[victoria fisherMember]

Thanks Roy, you’ve convinced me! We looked at some greenhouses today and glass also looks so much better. I might just have to put up with lining it.
One of my dreams for the new greenhouse is to have a thermostatically controlled hot bench instead of a hit and miss propagator tray on the kitchen window sill. Does anyone have any experience with something like this and is there a reasonably priced DIY way of building this easily???

[victoria fisherMember]

Thanks Charles! Yes, I do overwinter citrus and other frost sensitive plants in my greenhouse and therefore lining it with bubble wrap. Well, used to. I’m not sure what of these will survive the trauma of the fire. Everything is/was covered in a nasty layer of soot and is looking rather sad but I’m sure I’ll eventually replace some of them…. My lemon tree had quite a few lemons on it for the first time…
Many thanks for your concern. I was devasted yesterday – all my seedlings etc. lost – I’m also growing more flowers this year as youngest daughter is getting married in the summer and I’m supplying the flowers for the decoration…. Luckily the sweetpeas were already outside and the dahlia tubers are in the porch / dining room…. The greenhouse is at the bottom of the garden and quite a distance away from the house, so luckily no problem there.

[victoria fisherMember]

Many thanks Roy. Well, my backgarden is in suburbia of SE-London and surrounded by tall trees and as such somewhat sheltered and not in an open very windy area but we do sometimes get strong winds. Last year in early summer our staghorn sumach tree was blown over by strong winds …
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[victoria fisherMember]

Thanks Charles! Well, my plants were growing very well once they got established until I dug them up earlier this year when I moved to a new allotment. They had even multiplied and I ended up with 3 more plants to the 3 I had started with. They are still in pots and look like they have survived the trauma of being uprooted very well – in full leave again. I did cut them back quite hard and have added some RootGrow (which I can recommend!) to the compost.
I’ll try the honeyberries once I’ve got my new allotment more sorted…

[victoria fisherMember]

Does anyone have experience with growing Goji berries? I was wondering especially about flowering / fruiting time and pruning. My bushes are about 3 years old now and last year had quite a decent crop but they flowered late in the summer and it took ages then to ripen. I also found the taste rather disappointing, quite bitter.

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