General Chat

Good Morning All, Thank you for your contributions to the thread, and your personal ditties
Persey, I do not understand, perhaps you would like to elucidate LOL
Have a good day all
Julia in Derbyshire

Agh, Dear Jean (Monmouth), How I envy you and your orchids. I tried these a couple of years ago, with very little success. I am envious when I see them in the garden centres, and probably will this weekend. I am so tempted to try them again.
Where do you house yours, particularly in the cold weather we have had. And congratulations on your two 'babies'
I wish I had the 'knack' with them
Take Care
Julia in Derbyshire

Daughter grows orchids. They keep them on a small table in their lounge, away from the window, although this time of year theya re up in their bedroom, they seem to thrive. I love them but can't work out where we could grow them in our lounge, I think they need to be away from direct sunlight and out of drafts but that is all I know. Always go to the orchid gardin in Tenerife to take photos.

Irene. I am sure that the open ground is the best place to grow potatoes, but for those of us with small gardens there is just not room so we have to rely on small crops from (in our case) a potatoe tower thingy or a potato bag which daughter used and was quite pleased with the result.

Ann

Am pleased to hear of success with potato sacks
-- mine were reasonable ( In reality my results ought to be discounted as I live along the Costa Tropical - which as the name suggests permits the growing of almost anything -- I planted and harvested peanuts last year )

but my sister in Norfolk "rated" hers as "poor" -- and she is a far better gardener than I --- she also added liquid feed etc as instructed to --- I confess to - adding horse/mule manure to soil and nothing else but water

But am pleased that others had good results -- as I do believe they could/should be an aid to all gardeners - much like grow bags ( which I also cannot buy here

Irene in Spain

My orchids are in the living room, well back from the window as it is too sunny for them. They like light but not strong sunlight. I have a kind of tree which my OH made, a pole with rings on for the pots to go in, and some on a shelf in the far corner. They go there for a rest when flowering is over. I also have some on the dining room windowsill which only gets morning sunlight. They flower well. Watering takes place in the kitchen sink,once a week. I soak them, drain them and put them back in their potholders so that they dont have much water in their roots. Standing in water will kill them. During the cold weather I have watered once a fortnight.

Thank you Jean for getting back to me. You have spurred me on to have another go, although space in the living room is at a premium at the moment with the Christmas decorations. But, the OH is out as we speak, to buy me one.
Again Jean, many,many thanks for your advice.
Julia in Derbyhire

Might have a go as well. The 'tree' sounds a good idea.

We had some cane rings at the time and these were fixed to a pole, with room between them to put plants. I would think aluminium or something like that would make passable rings. Its handy to keep a number in a small space.

Anyone interested can see my orchids which are in flower. I have sent photos to Judes blog.

Jean (Monmouth). I managed to buy three over the weekend.
I will PM you.
Julia in Derbyshire

Just looked at the photos Jean, they are lovely.

Thanks, Ann and Julia. I do like to show off my plants from time to time as no one sees them except the district nurses these days. Dont have many mobile friends, I seem to be the best of us! I am not includin Jude in that, she is a treasure.