Q&A: a new series with Sarah Raven
We’re excited to bring a new regular series to grow, cook, eat, arrange in 2024 enabling you to ask questions directly to Sarah.
Just pop us a message on the podcast review pages, email or our social media posts, and keep an eye (or ear!) out for Sarah’s response in our regular Q&A episodes.
Q&A: Is it better to grow Sweet Peas from seed? Why have shrubs and hedges become integral to gardens?
In this first edition, Josie joins Sarah to answer the best way of growing sweet peas and why shrubs and hedges have become so popular in recent years.
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Q&A: Can a well-established peony tree be moved? How many bulbs should be in a container?
This time round, we’re looking at whether it’s safe to move a well-established peony tree without damaging it, and Josie’s curious new revelation for the perfect number of bulbs in any sized container.
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Q&A: When can you move seedlings outside? How do I treat gangly sweet peas? What can we do to combat dahlia gall?
Kicking off the month, we’ve a timely question on moving seedlings outside when they’ve been in a window propagator, and Sarah shares her golden rule to prevent sweet peas from developing a ‘gangly’ appearance.
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Q&A: Can you split Dahlia tubers when they’ve grown too big? What are the best long-flowering spring plants? How do you put together colour collections?
Learn how to split Dahlia tubers once they’ve grown extremely large, round up the best flowers for long-lasting beauty throughout the spring, and touch on the ways to create your own complementary collections of flowers.
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Q&A: What are the best potted plants? Are there dahlias you would recommend growing from seed? Which plants are ideal for shade?
This time we are looking at the plant varieties that are best suited to pots with consideration for both small tabletop and larger floor pots. Sarah & Josie share the dahlias that they’d most recommend growing from seed, and we discover the perfect plants for varying levels of shade.
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Q&A: Should I pinch out tall, leggy seedlings? What are your favourite spring plants?
This time around, we’re looking at pinching out seedlings like cosmos, whether they should be pinched out when they’re tall and leggy, and if there are certain seedlings which shouldn’t be pinched.
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