VIDEO: Our habitat pile
Huw’s Nurseries showcase their habitat pile, which is perfect for providing a home for various wildlife, including bugs, beetles, and even chanterelles.
Tag: growing food
VIDEO: Growing Raspberries – How to Train Raspberry Plants for MORE Fruit
This video demonstrates how to train raspberry plants to support them from wind damage after they have fruited.
VIDEO: How to make Organic Nettle Plant Fertilizer
This video shows how to make organic nettle plant fertilizer by fermenting nettles in water for two weeks.
VIDEO: Propagation uptade 8/8/11
Huw Richards shares a propagation update, showcasing various cuttings he has been nurturing over the past month. He talks about his grape, dogwood, miniature rose, apple seed rootstock, lavender, margium, golden margin, gooseberry, lemon balm, and soapwort plants.
VIDEO: Growing Organic Rootstocks from Apple Seeds
Huw Richards experiments growing organic rootstocks from apple seeds, after chilling them in a fridge for 30 days, and then planting them in a propagator. He demonstrates how to plant them and plans to use them for grafting in late August to September.
VIDEO: Proof that Rose Cuttings Root
A YouTube video shows that rose cuttings can root successfully, using a miniature ornamental rose plant as an example.
VIDEO: How to Grow Roses from Cuttings – Cloning Rose Propagation
This video demonstrates how to propagate roses from cuttings. It is best to select healthy growth just after they’ve flowered around August time.
VIDEO: How to Train a Tomato Plant to get more Fruits (Great for small-space Growing)
This video is a weekend tip for growing tomato plants in small spaces. It demonstrates how to support the plant using string and twine to train it to grow upwards.
VIDEO: Tour along my soft fruit hedge
Huw Richards presents his newly planted soft fruit hedge in its second growing season, featuring gooseberries, white currants, and red and black currants. He shares tips on pruning and mulching, and promises a video on making curtains of red, white, and black currants.
VIDEO: Plant propagation from softwood cuttings
This YouTube video demonstrates how to propagate plants from softwood cuttings, specifically focusing on lavender and lemon balm. The presenter provides step-by-step instructions on selecting and preparing cuttings, applying rooting hormone powder, and caring for the cuttings until they root.
VIDEO: How to use willow rooting stimulator
This video shows instructions on how to use a willow rooting stimulator to encourage rooting in semi-hardwood cuttings, using a courtonista plant as an example.
VIDEO: Adding sand to compost
This video demonstrates how to add sand to compost to help cuttings root better.
VIDEO: What you need to take Healthy Cuttings from Plants
In this video, Huw Richards provides tips on how to make healthy cuttings from plants. He recommends using compost, a rooting stimulator, hormone rooting powder, and sunlight to encourage the plant to root. The cuttings need to be kept well-watered and can benefit from a misting spray.
VIDEO: Propagating Cotoneaster from cuttings
This video demonstrates how to propagate cotoneaster from semi-hardwood cuttings, with step-by-step instructions on selecting and preparing cuttings, applying rooting hormone, and planting in compost.
VIDEO: Starting seeds using old toilet paper rolls – Free pots!
Learn how to make free seed pots by reusing old toilet paper rolls or wrapping paper rolls with this tutorial from Houston Nurseries.
VIDEO: Herbal tea recipe for Lemon Balm tea
In this video, Huw Richards demonstrates how to make a refreshing and healthy herbal tea using lemon balm leaves. Lemon balm is easy to grow and adds a tangy flavor to teas.
VIDEO: Propagating Soapwort from cuttings
This YouTube video shows how to propagate soapwort from cuttings to make a natural shampoo. The process involves taking cuttings just below the first set of leaves, removing the bottom leaves, dipping them in hormone powder, and planting them in compost. The cuttings should be kept moist in a polytunnel or greenhouse until they root, which takes about two weeks.
VIDEO: Propagating Lavender from cuttings/growing Lavender cuttings
This video tutorial demonstrates how to propagate lavender from cuttings. It involves selecting shoots without flowers, cutting them to a length of about 4 inches, removing the bottom set of leaves, dipping the cuttings in rooting hormone, and planting them in compost.
VIDEO: Propagating Golden Marjoram from cuttings
In this video, Huw Richards demonstrates how to propagate golden marjoram from softwood cuttings using rooting powder and compost.
VIDEO: Propagating Honeysuckle from Softwood Cuttings
This video demonstrates how to propagate honeysuckle from softwood cuttings using a simple and effective method. The process involves cutting off the flower head, removing the leaves, and placing the cuttings in a carton of water. The cuttings should be left for three weeks and the water changed every two to three days.