Vale of Glamorgan
Kathy Clugston and the panel discuss struggling house plants and neglected greenhouses, managing a towering cactus and encouraging lemons and limes to ripen.
Kathy Clugston is joined in the Vale of Glamorgan by Bethan Collerton, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw, where they tackle horticultural conundrums from a live audience. inspired by the region鈥檚 famously fertile landscape - from the mysteries of the old鈥慺ashioned mangelwurzel, to advice for struggling houseplants, and recommendations on how to manage a towering six鈥慺oot cactus.
The team also shares practical advice on reviving a neglected greenhouse, caring for a long鈥憀oved pot鈥慴ound rhododendron, and encouraging lemons and limes to ripen in coastal South Wales.
Later in the show, Pippa Greenwood offers timely spring guidance on staying ahead of slugs and other emerging pests, helping gardeners protect tender new growth as the season gets underway.
Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Assistant Producer: William Norton
A Somethin' Else production for 麻豆社 Radio 4
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Q1 鈥� A question about Mangel Wurzels. Have the panel ever grown them? If not, have they ever eaten or cooked them? (01鈥�35鈥�)
鈥⑻� Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, mangel-wurzel, beetroot
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Q2 鈥� I鈥檝e had an Alocasia听zebrina for about six years鈥� It鈥檚 really started to dwindle. What should I do? Do I need to cut its head off and store it in a dark room, or is there anything else I can do? (5鈥�13鈥�)
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Q3 鈥� Can the panel recommend a plant or selection of plants that I could germinate in Derbyshire to gift to my friend, who has a small courtyard garden that gets only a little sun in the middle of the day? (10鈥�00鈥�)
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Chris Beardshaw
鈥⑻� Aspidistra spp., cast鈥慽ron plant
鈥⑻� Asarum spp., wild ginger
鈥⑻� Valeriana听pyrenaica, capon's tail grass
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Bethan Collerton
鈥⑻� Verbascum听olympicum, Olympian mullein
鈥⑻� Moluccella laevis, bells of Ireland
鈥⑻� Lavatera spp., lavatera, Tree mallow
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Q4 鈥� I鈥檝e got a cactus that keeps growing and growing, it鈥檚 about six foot tall now, what can I do? (14鈥�22鈥�)
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Anne Swithinbank
鈥⑻� Cereus听repandus/Cereus听peruvianus, Cadushi
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Q5 鈥� I鈥檓 taking on my dad鈥檚 greenhouse which has been neglected for about a year鈥� How do I start? What do the panel recommend? (18鈥�43鈥�)
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Q6 鈥� I have a much鈥�loved pot鈥�bound rhododendron. Do the panel have tips on recuing it? Will I damage it by splitting it? And have I missed the moment with the buds so developed? ( 29鈥�17鈥�)
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Chris Beardshaw
鈥⑻� Rhododendron spp.
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Anne Swithinbank
鈥⑻� No new species
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Q7 鈥� Is it possible to grow lemon and lime trees in a climate like the Vale of Glamorgan? (34鈥�15鈥�)
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Anne Swithinbank
鈥⑻� Citrus limon, lemon
鈥⑻� Citrus 脳 latifolia, Tahiti lime/ Persian Lime
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