nasty habit of 'fluffing' in the compost bin so I was wondering if the seeds are viable then or not?) TIA --Alison |
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22-07-2003, 04:33 PM
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I would imagine that a really hot compost heap could kill the seeds, but
most heaps never get that hot. So the seeds will probabyl germinate, or at least some of them will next year. As for the rosebay, it's able to still create seed even after uprooting the stuff, and I would say burn it, or bin it, it's best not even given the chance to spread. Of course if you can get it early enough you can compost it, but it has to be pretty small in my experience. Duncan "Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... Hello Again Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) so we've had a big dose of Intensive Care and hospitalisation but we're home now and I've been trying to get the garden back under control. The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Similarly with Rose Bay Willow Herb that is in flower and podding a lil but hasn't yet got the fluffy stage of seeding (these things seem to have a nasty habit of 'fluffing' in the compost bin so I was wondering if the seeds are viable then or not?) TIA --Alison |
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22-07-2003, 04:33 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
I would imagine that a really hot compost heap could kill the seeds, but
most heaps never get that hot. So the seeds will probabyl germinate, or at least some of them will next year. As for the rosebay, it's able to still create seed even after uprooting the stuff, and I would say burn it, or bin it, it's best not even given the chance to spread. Of course if you can get it early enough you can compost it, but it has to be pretty small in my experience. Duncan "Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... Hello Again Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) so we've had a big dose of Intensive Care and hospitalisation but we're home now and I've been trying to get the garden back under control. The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Similarly with Rose Bay Willow Herb that is in flower and podding a lil but hasn't yet got the fluffy stage of seeding (these things seem to have a nasty habit of 'fluffing' in the compost bin so I was wondering if the seeds are viable then or not?) TIA --Alison |
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22-07-2003, 04:33 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
I would imagine that a really hot compost heap could kill the seeds, but
most heaps never get that hot. So the seeds will probabyl germinate, or at least some of them will next year. As for the rosebay, it's able to still create seed even after uprooting the stuff, and I would say burn it, or bin it, it's best not even given the chance to spread. Of course if you can get it early enough you can compost it, but it has to be pretty small in my experience. Duncan "Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... Hello Again Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) so we've had a big dose of Intensive Care and hospitalisation but we're home now and I've been trying to get the garden back under control. The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Similarly with Rose Bay Willow Herb that is in flower and podding a lil but hasn't yet got the fluffy stage of seeding (these things seem to have a nasty habit of 'fluffing' in the compost bin so I was wondering if the seeds are viable then or not?) TIA --Alison |
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22-07-2003, 06:43 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 12:06:06 +0100, Alison wrote:
Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature...we're home now Congratulations! The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Very likely unless your compost heap is really hot. Few are. I never put flowering weeds or seed-bearing anything in my own compost for that very reason. Such material goes to the municipal compost facility. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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22-07-2003, 07:38 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature...we're home now Congratualtions :-))) |
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22-07-2003, 08:20 PM
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If you have a good "hot" compost bin with the addition of horse manure or
lashings of urine then you should not have any problem whatever with seeding I certainly have not and I throw everything including weeds into any one of my 7 bins "Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... Hello Again Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) so we've had a big dose of Intensive Care and hospitalisation but we're home now and I've been trying to get the garden back under control. The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Similarly with Rose Bay Willow Herb that is in flower and podding a lil but hasn't yet got the fluffy stage of seeding (these things seem to have a nasty habit of 'fluffing' in the compost bin so I was wondering if the seeds are viable then or not?) TIA --Alison |
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22-07-2003, 08:29 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
If you have a good "hot" compost bin with the addition of horse manure or
lashings of urine then you should not have any problem whatever with seeding I certainly have not and I throw everything including weeds into any one of my 7 bins "Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... Hello Again Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) so we've had a big dose of Intensive Care and hospitalisation but we're home now and I've been trying to get the garden back under control. The gardening question is... Chopping the top growth off things like Aqualegias and Jacobs Ladder - if I bung it all in the compost bin, will the seeds germinate absolutely everywhere next year when it's worked into the garden? Similarly with Rose Bay Willow Herb that is in flower and podding a lil but hasn't yet got the fluffy stage of seeding (these things seem to have a nasty habit of 'fluffing' in the compost bin so I was wondering if the seeds are viable then or not?) TIA --Alison |
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23-07-2003, 01:34 AM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature...we're home now
Congratulations : Just remember You have to increase the number of times you have to pot and re pot. Maintain liquid feed, Lightly wash all over frequently, but don't leave wet or damp for prolonged periods. Avoid extremes of temperature. -- David Hill Abacus nurseries www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk |
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23-07-2003, 10:03 PM
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Baby Arrived - Garden Gone Wild
"Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... Hello Again Looks like you've all been busy out there in this lovely summer (overall). Baby Rowan arrived 6 weeks pre-term/premature (he wasn't due until this coming weekend) Congratulations! I've been trying to get the garden back under control. Ah. My youngest is 35 and I still haven't tamed the garden ... Or the 'children'! Mary |
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