Another wee update that has been delayed by work.
One clone from @brock1 's Joshua was really throwing pistils out, like she wanted to flower. So I decided to plant her outside quick. Nothing to lose! She went down at a disused railway plot.
I found some good topsoil on a wooded slope, and added it on top of the coco and compost placed in holes last visit, with a layer of cardboard mulch in the middle. I noticed something had been digging in one of he holes, probably a fox. I placed a cage in the hole, can't use pegs there so weighed down the sides with stone chippings. In fact I covered the soil outside the cage with chippings, makes it a bit less obvious, although the wire cage is a bit of a giveaway.
Beforehand I had put some copper tape around the bottle 'pot' the clone was in. I also cut slits all around the top edge, and then on site I cut the bottom of the pot away and folded the top over making an anti-slug device.
That's the first one planted out, I'll do a staggered planting and I need to make more holes in the ballast somewhere nearby. Also found a window box style planter under a bridge, which I might use for a few plants further along the line.
One clone from @brock1 's Joshua was really throwing pistils out, like she wanted to flower. So I decided to plant her outside quick. Nothing to lose! She went down at a disused railway plot.
I found some good topsoil on a wooded slope, and added it on top of the coco and compost placed in holes last visit, with a layer of cardboard mulch in the middle. I noticed something had been digging in one of he holes, probably a fox. I placed a cage in the hole, can't use pegs there so weighed down the sides with stone chippings. In fact I covered the soil outside the cage with chippings, makes it a bit less obvious, although the wire cage is a bit of a giveaway.
Beforehand I had put some copper tape around the bottle 'pot' the clone was in. I also cut slits all around the top edge, and then on site I cut the bottom of the pot away and folded the top over making an anti-slug device.
That's the first one planted out, I'll do a staggered planting and I need to make more holes in the ballast somewhere nearby. Also found a window box style planter under a bridge, which I might use for a few plants further along the line.
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