Gardening Thread

[RLJ]

Wow thanks Moch. Will let you know how it turns out. May be a while they not ripe yet!

RLJ

[Mochamoos]

I didnt know you could grow grapes in this country....very cool! Are you going to make us some wine Fendy?

[Fendyweather]

Well I bought a loquat tree this year, planted it and its going bonkers......................... never eaten a loquat though, so will be a new experience once September comes around and it starts fruiting. And planted different grape vines, all going mental, utterly mental........... Yeeeeeeeeee, garden really taking off now after all the work we put in this spring........... building, digging, planting etc...........x

[Mochamoos]

Here we go : Grape Stomper Home Page..Wine Info & Links to Grape Places!..Wine Making Supplies ..Beer Making Supplies..Winemaking Recipes

(not sure if Im allowed to put links in, please deleate if not!)

[Mochamoos]

Got a plum tree thats loaded this year. Can i make wine out of them?

Sure can! and yummy plum jam!!!

I saw a really cool wine website...see if I can find it again

Basic Plum Wine Recipe (One gallon recipe)
I think this recipe looks pretty good and you should be able to use any type of plums. The plums should be good and ripe but not rotten. Good Luck and let me know how it turns out and any changes in the recipe you may have changed.
3.5 qt. water
2 lbs sugar or 2 lbs. light honey
4 lbs. ripe sweet plums or 3 lbs. wild plums
5 tsp. acid blend (Do not use with wild plums)
1/8 tsp. tannin
1 tsp. yeast nutrient
1 Campden tablet (recommended)
1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme
Champagne or Montrachet yeast
Boil water and sugar/honey. If using honey, skim the scum.
Wash, stem, and pit the plums. Cut into small pieces saving the juice.
Put in straining bag in bottom of primary fermenter and mash.
Pour hot sugar water over fruit and fill up to 1-gallon mark.
When cooled add acid, tannin, nutrient and Campden tablet. Cover and fit with air lock.
After 12 hours add the pectic enzyme.
24 hours later add yeast and stir.
Remove straining bag after a week.
When must reaches Specific Gravity of 1.030, rack to secondary fermenter.
Rack again in 2-3 weeks.
Rack again in 2-6 months.
After it ferments out, stabilize with Campden tablets or stabalizer and add 2-6 oz of sugar to sweeten if needed.
Bottle and age 6-12 months.

[RLJ]

Got a plum tree thats loaded this year. Can i make wine out of them?

[Mochamoos]

I can use it so I think that means yes!

[Paradox]

Thanks mocha.

Does it translate into idiot?

Matt

[Mochamoos]

Thanks Matt!,

Have you tried the RHS plant selector?

Royal Horticultural Society - Plants

You tell it what you want it tells you what plants you need!

[scarletrose]

P.S.

Matt

Hostas love the shade as do some hardy geraniums

hugs xxx again scarlet

[scarletrose]

Hi Matt

they are Asiatic Lillies (lilium)

and grow from bulb

link for you
Detailed information on Asiatic Lily Lilium

hugs xxxx
Scarlet

link dont work but i gave it to you on msn so no probs

[RLJ]

We have got a Passion Flower Plant which only ever produced 6 flowers at a time, Last night we counted 32 it looks amazing

RLJ

[Mad Hatter]

1. Easy things to plant that look good but don't die when i forget to water them, water them too much, and generally neglect them

My garden is mainly sunny, but does have a shady patch that gets almost no sun, and I'd like to put some plants in both places if possible.

Lavendar is always a good plant. Loves the sun, looks good and smells nice... 3 for a tenner at B&Q.... get the 'butterfly' variety as they don't get too leggy...

Shady spots are always complemented by Bluebells. They love the shade and again look very nice...

MAD

[Mad Hatter]

If you move them Matt dig a big square around them so as not to disturb the roots... and water them well... personally i would wait til the autumn

[enaid]

They are lillies matt, I have some in pots, they come out every year and I don't put them inside over winter. I Don't know about moving them though sorry.