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Postbag Edition: Henry Moore Studios and Gardens

What to do with lily stems once they have flowered. Tips for growing chanterelle mushrooms. When's the best time to prune fig trees? Peter Gibbs and the panel have the answers.

What do you do with lily stems once the flowers have fallen off? Any tips on growing chanterelle mushrooms? When's the best time to prune fig trees in the northeast?

Peter Gibbs and his panel of horticultural experts take a visit to Henry Moore's Studio and Gardens, while dipping into the GQT postbag to answer your gardening conundrums.

Joining forces with Peter are proud gardeners Matthew Biggs and Christine Walkden, and garden designer Bunny Guinness. The panellists are escorted around the seventy acres of outdoor studio space by Sebastiano Barassi, head of the Henry Moore Collections and Programme.

Later in the programme, the panel discusses foreign seeds and the potential issues that planting them would have on our environment.

Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for 91热爆 Radio 4

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42 minutes

Plant List

Questions and timecodes are below. Where applicable, plant names have been provided.

Q 鈥 I鈥檓 looking after my mum鈥檚 begonia, but the roots aren鈥檛 doing too well - Should I leave it alone and hope it survives? Or does it really need repotting? (04鈥27鈥)

Q 鈥 Can you advise me when will be the best time to prune a one-year-old russet apple tree? (06鈥25鈥)

Q 鈥 When's the best time to prune fig trees in the northeast? (13鈥17鈥)

Bunny Guinness 鈥

Ficuscarica 鈥楧esert King鈥, desert king fig

Q 鈥 Do potatoes continue to grow underground, even when all the leaves are dead? (16鈥35鈥)

Q 鈥 What do you do with lily stems once the flowers fall off? (19鈥44鈥)

Q 鈥 Is it possible to grow chanterelle mushrooms in Moffat? If so 鈥 any tips on how to grow them? (21鈥10鈥)听

Q 鈥 How do I grow a curry leaf plant? (22鈥58鈥)

Christine 鈥

Helichrysum, everlasting flower

Bunny Guinness 鈥

Murrayakoenigii, curry tree

Q 鈥 What grow lights should I buy for my outdoor greenhouse and any other advice about grow lights? (24鈥35鈥)

Q 鈥 My Virginia creeper has grown out of control and spread to the neighbours鈥 flats 鈥 when should I attempt to prune it? (30鈥47鈥)

Q 鈥 Why are my squash plants not producing any fruit? (33鈥30鈥)

Q 鈥 Could the panel suggest some plants for a pot made from expanded potash and polystyrene, that will provide all year-round interest? (37鈥09鈥)

Bunny Guinness 鈥

Myrtuscommunis, Common Myrtle

Hydrangeas

Christine Walkden 鈥

Elaeagnus

Carex, sedge

Matthew Biggs 鈥

Citrus听脳听junos, yuzu

Athyrium niponicum 'Metallicum', japenese painted fern

Dryopteriswallichiana, alpine wood fern

Dryopteriswallichiana听Jurassic Gold听('Hollasic'鈥), alpine wood fern [Jurassic Gold]

Tibouchina听urvilleana, glory bush

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