GQT at Home: Spuds and Citrus Duds

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

Q – We’re told to plant things out after the last frost, but that’s a puzzle because we don’t know. How do the panel judge it?

(1 minute 5 seconds)

Q – I recently bought a Calathea Medallion. Ever since getting it home, the leaves have started curling up and it looks very droopy. Any advice for what I’m doing wrong?

(3 minutes 5 seconds)

Q – I’m opening my garden for the NGS on the second bank holiday in May. Does the panel have any suggestions for annual seeds to sow now that will flower by then?

(5 minutes 16 seconds)

Anne –

Dimorphotheca

Osteospermum ‘Limpopo’ (African Daisy)

Phacelia

Matthew –

Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’

Violas

Q – About 40 years ago, I was given an established citrus tree growing in a bucket. Although cosseted, she is tough and resilient, but she has no flowers, let alone fruit. Does the panel have any suggestions about how to make her reward me with one, just one, lemon?

(8 minutes 32 seconds)

Anne –

Tahiti lime

Q – I’ve found myself part of a potato growing competition with my family. What hints and tips can you give me to turbocharge a single bag of spuds?

(12 minutes 47 seconds)

Feature – Potato planting 101 with Hafsah Hafeji

(13 minutes, 11 seconds)

Q – I have some Ipomea (Morning Glory) seeds which I want to plant in our garden, up a swing set.

(18 minutes, 37 seconds)

Humaira –

Sweetpea ‘Matucana’

Q – I’ve started a gardening club with our high school students in the Cayman Islands. What are the easiest plants to propagate?

(21 minutes, 48 seconds)

Anne –

Pothos

Heliconia

Matthew –

Aeschynanthus radicans (Lipstick Vine)

Columnea gloriosa (Goldfish Vine)

Humaira –

Pelargoniums

Q – I’ve recently inherited an Aspidistra. Have the panel got any tips to keep it healthy?

(25 minutes, 11 seconds)

Humaira –

Aloe Vera

Feature – Dr Chris Thorogood on the folklore of the Easter Lily

(29 minutes, 2 seconds)

Lilium longiflorum ‘White Heaven’

Asiatic lily

Oriental lily

Q – We would like to grow a selection of Mediterranean herbs, such as thyme, rosemary, and also grasses and wildflowers. What soil type or material shall we use in the bed?

(32 minutes, 38 seconds)

Q – My supermarket mint plant has turned an alarming shade of pink and all the leaves have dropped off. What caused this?

(35 minutes, 13 seconds)

Q – If the panellists were to make a raised bed in the image of a real bed, what would you plant in it to lie down?

(38 minutes, 7 seconds)

Humaira –

Yew

Box

Parasol trees

Lavender

Anne -

Hops

Lady's bedstraw

Matthew –

Erica darleyensis

Tillandsia (Spanish moss)

Sempervivum