GQT at Home: Biodiversity Starters and Tips from The Archers
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts. Peter Gibbs is in the chair, with Chris Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood, and Matt Biggs answering questions from a virtual audience across the country.
This week, the panellists get excited about the growing seasons ahead, discussing their top tips for cultivating healthy coriander and gooseberry plants, when to cut back a buddleia to maximise its butterfly potential for the summer, and what "to chit your potatoes" means.
Also, Claire Ratinon goes in search of a lesser known community garden in Southwark, the Crossbones Garden, and Bob Flowerdew shares his advice on growing the juiciest strawberries.
Producer - Hannah Newton
Assistant Producer - Bethany Hocken
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.
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Q 鈥� Having just finished an academic module on pests and diseases, I鈥檝e been left wondering, how do we manage to grow anything?
(1 minutes 34 seconds)听
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Q 鈥� How to grow healthy large coriander leaves?
(6 minutes 16 seconds)听
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Chris Beardshaw 鈥�
Coriander 鈥楲eafy leisure鈥�
Coriander 鈥楥alypso鈥�
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Q 鈥� Can you help me with my african violet plant? It鈥檚 sitting on a west-facing windowsill above a radiator.
(9 minutes 8 seconds)
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Q 鈥� When is the best time to cut back my buddleia in order to maximise its butterfly potential for this summer?
(11 minutes 28 seconds)
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Chris Beardshaw 鈥�
Buddleia, Butterfly bush
Buddleia davidii
Buddleja fallowiana
Buddleja crispa
Buddleia alternifolia
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Feature 鈥� Claire Rattinon visits the Crossbones Garden in Southwark, London to chat to Helen John and Lucy Coleman-Talbot
(14 minutes 42 seconds)
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Q 鈥� The trees of our laburnum arch are becoming hard to maintain as the branches are getting so thick. Is there any way to maintain the arch?
(19 minutes 42 seconds)
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Chris Beardshaw 鈥�
Laburnum 鈥榁ossii鈥� (alpinum x anagyroides)
Laburnum 鈥楶urple plum鈥�
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Q 鈥� Are there any gooseberry varieties that aren鈥檛 affected by american mildew, and is there anything I can do to minimise the impact of this fungus?
(24 minutes 25 seconds)
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Matt Biggs 鈥�
Gooseberry 鈥楬innonmaki Red鈥�
Gooseberry 鈥楬innonmaki Yellow鈥�
Gooseberry 鈥楬innonmaki Green鈥�
Gooseberry 鈥業nvicta鈥�
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Pippa Greenwood 鈥�
Gooseberry 鈥楪reenfinch鈥�
Gooseberry 鈥楻emarka鈥�
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Feature 鈥� Bob Flowerdew shares his advice on growing strawberries
(27 minutes 5 seconds)
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Q 鈥� How do I look after my penstemon?
(30 minutes 44 seconds)
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Chris Beardshaw 鈥�
Penstemon 鈥楽our Grapes鈥�
Penstemon 鈥楻补惫别苍鈥�
Penstemon 鈥榃hite Bedder鈥�
Penstemon 鈥楶urple Bedder鈥�
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Q 鈥� What does 鈥渢o chit your potatoes鈥� mean, and is this a good idea?
(36 minutes 2 seconds)
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Matt Biggs 鈥�
Potato 鈥楴icola鈥�
Potato 鈥楥harlotte鈥�
Potato 鈥楻atte鈥�
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- Fri 25 Feb 2022 15:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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Gardeners' Question Time
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts
