{"id":2290,"date":"2015-11-18T02:45:06","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T09:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2290"},"modified":"2015-11-11T02:57:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T09:57:55","slug":"gardeners-question-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/books\/gardeners-question-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners Question Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1856265706\/richardpettin-21\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1856265706.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg\" alt=\"Book Cover\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A cheap tip for members of the RHS is to borrow books from their libraries. I am reading the entertaining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1856265706\/richardpettin-21\">Techniques and Tips for Gardeners <\/a>from the BBC Gardeners Question Time Team. A well produced book of over 300 pages contains a wealth of information and &#8216;nuggetts that rarely find there way into practical books&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>Nuggets and Gardeners Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Create shady areas for underplanting by puning off the lower stems of shrubs to create a trunk with a head of top growth.<\/li>\n<li>If a tender shrub like Callistemon &#8216;Bottle Brush&#8217; or Pittosporum is cut down by frost leave it until summer as it may grow back from the base. Once new growth starts you can cut away the dead stems.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t be upset if windbreaks take a hammering during wild winters, that is the job they are supposed to do.<\/li>\n<li><!--more-->Epsom salts as a foliar and root feed corrects\u00c2\u00a0 magnesium deficiency in sickly trees and shrubs<\/li>\n<li>Feeding a lawn in spring and summer encourages dense, good quality grass. There is no point wasting time and fertilizer on a lawn that is already thick, green and lush.<\/li>\n<li>The last tip in the book page 311 about hanging baskets &#8216;Feed regularly -there are lots of roots packed into a very small space. Pinch out the flowers until the plants are established.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cheap tip for members of the RHS is to borrow books from their libraries. I am reading the entertaining Techniques and Tips for Gardeners from the BBC Gardeners Question Time Team. A well produced book of over 300 pages contains a wealth of information and &#8216;nuggetts that rarely find there way into practical books&#8217; Nuggets and Gardeners Tips Create shady areas for underplanting by puning off the lower stems of shrubs to create a trunk with a head of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/books\/gardeners-question-time\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}