Thanks for sharing your garden! It’s such fun to see how much enjoyment avid gardeners like you are getting for all their effort, both in beauty and organic produce. Blessings from prairie Canada 🍁
Greetings from Canada, Adam! What a very thorough roundup of garden chores for August. It must take you ages to film everything, so thank-you for all your work. 😊 I’m most envious of your blackberries. They look so delicious. I don’t really have room to grow them in my garden, at least not without rearranging a good chunk of my already full gardens. I did squeeze in a vertical system to grow strawberries this year, which has been fun. They’ve been a little on the small side, but I’m hopeful that they’ll improve soon. I must re-watch your strawberry video for some pointers.
Thank you. Yes picking a few homegrown strawberries is always a treat, and you know they’ve been organically grown too. Yes my videos do take many days to film and edit but all that work is worth it when I see how much my lovely viewers enjoy them. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Glad it was helpful! And if you or any other viewers have ideas for any topics they would like me to cover in future videos do drop a comment here too. Thank you.
Enjoyed your video and your channel! With regards to lillies unfortunately whole plant is toxic for cats not just pollen! I love lillies but don't have any as I have a cat and as you probably know cats will sometimes munch on leaves and/or grass to get rid of furballs. Anyways love your videos
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Thank you for the tip about cutting flowers off bedding plants before going on holiday! I love your Yukka centrepiece pot with the nemesis, look forward to seeing it in autumn with the violas. Thank you for very interesting and informative video. I wish I had a greenhouse! Can I ask you a question? I have a bush tomato plant which looks very healthy and is covered in yellow flowers but this year there are no signs of any tomatoes developing. Could this be due to the relatively cold early summer months we had? I have lots of bees, hover flies in my garden so I’m doubtful that the flowers haven’t been pollinated but I suppose it could be?
So pleased to hear you have enjoyed my video. It’s hard to be certain but if your tomato plant has produced flowers then hopefully these will be pollinated and set fruit. You could lend a hand by tapping the flowers gently too … I’ve seen commercial tomato growers using a vibrating tool rather like an electric toothbrush to vibrate the flower heads early in the season to mimic the action of bees and shake the pollen inside the flower to improve pollination. It’s worth a try …. Tapping each flower truss in turn. Keep up the watering and high potash feed too. Good luck!
Very informative video. Thank you!! How do you keep your fuchsia so bushy? Mine get very leggy. Do you prune them regularly or should we do that only once or twice a year?
Glad you enjoyed my video. There are many different varieties of fuchsia with varying growth habits, usually upright or trailing, and varying degrees of vigour. If you would prefer something shorter and bushier then do some research to find a suitable variety with that growth habit. I don’t prune my fuchsias during the summer, but do pinch out shoot tips early in the year to encourage bushier growth. I am developing a video on fuchsias that will demonstrate this.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Sadly some plants are susceptible to diseases specific to them, like mildew on phlox, but you can sometimes delay infection by being very strict with your cultivation and care. Dry soil conditions can be a trigger, making plants more susceptible so ensuring clumps never go short of moisture might help. And next winter, once you have cut all the stems down to soil level, spread a generous mulch of compost right over the top of the clumps. This lovely organic material will gradually rot down and be taken down into the soil to improve soil fertility and moisture holding. Mulch, mulch , mulch … that’s my mantra!
@@catherinematthews8573 you could just pour them onto the compost heap and cover with clippings. Do this regularly and don’t leave for several days to deteriorate, or into a jam jar then screw on the lid and pop in the bin.
You have enviable greenhouse produce ! How often do you feed your tomatoes ? I grew my tomatoe plants from seed this year and they have been very slow to produce romatoes.
@@ElizabethPrice-hg4sp I start regular feeding with a high-potash tomato fertiliser as soon as they are planted into their final pot. Standard compost contains very little nutrition, and tomatoes need the high potash to promote flowering and fruiting. I hope yours start cropping soon.
@@Adams-Gardening-Guides so do I Adam, I’ve been a bit lazy with the feeding, the tomatoes are green and tiny, so I’ll keep feeding on a regular basis 🤞
Yes it will. By this I mean you’ll be sniping off any fully open flowers are so making space for the next flush of fresh blooms. Great idea using this method of dead heading to schedule fresh flowers for a special occasion.
@@Adams-Gardening-Guides thanks so much for the really supportive reply Adam 👌 I feel much more confident now 🤗 although it will hurt, but some nice flowers for a vase 🤣💚
I have a perennial sun flower and i love it but something eats all the petals off my flowers does that ever happen to yours and do you know whats eating the petals.
Aren't they beautiful. Sorry to hear your plant is being nibbled. No I haven't had any problem with mine so can't really guess what this could be caused by I'm afraid without seeing it myself. Hopefully there isn't too much damage.
My neighbour who plants wildflowers to attract pollinators, had a large stand of the tall indigenous sunflower and the aphids loved them. We are in prairie Canada.
Adam, do you have any advice on using peat free composts for ornamentals in pots? I’m having terrible luck in recent months, losing plants in pots within weeks (sometimes days) it doesn’t matter how I’m mixing it with other mediums. It’s becoming a real problem!! I find mixes now are actually worse than when they first came out!! What on earth…!!!! I’m truly baffled and disheartened!! Help 😵💫
Like you, I’ve had very mixed fortunes growing with peat-free composts over the years. I do use a lot of peat-free compost each year for my patio pots and baskets, and for growing and potting on plants. Through trial and error I’ve now decided that many brands really are very poor at growing good quality plants. In some the pants don’t grow at all and others drain very quacking and do not hold on to moisture. I do overcome this to some extent by mixing water-retaining gel into some compost at planting time (along with slow-release fertiliser granules), but starting with a good quality compost is always my goal. One local garden centre sells their own brand of peat-free multi-purpose compost that I thought was good value (especially with their multi-buy offer), but I am increasingly disappointed with the growing performance of my patio plants. More and more I’m moving away from ‘own brands’ and towards bigger brands that have a good quality reputation. However, do try and read the Which? magazine trial results on peat-free composts. Apparantly Homebase Peat Free Multi-Purpose Compost won the Which? Best Buy in April 2021. Obviously quality can vary over time, so choosing a brand that has performed well in trials like this is one way to try and ensure you’re using the best compost currently available.
After doing a little research online I also see that Melcourt’s SylvaGrow Multi-Purpose 100% peat-free compost has been recognised as a Which? Best Buy for raising young plants.
@@Adams-Gardening-Guides thank you for these great replies! Do you think you could cover this issue in a video? I’m sure many people would appreciate it! I’m heartened to hear that even *you* have had trouble with dodgy composts!! I thought it was maybe just moi🥴
Thanks for sharing your garden! It’s such fun to see how much enjoyment avid gardeners like you are getting for all their effort, both in beauty and organic produce. Blessings from prairie Canada 🍁
What a gorgeous garden!
Thank you. It’s such a pleasure being able to share it with all my viewers. I hope your garden is flourishing too. Thanks for watching.
Aaah straight away seeing your eucomis makes me wonder why mine didn't flower!
Greetings from Canada, Adam! What a very thorough roundup of garden chores for August. It must take you ages to film everything, so thank-you for all your work. 😊 I’m most envious of your blackberries. They look so delicious. I don’t really have room to grow them in my garden, at least not without rearranging a good chunk of my already full gardens. I did squeeze in a vertical system to grow strawberries this year, which has been fun. They’ve been a little on the small side, but I’m hopeful that they’ll improve soon. I must re-watch your strawberry video for some pointers.
Thank you. Yes picking a few homegrown strawberries is always a treat, and you know they’ve been organically grown too.
Yes my videos do take many days to film and edit but all that work is worth it when I see how much my lovely viewers enjoy them. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
You're the best Adam! Great, timely information as always.😊
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Lovely garden.
Thanks for watching.
Really love your video very informative
Glad it was helpful!
And if you or any other viewers have ideas for any topics they would like me to cover in future videos do drop a comment here too.
Thank you.
Meraviglioso! Grazie mille Adam
Enjoyed your video and your channel! With regards to lillies unfortunately whole plant is toxic for cats not just pollen! I love lillies but don't have any as I have a cat and as you probably know cats will sometimes munch on leaves and/or grass to get rid of furballs. Anyways love your videos
Thanks for your feedback. Yes it’s always worth being careful.
Great video very informative you do have a beautiful garden ❤
@@lorainemcguire5795 thank you. It certainly keeps me busy! I hope your garden is flourishing too.
It would be helpful if you mention if each plant was sun tolerant or shade loving. Wonderful watching
@@bonniecarlstrom6014 thank you. Yes a very good point. I’ll try to include this in my plant descriptions in future.
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@@Adams-Gardening-Guides I have subscribed Adam we have just retired so gardening a lot more 👍
Thank you for the tip about cutting flowers off bedding plants before going on holiday!
I love your Yukka centrepiece pot with the nemesis, look forward to seeing it in autumn with the violas.
Thank you for very interesting and informative video. I wish I had a greenhouse!
Can I ask you a question? I have a bush tomato plant which looks very healthy and is covered in yellow flowers but this year there are no signs of any tomatoes developing. Could this be due to the relatively cold early summer months we had?
I have lots of bees, hover flies in my garden so I’m doubtful that the flowers haven’t been pollinated but I suppose it could be?
So pleased to hear you have enjoyed my video. It’s hard to be certain but if your tomato plant has produced flowers then hopefully these will be pollinated and set fruit. You could lend a hand by tapping the flowers gently too … I’ve seen commercial tomato growers using a vibrating tool rather like an electric toothbrush to vibrate the flower heads early in the season to mimic the action of bees and shake the pollen inside the flower to improve pollination. It’s worth a try …. Tapping each flower truss in turn. Keep up the watering and high potash feed too. Good luck!
Thank you Adam, I’ve been out tapping the flowers this morning!
