tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post4026388629064866348..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: Tips on planting and sowingRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-35897379916914285752014-10-16T10:40:34.888+01:002014-10-16T10:40:34.888+01:00on the other hand your gushing praise might be bec...on the other hand your gushing praise might be because you are selling a service!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-6416283500211973942014-10-16T10:37:43.073+01:002014-10-16T10:37:43.073+01:00It's comments like yours Natalie that is my re...It's comments like yours Natalie that is my reward for writing my posts.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25164264679315206842014-10-15T11:00:24.784+01:002014-10-15T11:00:24.784+01:00The post is definitely brilliant! It is incredibly...The post is definitely brilliant! It is incredibly useful for me to know all these things! Thank you so much for sharing, Roger!Natalie B.http://www.londongardeners.org.uk/garden-maintenance/bayswater-W2.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-56179122503358161582014-06-18T07:56:33.073+01:002014-06-18T07:56:33.073+01:00No problem. I find doing any amount of 'typing...No problem. I find doing any amount of 'typing' on my iPad to be frustrating.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-33942096634898653392014-06-18T06:28:00.412+01:002014-06-18T06:28:00.412+01:00Hi Sue, when I was away I had trouble working my i...Hi Sue, when I was away I had trouble working my i pad and inadvertently put a link to your excellent site on. I am sure you do not mind! Can't get my head round these things!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-65914102597998336042014-06-18T06:25:04.295+01:002014-06-18T06:25:04.295+01:00Sorry my reply has been delayed Rick. I have been ...Sorry my reply has been delayed Rick. I have been away - gardening at Brenda's son's in France. My i pad kept freezing when I try to reply! Apologies everyone else for very brief or none existent replies.<br />The 'bones' of my next myth about bonemeal is written in 'skeleton' form, is third up and will be published in about three weeks time.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-76721841361253110092014-06-10T12:19:45.180+01:002014-06-10T12:19:45.180+01:00Very true, your downhill remark. I will be posting...Very true, your downhill remark. I will be posting about the advantages of loam based compost soon!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25867978452074609982014-06-10T11:17:33.855+01:002014-06-10T11:17:33.855+01:00Excellent advice as usual Roger, plants do not tha...Excellent advice as usual Roger, plants do not thank you for mollycoddling them, the way that commercial crops are handled mechanically and the type of rough cultivation the ground receives prior to seeding or planting would have most gardeners wondering how the plants ever survive. I am following your "love affair" with bonemeal with great interest and am awaiting your final critique Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-6921958929838637652014-06-06T16:57:39.783+01:002014-06-06T16:57:39.783+01:00Wow! I've read all of it! This was very intere...Wow! I've read all of it! This was very interesting, I even noted down a few things.<br /><br />I'd like to read something like this but on fertilizing :) <br /><br />Greetings and keep writing! You're good at it :)Dewberry / Amanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414491661460075503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-32991475663170963802014-06-06T11:21:33.380+01:002014-06-06T11:21:33.380+01:00I find a factor in the success of planting is the ...I find a factor in the success of planting is the potting medium, I have recently planted many hundreds of plants in my son’s garden in very dodgy conditions that you would thoroughly approve of! There were one or two failures, each time from a plant from a garden centre in a peaty (or substitute) medium, my own plants – hundreds of them - were in my soil based potting medium mainly in undersizedPauline Littlehttp://www.littlegarden.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-26392762637038996392014-06-06T08:25:19.930+01:002014-06-06T08:25:19.930+01:00I think too much gardening advice is given in blac...I think too much gardening advice is given in black and white terms where in reality there are many shades of greyRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-32206822802670431112014-06-06T01:15:16.075+01:002014-06-06T01:15:16.075+01:00Most useful information - you have enough material...Most useful information - you have enough material for 5 posts in there!<br />I always felt a bit guilty because my seed beds are usually quite rough. I am glad to hear it is not a problem. I new it was not but felt I was not doing it properly.<br />I agree with planting shrubs in the soil they will have to grow in, without improving it. I think here this is now the official methods (there has rochefleuriegardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783773632775842680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-41809258062371276682014-06-05T12:36:31.085+01:002014-06-05T12:36:31.085+01:00No idea without seeing it!
You can perhaps increas...No idea without seeing it!<br />You can perhaps increase your chances by a little root pruning now. Sever some of the more distance lateral roots (Digging?!) and cut down into the soil perhaps fifteen inches away to a spit's depth or so. You could reduce the top now with a little tasteful pruning. I would move it in early October. Earlier if it has turned very wet.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-25456871992393842992014-06-05T08:57:06.748+01:002014-06-05T08:57:06.748+01:00We need to try and move a camellia that after 13 ...We need to try and move a camellia that after 13 years has outgrown its position. How do you rate out chance of success?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com