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Hi, 😊 if you have any, Aloe Vera is a good alternative, either gel from the shop (as natural as possible with no added products) or if you have a plant use the flesh of a leaf and mush up to a gel and dip the cutting in it. I haven't tried it but friends have and it seems to work well. Good luck and thank you for watching Xx

It can be a challenge here as well in more damp summer's 🫤 I have to hang them up in the shed to dry. It's worth it in the end.

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@@GreenFingerTips Ma'am the quality of your video is very good but the way you upload the video is not the right way if you upload it correctly you will get millions of views on your channel and you will get many subscribers.

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I give a good water when I plant them, but then I just water to keep the soil damp and not wet. The soft outer cuticle of the stem will rot quickly if the soil is too wet to damp soil it preferred 👍

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Thank you for replying time , and then how often water them please

@leyazad depends how sunny it is or how hot they get, just keep an eye on the soil and water to keep damp. Check on the every day and maybe water every other day.

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I don't transcribe my videos. Why do you need the transcript?

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Hi, yep, I just top the pot with a thick layer of straw or compost to insulate the bulbs from the cold and bring them in to a covered area of the garden, then I put them back out in spring when the weather starts to warm up. They come back each year, and the bulbs double in numbers each year, so displays grow and change.

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Awe, thank you 😊💚 and thank you for choosing my video to watch Xx

That's a good idea 💡💚 love it

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Whether you harvest for seed or eating or just let them go for the birds, easiest plant to grow. Put the seeds in the ground, give them water, watch them grow.

I leave it for at least a few hours, overnight is better but the longer you wait the more calcium is extracted from the eggshells. You can leave for days without issue. Thank you for watching Xx ☺️

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@@GreenFingerTips oh and drying washing inside and using a dehumidifier is so good! Currently got 6 bath sheets and all my tea towels drying in my lounge, got about 10 litres out into my garden with my dehumidifier in 24hours! They’re not even fully dry yet. I use the water to soak brown shredded cardboard before lying it under mulch in autumn. The water will dry up in the sun BUT it will help the cardboard be able to hold more water in the long run. I wouldn’t recommend using the water directly in the garden though as there are mixed reviews about what the quality is like. But I also use rain water and empty all the pet water bottles in the box of boxes too

Think our compost heap will be the same very soon. We are getting Guinea Pigs next week 👏😁

@@GreenFingerTips yesssss! Guinea pigs are honestly amazing!!! I’ve had them for nearly 20 years and wouldn’t be without them. I’ve currently got 4 (two pairs of sisters, all rescued) and they help my mental health as well as my gardens health

@anaveragemuppet we are rescuing 2 male piggies 👏❤️ I love um have not had guinea pigs for years and I can't wait!

Apologies for the delay in my reply to your comment, it was hiding 🤷. To be honest, it's such a strong and resilient plant I cut it back hard and it comes back every time. Cut it back to leave around an inch of new growth without an issue, if you can cut back harder if it's getting very big. The old woodier growth will bud quickly and Fill the plant out. I don't snip at the leaf joints like pruning most plants, shears are fine.

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Hi 👋 of course. If you check out this video, th-cam.com/video/kTD82PAjZBw/w-d-xo.html it is all about saving and storing sunflower seeds ready to grow next year. If you have any questions please feel free to comment on the video and I'll try and help. Xx thank you for watching

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Everything in balance. Sometimes if you rejig the ecosystem in your garden and the soil it can take a while to rebalance and some organisms will become more prevalent than others causing an issue such as eating roots and damaging plants. As soon as the ecosystem balances back out the damage will reduce to manageable level/ nothing noticeable. Hope this helps. Thank you for watching Xx ☺️

You can slow the video in the settings tab and if it's better for you, you can mute the video 👍 Thank you for watching Xx

That's a great idea for coffee shops and café to reduce waste and help gardeners ☺️👏☕

I get mine from my local one too!

