First Lot Of Hardy Annuals Planted Out, Proper Staking Is Happening, Germination Stopped In The Heat - Will It Restart?

About this episode

Lydia discusses her recent planting of hardy annuals and the impact of weather on germination.

Hello, welcome to Tuesday 5 May 2026. I'm still getting over my cold so my voice sounds a bit croaky. Thank goodness we had some rain over the weekend! Phew! It really helped the soil although it wasn't enough to top up IBC1 unfortunately. I spent the weekend planting out the first few batches of my hardy annuals on the field: the agrostemma, ammi, scabious, stocks and saponaria are out and protected under some temporary netting to keep the pigeons off. This means there is now space out...

People in this episode

Host: Lydia Watson

Topics covered

• hardy annuals
• planting
• germination
• gardening
• weather effects

Keywords

• hardy annuals
• planting
• germination
• gardening
• weather

Mentioned in this episode

Products: agrostemma, ammi, scabious, stocks, saponaria

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