- Soil PH & texture. Some plants prefer acidic soil but most plants prefer neutral to slightly alkaline soil
- Homework: Read handout on veg idents
- Fill in log book 8.1
- Next week half term
- After half term meet in cafe to go to water/pond shop
- Homework: Unit 8 - Pond maintenance pages 81 & 82
- Deep Water Aquatics - idents
- Homework: Labelled diagram of pond
show
- depth
- liner
- slab edges
- margin
- marginal plants
- cascade
- Unit 8 : Ponds & water features revision
- Unit 8 : Ponds & water features exam
- Planted garlic & onion bulbs in plot (veggy raised beds). Best planted in Autumn from bulb. Grow from seed at any time
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Garlic
- Wright christo, Lautrec, Messidrome
- Plant 5cm deep, 10cm apart and in rows 20cm apart
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Onion
- Senshyu - Japanese onion
- Plant ??? cm deep, 10cm apart and in rows 20cm apart
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Nutrients
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Organic
- Hoof & Horn (N)
- BLOOD, FISH & BONE (NPK)
- BONEMEAL (P)
- UREA (N)
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non-organic
- AMMONIUM SULPHATE (N)
- GROWMORE (NPK)
- FICOTE (NPK)
- FLOWERS OF SULPHUR (lowers PH)
- Potassium Sulphate
- Triple super phosphate
- Bolt = too much nitrogen -> leaves but less or no flowers/fruit
- Homework: List plants for spring bedding & winter containers & design a winter container
- New idents : Native trees & hedges - see here for details
- plants for spring bedding and winter containers
- Polystichum munitum
- Callicarpa 'Profusion'
- Gaultheria macronata
- Crocus sieberi
- Galanthue gracilis
- Helichrysum italicum
- Hedera helix 'Glacier'
- Viola X Wittrockiana (forerunner series)
- Erysimum bredon
- Myosotis 'Blue Ball'
- Narcissus 'Tete a Tete'
- Buxus sempervirens
- Cyclamen coum
- Senecia
- Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
- Stipa tenuissima
- Myosotis (blue)
- Galanthus
- Phormium 'Rainbow Maiden'
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- Calluna vulgaris
- White & red violas
- Myosotis
- Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
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- Hedera helix
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- Primula vulgaris
- Iris 'Edward'
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- Narcissus 'Minnow'
- Tulipa 'Scarlet Baby'
- Carex 'Morrowii'
- Iris ungularis
- Daphne bholua
- Erica
- Ophiopogon
- Phormium 'Wildwood'
- Heuchera 'Creme Brulee'
- Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
- Galanthus
- New idents : Native trees & hedges - see here for details
- plants for spring bedding and winter containers
- Homework: List plants for spring bedding & winter containers & design a winter container
- Unit 3 : Trees, Shrubs & Hedges
- Identified wall shrubs & climbers around Capel Manor and in Clockhouse Nursery
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Homework
- List wall shrubs & climbers
- learn Unit 3 P.34 # 4
- Draw all 3 methods of suporting wall shrubs & climbers as in P.34 #6
- Learn P.34 #8
- Next unit exam : Unit 3 : Trees, Shrubs & hedges
- AM: Quiz on wall shrubs & climbers
- Capella -> RHS Core Level 2 -> 7. Horticultural Plant selection:
- Capella -> RHS Core Level 2 -> 8. Plant Health:
- Homework : 2 Disease profile sheets. Any 2 of
- Grey mould
- Coral spot
- Honey fungus
- Black spot of roses
- Powdery mildew
- Read ALL of unit 3
Pruning
- Book recommendation : The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers by George E. Brown & Tony Kirkham. ISBN-10: 0881926132, ISBN-13: 978-0881926132
- Pruning Rhyme: 'If it flowers before June, let it bloom & do not prune'
- Read Unit 3: P. 37
Unit 3 : Trees, Shrubs & Hedges exam
Hardy Annuals planting
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Planter Name
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Annual name
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Height
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Wanda
|
Sunflower
|
180cm
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Helen
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Amaranthus 'Velvet Curtains'
|
150cm
|
Elspeth
|
Sunflower
|
180cm
|
Sue
|
Cornflower
|
???
|
Camilla
|
Papaver
|
60-90cm
|
Heikw
|
Cornflower
|
???
|
Amy
|
Rudbeckia
|
???
|
Julie
|
Cornflower
|
???
|
Teresa
|
Cornflower
|
???
|
Clare
|
Nemophilia
|
20cm
|
Sally
|
Virginiana
|
20cm
|
Jo
|
Nasturtium
|
???
|
Soodabeh
|
Cornflower
|
???
|
NOTES
- Hardy annuals => sow outside
- Half hardy annuals => sow inside then plant out after last frost
HOMEWORK
- Name 2 cultivars of early potatoes
- Describe chitting and how it's done
- Describe the soil preperation and planting of potatoes
- Reminder: Activity day is on Saturday 12th June
- HOMEWORK
- Weed idents
- Revise Plant Life cycles - download from this page on Capella
- Revise hardy herbaceous perennials handout
- Give 2 Characteristics of
- A soil suitable for a climbing runner bean crop
- Describe the preparation of a site suitable for runner beans
- Summer bedding
- Requirements
- Sunny + open
- Sheltered from wind
- Well drained
- Slightly acidic
- moderate fertility
- Access to water
- Order of planting (2 options)
- edging / standard / dot / groundwork
- standard / edging / dot / groundwork
- Upcoming course dates
- 1st June - Bank Holiday
- 7th June - No class. Some people are arranging to meet in the morning to water the plants
- 14th June
- AM: revision quiz
- PM: EXAM: beds and borders
- Morning - Veg Exam
- Afternoon - picnic