Recent content by rychyrd

Hi. I tried to get rooting powder and gave up and brought some back from UK ( along with the teabags and bacon! Rychyrd

Hi Pip. This site does not seem very active so how did your move to Barcelona go. And what have you done in your new garden. Rychyrd

Hi Perle. Great idea. I was told there was a branch of the Mediterranean gardener society with a branch starting up in Mallorca but that breach seems to have withered and died. Rychyrd

Hi Subu. I grow a lot of cuttings as my garden is quite large and was just a field. I usually prefer cuttings because you are certain they will grow true, as opposed to collected seeds. I cut them when the weather changes and the parent starts into life. I cut them 160 cams long ( mas o memos)...

I joined the site on 10th Dec. 2013 and as far as I can see there has not been a single posting on this site since then. Is there any point to this site considering no-one uses it

I have never seen turf in Spain and it will need a lot of water. They use gramma grass which is like our switch grass

No1 Buy a small one they are cheaper No2 only a bit of water.....they are adapted for drought

I have not heard that you need to contact the council UNLESS IT IS INFECTED WITH THE PALM BEETLE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO INFORM THEM AND GET A CONTRACTOR WHO IS LICENCED

Vines, once established don't need much water but reduce the number of rods and also the leaves to aid ripening. you will need to spray for insects and fungus (sulpher spray) and reduce the bunches and the number of grape per bunch (unless you want currants)

Andalucian garden Firstly you will be planting in lots of pots so surely the soil is irrelevant as you will be buying compost? Look to setting up an irrigation system to cover when you are away (and also when you are there ) as you could find your life is all about watering the pots! Close...

Potatoes Potatoes take up a lot of room and here in Mallorca we are close to Sa Pobla where they grow them in huge areas so not cost effective for us. On a lighter note when we went looking for chickens we were told there were only three varieties in Spain...Brown, White and Black but the...

Pumpkins in POTS!!!! You must have very big pots in Almeria. My cucurbits cover half my plot!!

Spanish Gardening Take care when pruning woody perennials. Yes they do need pruning but before they get too woody or too tall as you have to prune back ONLY to the green wood and not into the woody bit as they could die or just sulk for some time ....so prune little and often during the dormant...

Purple flowering weed Sounds like convovulus to me. Yes it can be difficult to eradicate BUT do you really want to eradicate it completely?? It is a beautiful plant...it has a beautiful flower.....it needs no attention at all and will cover up a lot of unsightly areas. A perfect no maintanance...

Vegetables I am assuming you are in Spain but I am confused as to the question! There must be local markets every week close to you where you can buy onion / garlic plantlets by the load. Including herbs and cabbage plants and lettuce plants and tomato plants ...all for sale for when the locals...