I try and save as many seeds from as many plants in the garden as I can to sow the next year, but a lot of my sunflowers go to the birds over the winter ☺️🕊️ to keep them happy.

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Thank you Gemma. Feedback is always appreciated 👍 Thank you for watching xx

Just rewind or pause the video and turn the volume off.

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Though I had, 🤷 I'll check that out. Thank you for letting me know. Thank you for watching Xx

😢 I'm sorry you haven't had much success with cutting. I will admit, my success rate is not 100% either but if you try and place the cuttings towards the edges of the pot you are planting them in, this will help excess water that can build up around the stem drain away, preventing the cutting dying off before rooting. In a round pot I would start planting the cuttings around the edge about an inch apart then put a few in the middle of the pot to use the space. I hope this helps ☺️ Good luck on your next batch of cutting 👍 And thank you for watching Xx

@@GreenFingerTipsSorry, I meant: where do you place the pot that the cuttings are in? Thank you

😂🤦 That's funny, I'm a spoon. I place them in my heated propagator (which is on in the winter/early spring and off in the spring/summer) or on my kitchen windowsill in the sun. 😂🤦🤭

Unlikely. If it's in blossom it's too late to take soft wood cuttings and too early for hardwood cutting. The plant needs to be starting to grow green shoots and new stems for softwood cuttings. For the hardwood (The cherry cutting in the video are hardwood) you should be taken mid autumn when they stop fruiting, flowering and no new growth. They need to sit over winter, the nodes on the stem where the leaves would have been, where they root from, will calis over and then they root in spring. I have never used Aloe as a rooting agent so I can't say if it will work or not. Maybe I'll do a video trial to see how good aloe is as a rooting agent 🤔

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I'm dipping in hormone rooting powder, but this is not essential as they root quite readily without it. I just had it out from another lot of cutting I took.

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They don't break down in the time it takes to root and produce leaves and stem growth. I'm just lazy and it's easier to fill them like this. I can't still separate and plant out in the garden.

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@@GreenFingerTips so when they've grown as seedlings, you pull the tubes out and plant them on? Because the video really doesn't make that clear

Yep, that's correct. Apologies and I appreciate your feedback. When I make an updated video on sowing and growing Sweetpeas I'll make sure to clarify your points.

I'll do a new video this year. It only takes around 10 days to root. Thank you for your feedback and thank you for watching 😊👍

Thanks for responding tho unnecessary. I have ~10 cuttings in pots now using your method, about 5 days in all good so far! 🤞🏻

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THANKS for sharing and asking/answering with regards to number of days rooting should take place!!! ❤❤❤ I am a new Dusty Miller fan. Yesterday I just transplanted 10 pots of this beautiful plant into my flower bed as borders. I am going to add more of them real soon to add more depth. I have successfully used the method in your video with other plants and look fwd to doing the same with my Dusty Miller plants. THANKS AGAIN!!! ❤❤❤

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Thank you Susan for your feedback. Always appreciated to help me learn and improve my videos. I apologise, this would be hormone-rooting powder I'm dipping the cuttings in first. I do this because Dusty Millar stems have a soft fury cuticle which can't hold on to water particles, and if they take too long to root they can rot off with the moisture in the soil. You don't really need it as they root fairly well anyway but it is a precaution. Thank you for watching and please feel free to comment any questions and I will reply promptly. Xx

☺️👏 thank you for watching xx One place I would love to visit is New Zealand. Looks like a beautiful place to live.

Thank you for watching 😊 Nope, the plants recovered within a couple days and fruited well the rest of the season. Have had tomato leaf curl virus before and the crop needed ripping out 😥

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Around 500ml For 2 pellets but if you add too much water, wait until the compost has soaked as much as it's going to and drain the rest off. Takes around 10 mins 👍

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@@GreenFingerTips many thanks, a great help! X

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Hi, I used a mix of perlite and multipurpose compost, more perlite than compost, but you can use any kind of free draining compost.

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