Postbag: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
How do I make my cactus healthier? Which 1930s-style plants could I grow indoors? How do I prune mistletoe? Peter Gibbs visits Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
How do I make my cactus healthier? Which 1930鈥檚 style plants could I grow indoors? How do I prune mistletoe?
Peter Gibbs and his panel of horticultural experts are at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens for this week鈥檚 postbag episode of Gardeners鈥� Question Time. Joining Peter on a tour of the gardens are Head Gardener of Horatio鈥檚 Garden Ashley Edwards, ethnobotanist James Wong, and garden designer Bunny Guinness.
Alongside the questions, the Head of Horticulture at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Sally Petitt, gives the pane a tour of the greenhouses and gardens on the historic site.
Producer: Dominic Tyerman
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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(3 minutes, 25 seconds)
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Q鈥� Cambridge University Botanic Gardens- Main Walk
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(11 minutes, 33 seconds)
Q鈥� I鈥檝e got mistletoe on my apple trees. How do I prune it? And will it grow back?
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(14 minutes 54 seconds)
Q鈥擧ow do you clean a greenhouse thoroughly whilst sparing the beneficial insects and organisms?
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Sarcococca
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笔别迟别谤鈥�
Mahonia
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(22 minutes, 8 seconds)
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础蝉丑濒别测鈥�
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叠耻苍苍测鈥�
Snowdrops
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Hellebore
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(25 minutes, 10 seconds)
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(30 minutes, 45 seconds)
Q鈥擨 cut off the top of a pineapple and tried to grow it. It鈥檚 in a north facing conservatory. How do I know when to pick the pineapple, and will the flowers that have sprouted grow a pineapple from them?
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(34 minutes, 20 seconds)
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础蝉丑濒别测鈥�
Fiddle-leaf fig
African violet
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闯补尘别蝉鈥�
Monstera
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Aspidistra
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Mother in Law鈥檚 tongue
Boston fern
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