We meet the incoming RHS Harlow Carr garden advisor Katy Merrington, who looks after the Hepworth Wakefield Garden. We are talking renewal pruning, transplanting or moving plants around the garden and it’s almost a Root Stock Special as we have a detailed analysis of what root stocks are & what happens to the leftovers? Plus, we put the pot in Pots & Trowels with a chat about sculpture and ceramics.

VIDEOS MENTIONED:

How to Create an Apple Cordon (Pruning Apple Trees)

https://youtu.be/b29Osis97qA?si=fiQF_yVDvSBTU0zv 

How to Graft Apple and Fruit Trees

https://youtu.be/kQWeQEOJ7eo?si=hVRZZsEvNLJlWA5K 

Renewal Pruning, Root Stock Extravaganza, Now's the Perfect Time to Transplant/Move Plants & Meet New RHS Advisor Katy Merrington

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Martin Fish
Jill Fish
Sean Riley

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Heaps going on this week on the podcast as we chat to John Grimshaw who is hanging up his RHS Harlow Carr Advisor trowel (and picking up yet another trowel as he landed his Dream Job!) - all the usual weekly advice and listeners' questions answered. 

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Jill Fish
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We have listeners' questions, hints and tips for your week in the garden, Paula from Floral Media tells all and we clink our glasses together to celebrate our 100th episode of the PT Gardening Podcast!

Videos Mentioned:

Six Superb Autumn Flowering Perennials: https://youtu.be/f5g9f0w8xQw

Autumn/Fall Dahlia Care: https://youtu.be/PmR2MYrOkq4 

How to Prune Gooseberry Bushes: https://youtu.be/JgJp453eS-0 

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Jill Fish
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Visiting Louth's secret tropical garden, answering questions on perennial geraniums & dahlias and Martin has his hints for the week, including some excellent advice on propagation so you too can get plants for free!

Secret Garden of Louth: facebook.com/thesecretgardenoflouth 

Videos Mentioned:

How to Transplant an Olive Tree: https://youtu.be/eUUwXE6P6l0?si=nScjADGj7MEO8_vz 

Autumn/Fall Dahlia Care: https://youtu.be/PmR2MYrOkq4 

this episode was renamed from "Tropical United Kingdom, Perennial Geraniums & How To Get Plants For Free!"

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What's the connection between 'digger' and Alan Titchmarsh? Will succulents live in an unheated greenhouse? How do we manage a bamboo patch? We'll answer all these and more in this week's podcast! Plus all the regular gardening advice and help and a bit of fun thrown in!

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Gardens, Forests, Castles & Tea feature this week as Martin and Jill take us on a Northumberland road trip! Plus, the team have all your weekly advice and answer some listeners' questions on Fungi infestation & sweet pea sowing

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It's bulb o'clock, so get all the essential info on planting your spring flowering bulbs, plus we're talking gigantic vegetables with King of giant Veg and multiple world record holder Joe Atherton and we have all the usual advice for your garden. 
#garden #gardening #plants #GrowYourOwn #giantvegetables #worldrecord

Videos Mentioned:
Create a Autumn / Fall Planter or Container 
https://youtu.be/VavHZDm9at4  

How to Take Lavender Cuttings (Lavender Propagation) 
https://youtu.be/ydrSrKQdqqY  

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Whether you like apples or pears, acres or hazels, we're talking trees! There's a question on cloud pruning, more details on our long running carnivorous plant seed controversy and we have all the usual information on what to do in your garden this week!

Thanks to Nick Dunne from Frank P Matthews: https://www.frankpmatthews.com

Videos Mentioned:

Dahlia: https://youtu.be/PmR2MYrOkq4 

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Martin's been to Lincolnshire Pond Plants, who are busy moving to a larger site! We've got listeners' questions on clematis and basil, there's an update on the suspect Venus fly-trap seeds and the usual weekly garden tasks!

Pauline’s Dad’s Green Tomato Chutney Recipe

Makes about 1 ½ kg or 3 ½ lb

1.2kg (2 ½ lb) green tomatoes roughly chopped

2 onions, peeled and chopped

6 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed

Thumb size piece of root ginger, peeled & finely sliced

3 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and chopped

225g (8oz) sultanas or raisins

1 level  tbspn yellow mustard seeds

1 level tbspn salt

½ cinnamon stick

2 pieces star annise

280ml (½ pint) cider vinegar

140ml (¼ pint) orange juice

450g (1lb) light muscovado sugar

Sterilised jars and lids

 Method

Put all the ingredients, except the sugar into a preserving pan and place over a medium heat. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and simmer for 1-1 ½ hours until the ingredients have softened.

Remove from the heat and add the sugar. Stir until it dissolves

Return to the heat and simmer for approx. 1 hour until the mixture has thickened

Stir occasionally but as it starts to thicken stir a little more to stop the chutney from catching on the bottom of the pan

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RHS Harlow Carr curator Paul Cook has a chat to Martin about the famous northern garden, and his plans. We're answering your questions and have some top tips for you bulb lovers, so stay tuned for that!

notes:

Plants for under Holm Oak:

Pachysandra terminalis

Videos mentioned this episode:

Harlow Carr Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAP6F3_x3pSanz-SarwwkrWucL9hPNKSa 

How to Take Pelargonium Cuttings:

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