Very informative video. Thank you!! How do you keep your fuchsia so bushy? Mine get very leggy. Do you prune them regularly or should we do that only once or twice a year?
Glad you enjoyed my video. There are many different varieties of fuchsia with varying growth habits, usually upright or trailing, and varying degrees of vigour. If you would prefer something shorter and bushier then do some research to find a suitable variety with that growth habit.
I don’t prune my fuchsias during the summer, but do pinch out shoot tips early in the year to encourage bushier growth.
I am developing a video on fuchsias that will demonstrate this.
Thanks for your beautiful garden video. Do you know how I can get rid of mildew on my David Tall Phlox? Thank you
Glad you enjoyed the video. Sadly some plants are susceptible to diseases specific to them, like mildew on phlox, but you can sometimes delay infection by being very strict with your cultivation and care.
Dry soil conditions can be a trigger, making plants more susceptible so ensuring clumps never go short of moisture might help.
And next winter, once you have cut all the stems down to soil level, spread a generous mulch of compost right over the top of the clumps.
This lovely organic material will gradually rot down and be taken down into the soil to improve soil fertility and moisture holding.
Mulch, mulch , mulch … that’s my mantra!
Adam..how do you dispose of the vile smelling slugs. I did the beer trap couple years ago using jam jars and the smell was too awful!.
@@catherinematthews8573 you could just pour them onto the compost heap and cover with clippings. Do this regularly and don’t leave for several days to deteriorate, or into a jam jar then screw on the lid and pop in the bin.
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You have enviable greenhouse produce ! How often do you feed your tomatoes ? I grew my tomatoe plants from seed this year and they have been very slow to produce romatoes.
@@ElizabethPrice-hg4sp I start regular feeding with a high-potash tomato fertiliser as soon as they are planted into their final pot. Standard compost contains very little nutrition, and tomatoes need the high potash to promote flowering and fruiting. I hope yours start cropping soon.
@@Adams-Gardening-Guides so do I Adam, I’ve been a bit lazy with the feeding, the tomatoes are green and tiny, so I’ll keep feeding on a regular basis 🤞
@@ElizabethPrice-hg4sp yes make it a regular routine. Feeding really makes a difference.
Great advice Adam, deadheading my geraniums today for our show in two weeks, will pretend I'm on holiday😂
Will this also be relevant for dahlias? 😁💚🌸
Yes it will. By this I mean you’ll be sniping off any fully open flowers are so making space for the next flush of fresh blooms. Great idea using this method of dead heading to schedule fresh flowers for a special occasion.
@@Adams-Gardening-Guides thanks so much for the really supportive reply Adam 👌 I feel much more confident now 🤗 although it will hurt, but some nice flowers for a vase 🤣💚
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I have a perennial sun flower and i love it but something eats all the petals off my flowers does that ever happen to yours and do you know whats eating the petals.
Aren't they beautiful. Sorry to hear your plant is being nibbled. No I haven't had any problem with mine so can't really guess what this could be caused by I'm afraid without seeing it myself. Hopefully there isn't too much damage.
My neighbour who plants wildflowers to attract pollinators, had a large stand of the tall indigenous sunflower and the aphids loved them. We are in prairie Canada.
Adam, do you have any advice on using peat free composts for ornamentals in pots? I’m having terrible luck in recent months, losing plants in pots within weeks (sometimes days) it doesn’t matter how I’m mixing it with other mediums. It’s becoming a real problem!!
I find mixes now are actually worse than when they first came out!! What on earth…!!!! I’m truly baffled and disheartened!! Help 😵💫
Like you, I’ve had very mixed fortunes growing with peat-free composts over the years. I do use a lot of peat-free compost each year for my patio pots and baskets, and for growing and potting on plants.
Through trial and error I’ve now decided that many brands really are very poor at growing good quality plants. In some the pants don’t grow at all and others drain very quacking and do not hold on to moisture. I do overcome this to some extent by mixing water-retaining gel into some compost at planting time (along with slow-release fertiliser granules), but starting with a good quality compost is always my goal.
One local garden centre sells their own brand of peat-free multi-purpose compost that I thought was good value (especially with their multi-buy offer), but I am increasingly disappointed with the growing performance of my patio plants.
More and more I’m moving away from ‘own brands’ and towards bigger brands that have a good quality reputation.
However, do try and read the Which? magazine trial results on peat-free composts.
Apparantly Homebase Peat Free Multi-Purpose Compost won the Which? Best Buy in April 2021. Obviously quality can vary over time, so choosing a brand that has performed well in trials like this is one way to try and ensure you’re using the best compost currently available.
After doing a little research online I also see that Melcourt’s SylvaGrow Multi-Purpose 100% peat-free compost has been recognised as a Which? Best Buy for raising young plants.
@@Adams-Gardening-Guides thank you for these great replies! Do you think you could cover this issue in a video? I’m sure many people would appreciate it! I’m heartened to hear that even *you* have had trouble with dodgy composts!! I thought it was maybe just moi🥴
My garden is covered in furry moth caterpillars 🐛.
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